What college is best for Pre-Med?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>I know that this question has been asked many times, but the related threads fail to answer this question. If I’m interested in neuroscience and plan to do undergraduate research, would the liberal arts aspect of the College of Arts and Sciences benefit me or would I find a better pre-med experience at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences or College of Human Ecology? I’m a bit confused as to what the different graduation requirements are for the three colleges and what academic life is like. I’ve been told that the medical school acceptance rate is roughly the same for these three colleges, but in which college do you see more pre-med students and how are they prepared for med school?</p>

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<p>i don’t have the knowledge to compare, but I do know that the College of Human Ecology participates in the most research of any of Cornell’s Colleges, which appears that it could benefit your neuroscience interest.</p>

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<p>All three colleges bio major fulfill the necessary preqs for medical school. Thus, choosing one college over another for the sake of the best ‘pred-med’ major is not necessary. There are TONS of premeds all over Cornell, not just in the three colleges. After all, you don’t necessarily need to be a ‘bio’ major to fulfill the preqs for medical school. </p>

<p>Rather then focusing on a college, why not look at the major you are interested? If you are interested in neuroscience, there’s a specific neuroscience major in AS or you can major bio and choose neurobiology as your concentration. </p>

<p>All the information you need like graduation requirements can be find on the Cornell website for all these three colleges. Instead of looking through these forums, do a thorough search in the Cornell website.</p>

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<p>My major is obviously important but I also want a college where I will be well prepared for the rigors of med school. I have thoroughly looked at the college’s respective websites, but I would like an insider’s opinion as well. Does anyone know what the CHE’s Human Biology Health and Society major is like?</p>

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<p>You can see the curriculum of HBHS here –> [2013</a> - 2014 Curriculum Sheets](<a href=“http://www.human.cornell.edu/registrar/degree-progress/2013-2014-curriculum-sheets.cfm]2013”>http://www.human.cornell.edu/registrar/degree-progress/2013-2014-curriculum-sheets.cfm)</p>

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<p>I don’t think any one college will prepare you better for med school than another, so that’s not the best criterion on which to base your decision. You take your med school prereqs (general bio, general chem, orgo, etc.), which are intense and which help prepare you for the rigors of med school, with students from every college anyway.</p>

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<p>Actually, qwer0987 and OP, take a look at this: <a href=“http://medschoolodyssey.files.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/03/ps.png[/url]”>http://medschoolodyssey.files.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/03/ps.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>BME, EE, and Physics. Remember, engineers dabble in Physics a lot. College of Engineering. Waddap</p>

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<p>“My major is obviously important but I also want a college where I will be well prepared for the rigors of med school.”</p>

<p>Rigor? CoE for sure, yo.</p>

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<p>HopeWishCry, that graph you posted leads back to Arts and Science, since physics majors have the highest PS scores. </p>

<p>But seriously, that’s a terrible way to decide on a college. I’m assuming this is some sort of national average, so it says absolutely nothing about how different colleges at Cornell prepare you for the PS section of the MCAT (Cornell bio majors average higher than a 9 in PS, for example), let alone med school. Even if it is true (and there’s no evidence that it is) that engineers at Cornell outperform students in other colleges at Cornell on the PS section of the MCAT, my guess would be that they do worse in the bio and especially verbal (which is arguably the most important) sections. Also, their on-average lower GPAs don’t make it worth it. In fact, unless you’re REALLY interested in engineering, the CoE is the only college that I would advise against if you want to go to medical school.</p>

<p>EDIT: I’m not dissing the CoE. It’s obviously a fantastic school. It just might not be the best option if you want to go into medicine.</p>