<p>Which has a better premed program Penn State-University or University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh?</p>
<p>They are comparable schools, IMHO, whichever is cheaper is better.</p>
<p>I would probably tip the scales to Pittsburgh if you want to get involved in research as an undergrad. But agree w/ artloversplus, they are very comparable schools and you can use other factors to make your decision (college town vs. big city, how far they are from home, etc.)</p>
<p>both are equally far but which one has better faculty and advising?</p>
<p>^^ You’re more likely to get an answer to that question if you ask in the school-specific forums for Pitt and Penn state.</p>
<p>I doubt anyone here knows.</p>
<p>Even if you receive Anecdotal stories in each school specific forum, you still cannot ascertain that one is better than the other. Anecdotal encounters are just that, in such a large school, you will have encounters of your own, some could be good some could be bad. To overcome difficulties is a learning process that everyone has to go through.</p>
<p>I think visiting each school and talk to the specific departments will firm up your mind.</p>
<p>oh ok cool thanks!</p>
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Which has a better premed program Penn State-University or University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh?</p>
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<p>When students ask this question it always appears that they don’t understand that being premed is not an occupation major. It’s not like asking, does this school have a good eng’g program, or nursing program, or accounting program. </p>
<p>There isn’t really a “premed program”. The classes are just regular bio, chem, physics, and now psych and socio classes. There will be other STEM students in your classes. </p>
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<p>Normally true, except for Penn State (one of the schools mentioned by the OP)
<a href=“http://science.psu.edu/premed/majorinfo”>http://science.psu.edu/premed/majorinfo</a></p>
<p>lol…yes…PSU has a “premed major”…goodness knows why anyone would risk their future with that (imagine putting that on a resume if you don’t go to med school…lol )</p>
<p>Anyway, when I looked over the PSU premed major, it just looks like a normal list of premed prereqs and some logical other courses that may be Gen Ed courses</p>
<p>Basically any bio UG degrees other then bio engineering degrees are useless by itself, they all need advanced degrees or go to a health related grad school. Most of the kids I know graduated from bio depart are either in grad schools of some kind or selling clothing in a retail store. </p>
<p>Was working for J&J labs, entry level lab techs all have PhDs.</p>
<p>lol…this can be quite true. But at least putting Biology as one’s major on a resume for a job sounds a little better than putting Premed <= That sounds like, “wasn’t good enough.”</p>
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<p>This is what people planning to be Bio majors need to be cognizant of. People hype STEM but all STEM majors are not equal.</p>