<p>Hey! I was just accepted to the Baylor Class of 2014. </p>
<p>I was wondering what everyone’s opinions are on Baylor’s Pre-Medicine program versus other schools like Rice University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas at Austin. </p>
<p>I always hear that Baylor is great for pre-medicine because of the Baylor College of Medicine, but I recently found out that they are not affiliated with each other anymore. I hear great things about it’s premed program nonetheless. Can anyone give me more about their premed compared to the schools I listed above? (I am bound to Texas btw. So out of state is not an option for my undergraduate education :(…) </p>
<p>On the side note…I am not religious at all. In fact, I’m borderline Atheist and I was wondering if an environment like Baylor would give people like me a hard time? I’m not against taking a few theology courses, but I’m curious with how people like me will be treated at Baylor and if students actively push their views on others. </p>
<p>bump, i’m interested in this. I too found out that BU and BMC are not affiliated. So, what’s a major advantage of Baylor? Can anyone shed some light on this? Is premed at Baylor respected, or is it just as good at UT?</p>
<p>the most important thing about getting into med school will be your GPA and your MCAT score. i don’t think a degree from baylor or ut or a&m will make much difference either way.</p>
<p>yea, that’s true, but Baylor is a private school (more money), so I don’t see what the advantage of going to Baylor is. Wouldn’t UT be a better choice in terms of cost, national rank (if that mattered to someone), and education?</p>
<p>And I’m Hindu, would Baylor be kinda weird to go to go considering the fact that I am a diff. religion? I don’t “dislike” other religions or anything like that. I could care less and respect everyone. But, would the religious affiliation be really awkward/way too different for me to handle (culture shock-like effect)?</p>
<p>there are lots of different types of students at baylor. probably mostly white and christian, but i don’t think you would be ostracized if you are not.</p>
<p>the place you should go is the place where you can make the highest grades.</p>
<p>what are the costs for you at these schools? baylor is more expensive, but not by a whole lot once scholarships are considered. my dd is accepted to both baylor and a&m and the cost difference between these two is about 5000 per year.</p>
<p>you will find the most people like yourself at UT.</p>
<p>hey my son got accepted in baylor what are his chances to getting in med.school after doing four year major in biology. he thinks any university like UT or a&m or usa or uab would be as good as baylor. But we think baylor would give him better education verses other universities in order for him to get in medical school. Does Baylor prepare student better for MCAT </p>
<p>Could someone who really know about this give honest answer. or someone who is presently going to Baylor in Med field</p>
<p>I have established Texas residency, but I live in Canada. So, i’d get in state tuition at all Texas state universities. Baylor is private, so I would pay the full cost and I don’t know if I’m eligible for scholarships and such. So, UT and TAMU are less expensive. </p>
<p>So, I don’t know much about Baylor though. I an a junior, but living in Canada, I feel that it would be best to know about all the Texas schools well ahead of time and make applying and decisions much easier. What does Baylor have that UT doesn’t? What are the major pros? For example, UT has the honors programs, research driven, lots of social life, but there are cons too (huge classes, major weed out classes, etc.)</p>
<p>EDIT: At the above poster, any uni. will prepare you for the MCAT. The topics are basic and not in-depth. It just requires very good critical reading skills and analytical skills. The actual content is perhaps the easiest part. It’s the format and structure (and the fact that you are competing against other writers) that makes it difficult.</p>
<p>It is indeed possible for a family to have established residency in one state but live in a foreign country temporarily. In my family’s case, we lived in a U.S. state when my husband was transferred overseas. We intended to return to that state. We were required to pay state income taxes and we kept our state drivers’ licenses. After two years, we returned to that state. We were considered to have state residency the entire time.</p>
<p>A similar effect occurs when a student attends college in a state other than his home state at the time he applied. His residency for tuition purposes is considered to be the state from which he came, even if he is actually present in the college state the entire year. For legal purposes, one’s residency is not necessarily the state in which one lives.</p>
<p>of those 3, 2 are very conservative and one is not. just depends on what you like.</p>
<p>baylor is smallish and pretty. UT is BIG and in the city. a&m is in a smallish town.</p>
<p>education wise, it depends on your major. i think ut and a&m are similar in the education you would get. not sure about baylor. even if a notch below, it would still be good.</p>
