<p>Does anyone know which school has a better pre-vet program? My son has been accepted to both schools and into the Schreyer's honor college at Penn State. Not sure which is the best option. Anybody have any thoughts?</p>
<p>MSU is better pre-vet, but Schreyer is supposed to be really good. At the same time, MSU's honors college offers a lot of cool things too.</p>
<p>Dsc, can you tell me why you think MSU is better than PSU, in what way? It is really hard to find out what colleges have better programs than others based on the major and on a campus visit. My son is looking for a good mix of hands on experience and research opportunities. Thank you for responding. Are you a student?</p>
<p>I'm a HS senior right now, but I have about 20 alums in my family, and would give myself a pretty good grade for knowing about the school. But that could just be my personal bias.</p>
<p>MSU is a top 10 vet program, and at ADS quite a few of the OOS people were looking at MSU due to the exceptional vetrinary programs. With MSU's Honors College you can take grad classes as an undergrad, and get right into things too. So that can be good.</p>
<p>Also, MSU does have research readily available, 2 of my cousin worked with the Cyclotron and did other research with faculty and this lead to both getting into their number 1 grad school choices(including Cornell). If you have a 33 ACT you are actually offered a Professorial Assistantship which would obviously create a great opportunity to get straight into research.</p>
<p>Schreyer's consists of students that most often turned down several ivy league schools to attend. It is very prestigious. I think you might want to also post something in the Penn State forum, since your responses in the michigan state area may tend a little biased. I think you might be able to compare the two from both perspectives, rather than just hearing from one side.</p>
<p>I agree, especially considering I only have cursory knowledge of Schreyer. I visited PSU, so I'm not completely ignorant of the school(actually very similar campuses, but no river at PSU :) ).</p>
<p>Check out Lyman Briggs College at MSU. They have a lot of the pre-vet and pre-med students.</p>
<p>Penn state is a better school than MSU, there is no such thing as a "ranked" pre-vet program, there is also no reason to choose your undergrad based on their vet programs. The honors college of penn state vs. the honors college (lyman briggs), I would say penn state takes it down. The only reason I would choose MSU over PSU is if you are a michigan resident.</p>
<p>burgler09 My son is looking for a good animal science/animal bioscience program. He wants a combination of academics, research and hands-on experience. His ultimate goal is to go to Vet School. He knows he can major in anything as long as he takes the required courses. He did apply to Bucknell for Bio, so he is looking at different options. Just wondering if you know which school has better opportunities for the above, and how you would rate Bucknell vs Penn State's Schreyer's college.</p>
<p>burglar09, Lyman Briggs, though excellent, is NOT an honors college. Michigan State's honors college is separate, though students dual-enroll in HC and the college or program of their choice, such as Lyman Briggs. MSU has 3 residential colleges where their classrooms, labs, libraries and prof's offices are connected to the dorm. And all 3 RCAH (res college in the arts & humanities), James Madison college (public and intn'l affairs and pre-law) and, of course, Briggs (science, pre-med). All 3 colleges + the honors college, are nationally renowned... Penn State, to my knowledge, has nothing like this. So your info is incorrect.</p>
<p>It was in the papers yesterday that a Detroit Zoo gorilla died and the body was transported to MSU to find out why it died.</p>