<p>IF I am a math or classics major also interested in pursuing the pre-medicine track, what college should I apply to - LETTERS or Sciences...? ND has a different college system than most colleges.</p>
<p>ALSO, though I will not base it on statistics, whats easier to get into?</p>
<p>You don't apply to a college at ND. You apply for admissions and every freshman is put into FYS - First Year of Studies. It's good because 1) it gets some of your requirements out of the way first year; 2) since most people change their majors in college and thus often lengthen their years there from four to five, not focusing on a major first year means you are much more likely to graduate in four; 3) you're in many of the same classes as your freshman friends and acquaintances. </p>
<p>All that being said, you can still indicate a preferred major or likely major. I know they are having trouble with their business school being <em>way</em> overcrowded, so I wouldn't put that down. On the others, I don't know. I'd guess Letters has the most students after business, but that's just a guess. Irish, you know?</p>
<p>Arts and Letters is the biggest college I think and there are plenty that go preprof through there. I don't think it matters either way, since again, you don't declare until the end of the year. However, I would go A&L, I think it gives you your best chance. I hope I answered the question and I hope that helps.</p>
<p>usually, colleges have Arts and sciences, business, and engineering, etc.. other colleges. Why does ND split Arts and Letters and then have another called strictly for Sciences? I feel like in that aspect of competitiveness, kids who took like all AP science classes are the ones admitted there. So I feel like my best bet is to go for the generic college- arts and letters.</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>I am not positive why they spit it but really I like it because it just allows you to pick the focus you want. If you really are a sciency person and you want to bascially do a double major there then I would do the science route. The Arts and Letters route is neat, however, because it lets you still get all the classes you need for pre-med but also major in something like English or Psychology or something not strictly science. A lot of pre-meds like this route as well as they think it can help their GPA. I am not sure if that is true, since you will probably do the best in whatever you are meant to be studying and if that is science then it is science, but that is what they say sometimes. It just is specialization where one can focus just on science (which is good since preprof is so big here) and the other can focus on the "arts." That is just my take; I am not sure why they are split, but I like it.</p>