<p>I’m a Junior Biochemistry major in the Honors Program (most chem/biochem majors are in the department’s honors program). As part of the honors program, I get to join the lab of any professor in the department and undertake a 1.5-2 year long research project, write a thesis and present it orally to a faculty committee. My research takes place on both the main and medical campuses, which are adjacent to each other. Recently, I was given the opportunity to do research this coming summer in a lab at the NYU School of Medicine, one of the top 10 in the country, that also studies malaria treatment. My final thesis will incorporate the work I will have done at both Georgetown and NYU, under two leading scientists in the field.</p>
<p>My experience is not unusual. I hardly think Georgetown science is overrated. Whoever said calc 1 was a sinch (the subject is easy no matter where it’s taught), wait till you get to orgo. Georgetown orgo is one of the hardest versions of the course in the country.</p>