Pre-Med at Emory

bernie12
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:54:04 +0000

Really easy actually, except for the 3.8 (but you really need like a 3.5-3.7 anyway, if you freak out about not having 3.8 at any given time your more than likely to become one of those idiots that will drop a class because they have a B+/A- or something) part, but that will be hard at all 3 schools as Austin and Berkeley are larger, so the environment is tougher and the curve is harsher. Best that you take the professors that overtrain for the MCAT. Most profs. teach at least on par, but the better/tougher profs. will make it so that the MCAT is easy to you (people like Spell, Eisen, Campbell, and Calabrese, Weinschenk, Soria, most physics profs, especially Bing). I’ve looked at pre-med work at Berkeley and it seems the same as easier-moderate profs. here. You can find much more rigorous, but great profs. here that will prep. you for the MCAT without really destroying your GPA (most of these curve or provide extra credit oppurtunity or something if averages are low).
Internships- Of course, Emory owns/is part of a giant healthcare system, with a large portion being at the main campus. Emory also has great connections with the MCAT/Grad Test prep. agencies, so that’ll be no prob.