<p>I am a junior in high school and I plan on seing a pre-med major.</p>
<p>I was wondering of UVA would be a good place to study undergraduate for pre-med?</p>
<p>If anyone studies pre-med here please let me know!</p>
<p>UVA has an excellent pre-medical program. Possibly the best in Virginia discounting the 7 year BS/MD program at VCU (but really, who would want to go to VCU... :-p)</p>
<p>I know there are a couple on here that are pre-med. Hopefully they will chime in. I only know one myself, he actually chose UVA over Vanderbuilt for pre-med.</p>
<p>One of my apartment mates is pre-med. She's almost as miserable as me! Just kidding, she's doing ok. She spends a lot of time in office hours and discussions and help sessions, so there seems to be plenty of assistance if you would need it. She seems content, and she transferred from JMU just for UVA's premed program. Another friend is doing BioMed Eng and pre-med and is doing well, but he's ridiculously smart, sooo.
Like ehiunno though, I'm not pre-med, but in the e-school, so i'm just supplying outside knowledge.</p>
<p>There's no such thing as a "premed" major. In fact, the "premed" program at any school primarily consists of 8 classes and the labs that accompany them. As someone interested in medical school, you should pick any top school where you'll be happy. Really, there's little difference between the "premed" tracks at Duke, Vanderbilt and Berkeley, despite what CC nitwits would have you believe. </p>
<p>Among schools in Virginia, you're probably best off at UVA, W&M or W&L. All three have excellent academics and talented, motivated students. UVA does happen to have a large research hospital on site in addition to many graduate research programs in the biological sciences, which might be a factor for you.</p>
<p>At this point there are a lot of unknowns and a lot of things you'll need to figure out on your own. You don't know if you'll like chemistry or if you'll want to be an anthropology major - that's something you need to wait to college to find out. You also probably don't know if you <em>really</em> want to be a doctor.</p>
<p>good advice C302. How many countless students started as premed their freshman year that have gone on to other careers. Thats why I like the Liberal arts curriculum b/c it forces you to take many different classes so you have a couple of years to decide what you want to be when you grow up.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help! Keep posting so I can get all the information I can!!</p>
<p>Thanks GUYS!!!</p>