Northeastern U vs BU for Pre-Med

neuchimie
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:24:34 +0000

Northeastern actually does do some grade inflation. For chemistry majors, they make sure the majority do well in Organic Chemistry because they know how hard employers and med schools look at that class). As said before, the co-ops REALLY help with medical school. When they ask you about what you did in a class or a lab, you can also talk about how you were able to apply that knowledge in a professional or research environment. With job experience, you are more bankable. Also, the Faculty Chair for the Chemistry department worked at Harvard Med, so he is very good with pre-med advising other than just with the pre-med advisors. For instance, he really helps with recommendations for jobs that will look good to med schools.

On the other hand, the biology department at Northeastern is very tough (not that Chemistry is easy). I know several Biology pre-med kids who switched to Chemistry because their grades were too low in Biology.

I have a few friends in premed at BU and they all seem to enjoy it well enough, but I don’t know much about it personally.