<p>I've heard a great deal about Pton being a good place to get a wonderful undergraduate education that can both prepare you for & help you get into medical school. This confuses me as Pton doesnt even have a biology major! the only programs available are in ecology & evolutionary biology and such. I want someone to point to the contrary - such that i'm convinced there are courses and program available at Pton that support an aspiring Pre-med in terms of Human anatomy/physiology, etc. Besides the advising, what else makes Princeton a good place for pre-meds? I really like a lot of things about Pton but am not sure if its best for my intended course of study.</p>
<p>Also, evalute my chances at Pton anyone? 2310 sat, 3.9/5.2 gpa, rank 1, IB diploma candidate at a very poorly equipped school, state science & spanish competition winner, trained Indian classical dancer, sunday school teacher, volunteer at hospitals & summer intern at med research labs in south florida.
Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>you don't have to major in bio to be pre-med and there is no reason whatsoever to take any course in anatomy or physiology if you are going to medical school. It is redundant and going to be drilled into you ad infinitum for two years in excruciating detail.</p>
<p>you also seemed to miss this major: <a href="http://www.molbio2.princeton.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.molbio2.princeton.edu</a>. Many schools split up "bio" into pieces as "bio" is really too wide in scope to be a legitimate endeavor even at the undergrad level.</p>
<p>i think they have a biology major, actually... i dont have my coursebook open, but im sure they do.</p>
<p>Princeton has two departments that focus on biology:</p>
<p>Molecular Biology (MolBio) & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)</p>
<p>The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology was founded in 1990 exactly because of the reason crimsonbulldog describes at the end of his post. </p>
<p>Princeton is a great place for pre-meds. My dad got his A.B. in Economics in 1976, and he got accepted at both Harvard and UPenn Medical Schools, and decided to go to UPenn. There is no reason one HAS to be a biology major in order to do pre-med. All you have to do is take the required courses. In fact, being something other than a bio major when applying to med school may be a slight advantage nowadays I heard.</p>
<p>Tokyo I think you're right. I've heard that lower scores on the MCATs can be balanced by being a major other than Bio or chemistry--even an engineering major (and Princeton has a really good engineering program).</p>
<p>Is a Princeton major anything like a "guarantee" that you can be admitted to a law,medical or another graduate school of another university (such as Harvard,Yale,Stanford etc.) ?</p>
<p>It's a good looking degree, but if you graduate with straight D's, I wouldn't consider it a guarantee. My guess from the perspective of one who doesn't really know the system (and anyone else...please correct me if I'm wrong), is that a Princeton degree with a solid GPA is going to really help applying to top grad schools. Is it a guarantee? No, there are other factors, but it is going to help.</p>
<p>Princeton publishes extensive stats on its students success applying to medical school. They do as well as anywhere in the country.</p>
<p>no school guarantees admittance to hys medical schools, the only schools that guarantee acceptances are the 7 year programs or 8 year programs (like brown's plme).</p>