<p>for the money, i don’t think baylor would be worth a bunch more. if all were equal $$, baylor would be a nice option.</p>
<p>^yea, I don’t know if the extra $$ is worth it or not. </p>
<p>Does UT have something on schools like TAMU and Baylor? (ie. will going to UT and doing well make me a better candidate for a med school like UT-Southwestern or Baylor COM than if I did just as well at Baylor or TAMU?)</p>
<p>i’m a recent baylor grad and just happened to be lurking on here lol. The majority of the students coming in to baylor are pre-med (or at least, ALOT of them start out that way). Baylor has an amazing science department. PERIOD! How well you do in some of the first classes that you’ll take “general biology, chemistry, etc” will pretty much be an indicator to how well you do in other courses. These classes aren’t to weed people out or anything like that. It just seems that those students that hit the ground running in their science classes tend to be the ones that do well. YOU NEED TO DO WELL IN THEM because they are the foundation for ALOT of the other science courses you need to take. Remember that being pre-med, you can major in pretty much anything you want as long as you take the required classes (at Baylor there are no pre-med majors). So if you’re interested in anything else you can always major in that (or minor). </p>
<p>As far as Baylor being a program that will allow you to be a shoe-in to medical school… don’t expect that (as alot of students do). The Pre-med office at Baylor won’t give you as much guidance as you may expect them to. They will hold pre-med sessions before registration every semester and tell you what classes you should probably take, and in these sessions you’ll be sitting in auditorium with hundreds of students. One good thing they do is they hold a pre-med/pre-dent day where various schools from Texas come out and hold different sessions on medical school admissions, what it’s like to be a med student, etc. However, the pre-med office won’t hold your hand. It’s just impossible for them to do that because there are way too many pre-med kids. They will simply tell you what you should be doing. Your junior year, if you have at least a 3.3 gpa you will have to apply to the pre-med committee. You will be interviewed by the pre-med committee and they will write a letter to accompany your application on whether or not they think you will be a good candidate for med school (you won’t have any clue what they say… and i know some folks who looked god on paper, but obviously their committee letter said otherwise)</p>
<p>As far as religious views at Baylor… don’t worry about it. I knew a couple of people that were atheist and many that were or different faiths. With that being said, most people are christian. However, i’ve never felt like anyone was pushing their views on me. It’s just kind of a situation where you have to agree to disagree. I was a student in the BIC Honors program and didn’t have to take traditional religion classes, our classes were sort of integrated (look it up) so I can’t speak on that. However in that particular program I learned about so many different religions, cultures, etc… even had to read the Qur’an, visit a synagogue, mosque, etc. As a student you’ll have to attend “chapel” where they have various people come in and speak on various topics… and I do believe there is a “praise and worship” component where they sing and stuff… but most people totally zone out and take a nap, do homework, read…whatever. lol. </p>
<p>That was alot… anyway, if you have any other questions…just let me know!</p>
<p>1) Baylor has a very strong honors program. If you are really as strong an applicant as you come across, consider the University Scholars program.</p>
<p>2) Perhaps not on the same level as UT, but Baylor also has an emphasis on research. You will have priority access to profs/advisors as a member of the Honors Program.</p>
<p>3) Baylor isn’t known for its social life (Waco), but it never really tried to be.</p>
<p>All of this is to say that Baylor is a good school, period. Still, though, if you can get in to UT-Austin at in-state tuition rates, and you don’t mind the large school size, then by all means go for it. I am OOS, but I happen to be a NM Finalist, so Baylor will give me more money than would other TX schools.</p>
<p>62% of all Baylor premed graduates get accepted to medical school, where as UT-Austin is only at 42%.</p>
<p>That being said, I think it’s obvious which school is better for pre-med. UT is better than Baylor in many fields, but when it comes to the pre-med path, Baylor has UT beat hands down</p>
<p>pdl2010 – that stat isn’t meaningful unless you control for SAT/GPA coming into college. Beyond that, Baylor might artificially control the quality of its med school applicant pool by not supporting every student who wishes to apply to med school. Imagine if 180 students went to the Pre-Med committee, but only 100 (those with 3.3 or higher GPA in Med School prerequisite courses (Bio, Chem, O-Chem, Physics, etc.) were authorized to receive Baylor support (letters of recommendation, advising, etc.). How would that change the stats? See what I mean? And what if at UT there were no restrictions on who could apply to med school?</p>