<p>I know the issue of grade deflation at Vanderbilt has been brought up multiple times on these threads. How much grade deflation is present on the pre-med track at Vandy? </p>
<p>Also, is the Medicine, Health, and Society Major extremely challenging?</p>
<p>Vanderbilt does have grade deflation but if you work hard you should be fine.</p>
<p>I visited just about a month ago and talked to two current students in depth, one a pre-med, one not. It seems like the general consensus was that the first, introductory level courses have deflation, can be very hard, and act as weed-out courses since apparently about 50% of Vanderbilt’s entering students want to be pre-med before they take any classes. </p>
<p>I was told by both students that if I can I should take AP/IB credit, place out of these classes, and take the high level ones that have less deflation and therefore, while the material may be more difficult, they are less competitive and more students do well. However, the pre-med student I met was not able to skip these classes and he was perfectly fine, so I think if you work hard you shouldn’t have a problem.</p>
<p>Are there any statistics as to how many students are weeded out and how many go on to medical school?</p>
<p>If I’m pre-med track and MHS, how would my classes look as a freshman? Would my pre-med requirements overlap with MHS? I’m confused as to when I would be able to begin taking classes that are specific to my major.</p>
<p>MHS is a pretty easy major. It isn’t really science based at all, it’s more about sociology, politics, and psychology from what I understand. Intended for people going into healthcare and such.</p>
<p>As for overlap, you can see the required courses for MHS here: [Major</a> | Medicine, Health and Society](<a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/mhs/undergraduate/major/]Major”>Major - Medicine, Health and Society Medicine, Health and Society | Vanderbilt University)</p>
<p>There’s not much overlap with pre-med courses, though 6 hours from Chem or BioSci count towards your MHS major.</p>