Neuroscience and Pre-Med at BC

JakeJake
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:28:54 +0000

So it’s come time to make a decision between BC and McGill, and with six days left I am at 50/50. I want to pursue medical school immediately after undergrad, and I know that BC has a fairly helpful pre-med advisory system, but if anyone has any personal experiences with pre-med at BC, I’m all ears (or eyes, I guess). Additionally, neuroscience has been my passion since I took a class during my junior year. I know BC has a psych major with a neuroscience concentration (at least this is what I read from their site), but does anyone know if there is a significant amount of biology integrated into the course? Some schools offer a sort of inter-disciplinary Neuro major, and I am kind of hoping for something that will look at both neurobiology and cognitive studies. For the record, I don’t think I was invited to the Honors Program, or at least my acceptance letter didn’t say so. If it is possible I will apply to it at the end of my freshman year should I attend BC (2210 SAT and top 10-5% of class, so I think I’m capable).

Normally, I would have regarded McGill as having a better science program than BC in the broad spectrum, but there are certain things about the school that are beginning to turn me off to it. For example, I’m not exactly keen on spending 4 years right in a French city (I know no French) when I will be needing to find internships and volunteer work come my Junior/Senior year. Also, I’m not a huge fan of bar-hopping and clubbing all the time; I think I prefer house and dorm parties.

So, if anyone could give me some info about BC or offer any tips about choosing a school, it would be much appreciated.