<p>I want to do premed and I want to pick the school thats going to let me get to med school. Which college do you think would get me there...GT or UGA Honors? And do you guys know what an average gpa for a biochemistry major would be for either of the schools?</p>
<p>You can get into any medical school from either school. There is no admissions advantage of one over the other(in fact, your school doesn’t really matter ‘that much’ in medical school admissions), but it does matter that you attend the school where you will thrive. If attending Tech means you will be more motivated, have more appealing extra-curricular and research opportunities, etc… then you should come here, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Any average GPA comparisons between the two schools are meaningless as the average student at UGA and the average student at Tech are very different. You would need to compare the GPAs of similar students at each institution, and I do not believe that data is available.</p>
<p>If you want to eventually do medical research/get into a med school known for research, Tech has many more research opportunities. However, UGA Honors is also a fantastic program that has research connections. Tech is also surrounded by several hospitals that make it easy to get exposure to health care and the CDC is based in Atlanta. Our BME department also does research with Emory Medical School and as a BCHM major you would be able to apply for some of the lab positions.</p>
<p>Other than differences in research and proximity to the health care industry, the schools are very equal. Both have outstanding Pre-Med Offices and a long history of sending many students to medical schools, including the best in the nation. In short, choose the school that you feel you can excel at.</p>
<p>I also strongly encourage you to look outside of medicine for potential career opportunities. You are going to be a freshman and you are far too young to pigeon-hole yourself into some pre-med mindset. Explore all your options, get LOTS experience with doctors in a clinical setting, and develop a passion for medicine BEFORE you decide medicine is the field for you. Unless your parents are doctors, or you have spent TONS of time in a hospital setting seeing what doctors actually do from day to day, it is likely that you view the field of medicine through rose colored glasses. Medicine is not a field for those who can see themselves do anything else. You really have to love it or you will find yourself quite miserable (and likely far less wealthy than you imagined… i.e. if you are motivated by money DON’T choose medicine).</p>