<p>Is it possible? I plan on transferring here in either spring 2015 or fall 2015 from Wesleyan University and am curious as about the rigor of the pre-med program. Here at Wes it's very laid back but I hear that the pre-meds at NYU act like medical students already while they're in undergrad. (i've heard the joke they're the engineering majors of NYU). I'm a work hard play hard kind of person and don't know if I want to transfer to NYU if it only means i'm going to be locked up all day and not able to enjoy the city</p>
<p>On the other hand, here at Wes I have all the free time in the world yet there isn't much city stuff for me to do so i'm a bit anxious all day. If someone could help me find a nice balance (whether it be at NYU or another similarly fun and good school) It would be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>Only the a**holes here act like gunners, and you can pretty much just tune them out. Most of the pre-meds live by working hard and playing hard. They do party and have a lot of fun and still manage to do their work</p>
<p>Do you attend NYU? I’m just wondering where you’re getting that from? </p>
<p>Also does anyone else have any comments on this?</p>
<p>Also, what are majors that are better for enjoying your time as an undergrad premed? I have an affinity for things that work by memorizing the way things process and integrating yourself with those systems (Psyc, Neruosci, Biology, Econ*) as opposed to majors that are more math focused ( Chem, Biochem, physics, etc). I’m not trying to find the easiest major to be lazy but more so I have a range of interest (the ones I just listed) and would rather pick the one that allows the most flexibility for other things in life besides just academics</p>
<p>I graduated in May and did the pre-med track. Flexibility for other things depends mostly on how efficiently you learn, as well as how much time you spend in class. Sciences tend to take up the most time because many of the classes have 3-4 hour labs every week in addition. Neural science, bio, and econ are all quite work intensive, but psych is a pretty light major. It really depends on what interests you the most. While psych is the easiest of the ones you listed, the undergrad classes are not super interesting and the major is not that rigorous unless you do the honors track and do a thesis</p>
<p>So i’m handling Bio at wesleyan with ease (whereas others complain about how difficult it is. My only issue is that it’s more of biochem but i can quickly learn the chem portions with just a little extra studying I don’t mind that). I am an efficient learner when it comes to the type of systems i described above^ I just don’t want it to be where simply because i’m in neurosci that they give me 6 hours of homework every night simply because I"m in neurosci and they want to make it hard. </p>
<p>Here at wesleyan Neruosci apparently isn’t any harder than your first bio courses which is what I like. I like that they don’t increase the workload as you go up in the major just to simply increase the workload. Now don’t get me wrong if I was already in the major and they did that, I wouldn’t switch simply because of that as i’ve already started to learn what I wanted to learn. I"m that type of aggressive learner (hence my work hard play hard attitude). I just would rather avoid getting myself in some deep **** later if I can avoid it ya know?</p>
<p>Also I plan on taking Chem alongside physics sophmore year to knock those two out so that junior and senior year is a bit lighter of a load (and so that I can enjoy NYC as a 21 year old). Is that a good idea?</p>
<p>I would definitely try to knock chem and physics out together if you can handle it, but I wouldn’t plan on it making your junior and senior years easier. By definition, upper level classes are more challenging, and it’s IMO unavoidable that you’ll have more work those years than at the beginning. There will also likely be many more independent components to classwork, which means your work will have to be much more involved and self-directed. This is probably true at most schools though</p>
<p>independent components such as research projects and papers? I feel like that’s more geared towards the heavier science majors such as neurosci and biochem. I don’t really see that as much with psych but I could be wrong heh</p>
<p>Nope, at a big research U like NYU, there are heavy independent components to pretty much all subjects. If you have specific questions about psych, I can answer them. I did the honors track in psych, which is a year-long thesis project, but many of the advanced electives required independent work of some kind of another</p>