Congratulations 12C/12B/12N!

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<p>(...Those are the designations that will follow your names after graduation, depending on whether you graduate from the College, the B-School or the
Nursing School.)</p>

<p>Congrats to all of you who've decided to attend Emory in the fall. I'm a recent grad (06C) and current medical student, and I just wanted to make myself available to answer any questions you might have. Feel free to ask me anything about the Emory experience, or being pre-med/pre-professional specifically.</p>

<p>I hope you all enjoy your time at Emory as much as I did!</p>

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<p>How hard to get in Goizueta Business School, if I am a student in Oxfod college?
How hard to find job in Wall street, if I graduate from Goizueta Business School(BBA)?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Oops! I should've included 10OX in the title of this thread.</p>

<p>Admission to Goizueta is fairly competitive, but I don't think it's any tougher for students coming from Oxford than from Emory. All the continuees I know had nothing but good things to say about the advising at Oxford, so I'm sure you'd have lots of support in your application. I do know that it's best to get as many of the GERs (core requirements) done as you can before starting the B-school. There's some overlap between business courses and GERs, but it can be tricky. I don't know specifics about Wall Street job placements. The B-School is pretty highly ranked and it seems to me that graduates are competitive for the jobs they desire.</p>

<p>Hope that helps!</p>

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<p>I will be a freshman next year and I'm planning to be pre-med.
Where are you currently enrolled in med school? Do you feel that Emory prepared you well? Was the pre-med advising system good? Were you able to perform research as an undergrad? Did you find the pre-med atmosphere to be very competitive? Thank you so much for your willingness to answer questions!</p>

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<p>how inflated is emory. for premed, how hard is it to maintain >3.8?</p>

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<p>thanks for taking your time to answer questions!</p>

<p>I'm also planning to do pre-med at Emory. Was it difficult to shadow doctors or get volunteer opportunities at hospitals?</p>

<p>and can you just share some of your best and worst experiences of being a premed at emory, or just being at emory in general?</p>

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<h2>I currently attend a top 20 (research ranking) school east of the Mississippi, that isn't Emory. Sorry for being cryptic, but the medical school community is smaller than you think, and I don't want to fully identify myself at this point. Especially since I'll be disclosing other information later in this post.</h2>

<p>I feel that Emory prepared me very well for med school. Not in the sense that my med school courses were repeats of undergrad courses, but I came in used to working hard and for the most part knowing how to study effectively. A lot of medical schools now have required research projects during the first two years. Thanks to the research experience I got during undergrad, that was no problem.</p>

<p>It's very easy to get started in research as an undergrad. In fact, anybody who wants to graduate with Honors has to do a research project and write a thesis. I was a Chemistry major, and every year the department printed a thick booklet with profiles of all the faculty members and their research interests. In a matter of weeks I was able to email the professors whose work interested me the most, meet with each of them, and choose a project. I had friends majoring in Biology, Neuroscience, Psych, etc. with similar experiences.</p>

<p>As far as GPA goes, getting a 3.8 is definitely possible, but it'll take effort. Classes like orgo and Physics 151/152 probably crush a few dreams every year. I took orgo as a freshman, came in that first semester thinking I could "study" like I had in high school (meaning not much at all), and was rewarded with a C. Not even a C+, a straight C. Needless to say, I improved my study habits quickly. My experience with other pre-meds was that people were mostly competitive with themselves, trying to push themselves to learn material and perform to their best ability on exams. Collaboration was allowed on most homework assignments, and there were always cooperative study groups.</p>

<p>The main hospital is right on campus between the DUC and Complex, and the Emory clinics are across the street. Convenience of shadowing wouldn't be a problem. I think they get swamped with applications every year just because so many people are pre-med, so that could be an issue. A lot of people focus on research and student groups during the school year, and get their shadowing done during summer break. I did that and it worked out fine. I also had friends who got clinical experience through EFRU (the campus EMS) and Wesley Woods, which is a nursing home close to campus.</p>

<p>I think that answers all the questions except for my best/worst experiences, which I will put in a separate post a little later.</p>

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<p>MyNetter-
I was wondering if you have any advice regarding AP Credit. I received a 5 on the Calc BC exam and understand that some medical schools require a year of math (preferably calculus). Would it be smart to forgo my AP credit and retake MATH 111/112 or should I go on and take Multivariable/DiffyQ?</p>

<p>Also, would it be wiser for a pre-med to take the Phys 141/142 track or the 151/152? I have heard that the Calc-based Physics is incredibly difficult.</p>

<p>Thanks, in advance, for your help!</p>

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<p>If you take AP credit, it will show up as the equivalent class on your transcript. For Bio, Chemistry, Physics, and English, most med schools won't accept that and will require that you take a higher level course instead. For math, the AP credit is usually fine.</p>

<p>I took Physics 151/152 because it was recommended for my major. Like I said earlier, it was no joke, but it was well taught. The general consensus was that if you have any level of comfort with calc, taking calc-based physics is actually easier (because it's better to take an integral than do crazy things with sums, I guess.)</p>

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<p>My son will be a freshman in the Fall & possibly a premed major. Can you elaborate on the INSPIRE program and whether it's worth it to go into it. Thanks</p>

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<p>MyNetter, I'm a pre-med/NBB major currently in the summer between my freshman and sophomore years. what summer activity do you recommend for this summer that will be helpful when applying to med school?</p>

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<p>fiveoplus- Poking around the website, it looks like the class of 2009 might've been the first to have INSPIRE program participants. I don't have any extra information about it. However, if you go [url=<a href="http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/research/INSPIRE/application.html%5Dhere%5B/url"&gt;http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/research/INSPIRE/application.html]here[/url&lt;/a&gt;] they list emails of students in the classes of 2009 and 2010 who I assume would be willing to answer questions. There's also a link "Getting involved in undergraduate research" that has helpful information for anybody. Sorry I can't be more helpful.</p>

<p>scarolina22- It really depends on what you're passionate about. And if you don't know that yet, your sophomore summer's the perfect time to try out multiple things. You could use volunteermatch.org to find volunteer opportunities that interest you. You could try to set up some shadowing experiences. At this point, pretty much any activity that you dedicate your time to can be helpful.</p>