<p>What did you think? The facilities, the professors, the access to research, internships...did you get into med school? The med school you wanted? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I am. I am kind of sleepy so the response will be short. I might responsed in more depth later.</p>
<p>Courses will be hard. There is no studying last minute and expecting to get a good grade, esp physics, organic chem, and biochem.</p>
<p>Classes will be big -->bio (~135), chem (~190), orgo (~150), physics (~250), biochem (~200). Labs will be smaller (~18-25).</p>
<p>It will take a lot of effort to get to know the professors because the class is so big and you have other students competing for their time. Its also not impossible, just harder than if you went to a smaller university.</p>
<p>The head premed advisor sucks. If come to him asking questions and you don't have a GPA of 3.8 or above, then he will belittle you about why are you premed. I have had friends change majors and cry coming out of his office.</p>
<p>UF is probably the easiest place to find research opportunities. It will just take you finding out what is available. Key spots for premeds include the Academic Research Building @ SHAND/UF, the McKnight Brain Institute, and any dept that your in.</p>
<p>The teaching abilities of the professors for the premed tracking courses vary greatly. I think all physics professor sucks. The chemistry dept has at least one good professors for all there classes. Biochem has good professors (generally there are 4 professors teaching this course). Biology generally has good professors.</p>
<p>Internships are generally engineering track people, but if you are pre-med/pre-eng then they have a career fair geared towards engineering internships in Fall and Spring. Probably the largest in Florida.</p>
<p>Volunteering and shadowing is easy. SHANDS has a volunteering dept in which you can step up to volunteer in any dept at SHANDS. THe requirement is 3hrs/week and you get 3 misses I think.</p>
<p>I apply to medical school this summer, so I cant answer your last question. </p>
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<p>Yea, most of them are. However, if at least Acosta or Yelton are teaching it, you should be fine. Those guys are pretty good.</p>
<p>thanks a lot. if you had to apply to schools again, would you still go to UF? people who've you talked to, have they generally been pleased with their ability to get into med school?</p>
<p>I think most premed people are fine with their choice to go to UF. As ASMAJ said, it is very easy to get research opportunities, volunteer hours, and to get involved with the campus/city (most people do this through their sorority or frat, but you don't need to).</p>
<p>The courses you have to take will not be easy, but they are not going to be easy at any college. So you just have to sit down and learn it. The other nice thing about UF is that the students are not going to hope you fail so that they can get the higher grade. People genuinely help each other with the work with study groups and such. </p>
<p>This is actually a very important selling point because at some schools, if you ask the kid sitting near you what
your orgo professor just said, he or she may tell you something wrong so that you mess it up on the exam. </p>
<p>From what my friends have told me, the courses prepare you well for the MCAT. You're still going to have to study like crazy for it, but you will have a good feel for how to approach the exam after getting through your premed courses.</p>