UW-Madison vs. Twin Cities

dallas808
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:34:12 +0000

From my recent post about biochem dept:



Many of the same professors that teach graduate program also teach the undergrad program so one could argue the quality of the biochem program at undergrad is as (rigorous) as at graduate. There are definitely more research opportunities available than NW. There is also no restriction of type/kind of research an undergrad can pursue (which is a big plus). The caveat is finding a professor who is willing to direct and/or take the student into his/her lab. Independent studies are norm for those intend to pre-med (I suppose that provides one the edge in med school application) The honors has some advantages but is not necessary. A vast majority of graduates go to UW, Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) and University of Minnesota.



wis75, a UW grad and a MD, has made several good posts on the pre-med so browse through the forum. But from my understanding, both schools should prep you well for med schools, although do expect to take the most rigorous work and work very hard.

As for have funs and meet tons of people, let me tell you a “little” secret … UW is #1 party school. So expect to work hard and play hard! :)