<p>Im from southern California and visited NYU and Poly this week. I'm interested in doing pre-med and wondering how the Biomolecular Science program at Poly is. I know engineering is the main study there, which makes pre-med sound odd to pursue at a school like that. Does anybody know What the program is like and if students generally do well in it? After visiting and talking to one of the admissions counselers, I'm very interested. </p>
<p>Also, in general, how is life at Poly? How challenging and life-consuming are the academics? Do the students get along? Is it easy to get involved at NYU?</p>
<p>It is not strange at all to pursue premed at Poly. Despite being mainly an engineering school, Poly has been known for its strong biology/chemistry programs. There is a lot of research going on at Poly now for chemical and biological sciences (CBS) and students majoring in biomolecular science (BMS) have several opportunities to partake in these. There are a lot of BMS majors, and it’s also the major with the most girls. Haha. :p</p>
<p>Poly is tough; there’s no hiding that. Several kids drop out because they can’t keep up with the core classes. But it’s not impossible either and in fact, many people do very well here. I think it’s just about finding the right balance. </p>
<p>Everyone at Poly is very friendly and never have I felt that I was not welcome or that I was looked down upon. There are many support services for students who need help with classes and the school does a great job of informing you of these. The environment is supportive and students are very collaborative. Many upperclassmen will be glad to tell you about professors, classes, past exams, etc. </p>
<p>As for getting involved in NYU: it’s not hard at all, since Poly students have access to all NYU events and clubs, and vice versa. In fact, some of NYU’s events are held at the Poly campus, especially ones related to entrepreneurship and innovation. Our Career Fairs are run in such a way to complement one another and students from Washington Square and MetroTech are allowed and encouraged to attend career fairs at both campuses. We can take classes at the various schools of NYU and some NYU students take classes here and participate in our summer research program. The English curriculum at Poly is now under the NYU Expository Writing Program, so Poly students will take the same English curriculum as their counterparts in CAS, Stern, Tisch, and Steinhardt. Minors at NYU are now available to Poly students as well. So if you want to get involved, there are a myriad of ways of doing so.</p>
<p>Thank you, that was extremely helpful. If it won’t be too expensive if I’m accepted, I would love to go there.</p>
<p>I went to poly for my undergrad and grad for Electrical engineering. I would never allow any of my kids apply there. Alot of TAs teach classes. Most of them speak really bad English. Absolutely no school spirit. Most people are from tri-state area and live off campus, so no social scene at all. There are much better engineering schools out there! Absolutely no alumni spirit. My girlfriend went to a 20 year reunion and only 2 people from our year showed up. The only good thing about Poly is their placement program. At the time it was good. Don’t know what it is now. I know I went there long time ago, but my cousin’s son just graduated last year and according to him things didn’t change much. Don’t go to Poly!!!</p>