<p>Hi well heres my situation: Im currently debating whether I should go to Binghamton, Stony Brook, or Queens College. I want to study pre med so Im leaning more towards Stony but Im hearing that Bing has a very good pre med program. Can someone keep me infored?
Thanks Alot.</p>
<p>The pre-med program here at Binghamton is rather solid if you ask me…<br>
The classes are big for the intro courses but you’ll find that anywhere you go. The science classes are difficult but there’s a lot of resources you can use to do well. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>What’s good for premed is not the school, but where you think you’ll have an easier time getting those A’s. I can’t say which is the easier school since I’ve never been to Stony or Queens, but from my experiences, a lot of people that I met who were premed in freshmen year have ended up dropping premed since they messed up their gpa’s severely.</p>
<p>anyway, if you think you can average a 3.7+ with those science courses, go for bing. however, you should fear organic chemistry.</p>
<p>I disagree with demonfireangel. Go where you feel most comfortable and happiest. If you’re happy there, you’ll be able to survive the intense pre med course load. If it’s an “easier school” but you’re miserable you may find your grades suffer as a result.</p>
<p>Take Queens out of the equation. It’s mainly a liberal arts school and as far as I know, not that well known for the sciences. Stony Brook is stronger in the sciences BUT (really big but…) the Bing program is not so terrible that if you preferred the Bing campus and students body and location, that you couldn’t pick Bing over Stony despite the stronger program.</p>
<p>Weeder courses exist at both though, so be prepared.</p>
<p>Organic chemistry isn’t as hard as everyone makes it out to be. The Chemistry department at Binghamton is fantastic. If you did bad in chemistry, you didn’t work hard enough.
The intro bio classes which are pre-med requirements [bio 117, 118] are fast pace and very difficult but once you make it through them you should be okay. I wouldn’t advise you to take bio and chem together during your first year.
To be successful with your pre-med courses at Binghamton or anywhere else you go, you have to study everyday. It’s definitely a sacrifice you’ll have to make.</p>
<p>Exactly, Brenstar is on the money. Must study EVERYDAY. Including weekends. This is the sacrifice you must put yourself through if you wanna make it to med school. I’ve seen a couple of friends who thought the weekend was for “rest and relaxation.” WRONG! They had a hard time getting into any med school.</p>
<p>Grades and MCAT scores are the most important factors in med school application. This is a fact that most schools acknowledge on their websites. Obviously, you want to go somewhere where you think you can get the highest GPA.</p>
<p>If you don’t take your grades seriously, and start slacking off and pulling less than a 3.7, forget it, you’re not getting in, plain and simple (unless you got a 40 on your MCAT’s, but that’s 99.6 percentile). Don’t take my word for it, just ask the senior’s who used to be pre med majors.</p>
<p>If you’re sure you’re doing premed, Stony Brook is very good for that. I had a choice between stony and bing and was about 70% sure I was gona do premed, I went for bing anyways. Mostly because like 1/2 my hs went to stonybrook and…I didnt wanna be in a school where I knew many people. Bing’s premed reputation is not as great as stony’s but still very decent.I’m on the premed track now and it is a challenge. I say visit the schools.</p>