My Thoughts/Questions/Plan

mcat2
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:53:24 +0000

What? YSM requires general bio?! If it is really so, I learn something new today!

Many Yale bio or mbb(biochem) majors who have taken AP bio in high school may take the shortened, one-semester version of general bio (likely called molecular biology.) These students do not take “bio 101” followed by “bio 102.” (I think they are mcdb 120a and eeb 122b there, unless they have changed their course numbers recently. eeb 122b requires a research/project paper write-up at the end of the semester but some field trips will do something good to the body of those premeds who tend to stay in the library too long ) I heard that the one-semester version of general bio is pretty “good” (relevant to those aspiring premeds. The idea is they send out the best professors to teach the freshmen in order to attract the best students to their department. Otherwise, the “premed atmosphere” may drive many bright students away, and these students may take the prereqs there (and many get very good grades) and head to other departments as soon as they have taken enough science classes to please the medical school adcoms.