<p>My daughter read in a college review book that biology majors / pre-med students at Wash U spend their whole lives studying...with little time for fun. She had been interested in Wash U, but that statement turned her off as she wants a more balanced college experience. Does anyone know how true that statement is? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>My D's roommate is a pre-med freshman at WashU. She studies hard Monday through Thursday and then parties hard starting Thursday night!</p>
<p>It is probably no different than any other top university. Med schools are numbers-driven, and getting top grades in good schools is not easy.</p>
<p>yeah i heard from a friend going there she's gladshe's not premed cuz premeds don't have a life.</p>
<p>also, for the university scholars program, you have to maintain a 3.8. that sounds hard. Will it be hard for someone who's gotten straight A's at a moderately competitive high school?</p>
<p>That's not what I've seen, Riley. They work hard, but the serious, serious studying comes in waves with the chem/bio tests. So it's not every weekend locked in the library or anything.</p>
<p>A 3.8 here is hard for anyone, I think. People do it though.</p>
<p>It is actually not that bad. I am a BME/Premed and although i do have a lot of work, i have some free time too. (even on weekdays) It just requires good time management.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your replies! PurpleBoople, would you say that you and other pre-med students have less free time than other majors? My daughter has this impression that while others are playing IM sports and having fun, the pre-med students are holed up studying. She does have great time management skills and is juggling a lot in high school but she wants to be able to do a lot of different things in college, as well. Also, does it seem possible to be pre-med, double-major in Bio and maybe a language and also go abroad a semester? Thanks again for your help.</p>
<p>Yes, we have less free time but we do have enough time to join clubs, play IM sports...everything everyone else does. We are definitely not "holed up studying" all the time. And yes, it is possible to double-major in bio and a foreign language.</p>
<p>I have a friend who is pre-med and a cappella. It's definitely time-consuming but it's doable.</p>
<p>I have a son who is a freshman at WUSTL and is a Chem Engineer/Econ major that plays a varsity sport.He manages to keep abalanced life betweenthe academics,socila aspects of school and sports.He has great time management skills which is thesecret.If Purple boop is having a good time by majoring in biomed engineering and premed then anybody can have a goodtime.The biomed Eng major is very tough.My son is applying for jobs at school to fill his time. It is study hard play hard at WUSTL.He feels like he is in heaven at school.</p>