I was recently accepted into Duke RD into Pratt, and was debating whether or not I should do BME + CS + Pre-med. It seems like a really difficult course load and am having second thoughts about this. I have a huge passion in both CS and Med and was debating if just doing CS + Computational Biology minor + Pre-med might be the better route.
I was just mainly concerned if I’d be too busy or if I’d have enough time to live a balanced life. Also, graduating in three years is something I’m looking at, and this might ruin my plans to do so.
Thanks for your help!
There are many routes for Pre-med, and the BME + CS + Pre-med route seems very demanding. I would advise not doing this unless you are willing to overload classes and take additional classes over the summer. Plus, if you are thinking about graduating in three years, it seems too much of a burden to balance this with social life. The CS + Computational Biology minor + Pre-med is much more doable and transferring internally to Trinity is easily possible. I’ve seen Pre-med people take very different routes when choosing majors/minors, so it’s totally up to you. Hope this helps out!
I’d cut it back. Enjoy being a Duke student too. It’s not all about the courses. Get the Premed courses and the grades for med school but just take what interests you in the other disciplines.
Yeah I agree and in between my ambitions to potentially study abroad and having to study for things like the MCAT… it seems like a tall order. With all that said though, is it hard to transfer back into Pratt after transferring to Trinity?
@tree18154 Internal transfer between Trinity and Pratt is really easy. There are really no requirements to request an internal transfer. All you need to do is to submit a few forms. I have seen people transfer back and forth between Trinity and Pratt because they are not too sure of what they want to study. That said, it should be very easy to transfer back into Pratt after transferring to Trinity if you change your mind.
You won’t need to official “transfer” until you declare a major (end of sophomore year at the latest). So, even if you’re enrolled in Pratt, you’re technically not under an obligation to take engineering courses. You can simply choose to enroll in all Trinity courses. Your academic advisor, however, might be confused be such course of action, so you’d want to keep them informed of your plans. Pratt > Trinity is as easy as checking a box, Trinity > Pratt is still simple, but requires that you’ve taken some math/science and does decent in them. As if you don’t have the prereqs in and were simply taking English and humanities your freshman year, it would be hard to graduate from Pratt in four years.