My daughter was accepted to CMU, BC, BU, Brandeis as a premed, biology major. She got into MCS biology at CMU.
- Any advice on where she should go? We are narrowing down to BC and CMU but they are different - one is a liberal arts type of school and the other is a specialized tech school.
- How is the premed program at CMU? What is the med school acceptance rate?
- How hard is it to get A’s in science classes and a GPA over 3.8 at CMU MCS? Are the grades graded on a curve or not (i.e., A = over 90%, etc.)? What fraction of premeds self select out due to low GPA? What options do they have as a biology major if not go to med school?
- Seems like it is hard to change majors at CMU. If you are in MCS biology, what options do you have to change colleges (CS, business, engineering) or do you have to stay within your college and major in something offered by that college?
- Is there a core curriculum at CMU? How many electives can you take? Can you take classes outside of your college, say in humanities, art, music, business, or computer science colleges?
- Can one double major in bio at MCS and art or music once they are in MCS?
- When you take the premed required sciences classes at MCS, are the students only from MCS or do students from other colleges (e.g., engineering, comp sci) join in?