<p>Hi...i was wondering if anyone can find the stats of NYU premed students, like which schools they applied to, their MCATs, GPA and which schools that accepted them...i hv been looking for a while and can't find anything</p>
<p>mdapplicants.com</p>
<p>Well, I was NYU pre-med, and I'm currently headed to med school. If you'd like some information, please ask more specific questions. I'm not inclined to tell you about each and every pre-med classmate I had, what major they were, and where they're going - that might take a while.</p>
<p>mdapplicants.com is hardly representative of the NYU pool (or any other pool) as a whole, so I would view that as a nice collection of anecdotes.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the stats listed on mdapplicants are easily fabricated so you would do well to take the information with a grain of salt. If you are headed to NYU this fall as a pre-med, then I would urge you to visit the Pre-professional office and ask for such a list. Or perhaps your advisor can get a copy for you.</p>
<p>I had a few questions for shades_children,
1. How did you find the pre-med advising you received? Did you have to figure a lot of things out on your own or did you receive lots of support?
2. How competitive were the pre-med req. courses? Did you find yourself studying countless hours for the science classes?
3. Could you give a breakdown of when you took your req. courses and when you took the MCAT?<br>
Freshman?
Sophomore?
Junior?</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply.</p>
<p>1) Pre-med advising was pretty good, up until actually applying. I do wish they'd emphasized the importance of applying on time... 'cause I missed out on that, and that caused me all sorts of trouble. I don't know if I just missed the "Let's Tell You About the Exact Timeline for Applying to Medical School" meeting or what. I also wish I'd taken the initiative to ask about what schools to apply to - I wasted time applying to low-tier schools that I had no chance at getting in.</p>
<p>2) It's hard for me to answer "how competitive" classes were because I took Honors Gen Chem I/II and Honors Orgo II. (I was abroad in London for Orgo I, so there I took regular. The London classes were much easier than their counterparts in New York.)</p>
<p>I had the dubious pleasure of having Tuckerman teach Honors Gen Chem I, and it was the hardest course I took in college, even worse than Writing the Essay or P-chem. Tuckerman basically used quantum mechanics to teach the theory, and... just, ugh. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE quantum mech, but as a first semester freshman, it was overwhelming. Luckily for you, I don't think Tuckerman teaches that anymore.</p>
<p>Not all the Honors courses were so hard - in fact, Honors Orgo was probably easier than the regular section. The great thing about the Honors Chem classes is that they were smaller and more generously curved than the regular section. This probably was good for me, since I totally flubbed Honors Orgo II - I didn't study enough and I hated the material.</p>
<p>Physics I in London was okay because of the small size, but Physics II in New York was utter hell. Teachers were awful, and lab and recitation were awful because the preceptors couldn't speak English.</p>
<p>I wanted to take Honors Bio, but it didn't fit into my schedule. Regular Bio was just fine for me - A's both semesters, little sweat. I imagine Honors Bio would've been even more fun.</p>
<p>3) I was a chem major, but I'm only listing pre-med courses.</p>
<p>Freshman Semester I
- Honors Gen Chem I
- Intro to Chemical Experimentation I
- Calc II</p>
<p>Freshman Semester II
- Honors Gen Chem II
- Intro to Chemical Experimentation II
- Calc III
- Writing the Essay</p>
<p>Sophomore Semester I (London)
- Orgo I
- Orgo Lab I
- Physics I
- English Novel in the 19th Century</p>
<p>Sophomore Semester II
- Honors Orgo II
- Honors Orgo Lab II
- Physics II</p>
<p>Junior Semester I
- Principles of Bio I</p>
<p>Junior Semester II (started Kaplan course, took April 2006 MCAT)
- Principles of Bio II</p>
<p>I also got pwned in honors gen chem at Cornell. Nothing like using calculus or quantum mechanics to solve chemistry problems.</p>
<p>I wonder what it is about Duke. "Accelerated" or "For Majors" is a sure sign that the class is easier...</p>
<p>norcalguy:</p>
<p>I didn't get pwned at Honors Gen Chem. :P But I've never worked that hard on homework assignments ever. Also, our final for Honors Gen Chem I is legendary among my classmates - everytime there was an academic get-together, someone inevitably said, "Hey, remember that crazy equilibrium question on Tuckerman's final?" I think most of us still have no idea how to solve it.</p>
<p>Questions to shades_children, but I guess anyone can answer it - </p>
<p>Is there any motivation besides interest in your taking honors courses?
Do med schools give any sort of "boost" to those who do?</p>
<p>1) Define "motivation." Sure, the classes are slightly harder, but I personally like smaller classes - you get to know your classmates better. You also get to know your professors better, which is great for LORs. Didn't hurt that grading was generally more generous than in non-honors courses. :P</p>
<p>2) BDM or BRM probably can better answer this. I suspect Honors courses help, but given the information above, adcoms may take them with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>The official honors status almost certainly doesn't matter much, although the opposite (a remedial class) probably would matter quite a bit.</p>
<p>The thing is that honors are usually smaller, better taught, have better learning environments, and to top it off are usually easier (in my experience), too. So I usually sought out classes that were labelled "accelerated" or "for majors" for that reason.</p>
<p>i jsut noticed bdm stands for bluedevilmike and brm is for bigredmed</p>