<p>is bucknell a good university for someone who wishes to attend medical school?</p>
<p>Absolutely- You will get a quality education in a community that specializes in individual attention. My freshman daughter has weekly sessions with her advisor, something I never heard of at Penn State Honors College or Vanderbilt. In addition, a normal courseload at Bucknell is 4 classes vs 5 at many other colleges, so you should have more time to study and get the high gpa’s that medical schools want.</p>
<p>Do you still get out in the same amount of time with the smaller courseload?</p>
<p>Bucknell uses different wording than most colleges in that you need 32 course credits to graduate, which breaks down to 4 classes a semester. I don’t know how exactly a course is transferred into credit hours, but my daughter thinks that each Bucknell course is equivalent to 4 credit hours at other colleges. A student can petition to take 5 classes a semester at Bucknell, but I don’t think it is the norm. </p>
<p>Same amount of time? Well, I can tell you my daughter is not in class longer than her Vanderbilt brother is in class. Is she covering more material class per class? I really don’t know. </p>
<p>You can email or call the school to talk to someone about premed at Bucknell, if you need specifics related to organic chemistry, etc.</p>
<p>Somewhere on the Bucknell web site are the statistics for law school, grad school and med school acceptances along with the number of students admitted to the workforce within six months I believe…and some of the respresentative institutions where they are employed. </p>
<p>Bucknell is listed as one of the top schools for people reaching their terminal degree. I can’t remember if it said, however, how many people are in a track to apply to med/law/grad school to begin with.</p>
<p>I think the smaller classes allow students to work more efficiently, and you do not have the issue of being bumped out of freshmen classes like at some of the really large state unis.</p>