<p>Son will be freshman at BU next year and thinks he now would like to major in pre-med. Is there such a major called “Pre-Med”, or would you just major in Biology/Science with the hopes of being admitted to a medical school 4 ys. down the road? Also, would his advisor help him with an appropriate course selection during orientation this summer?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>you would concentrate in pre-med and major in anything you want. typical majors include, bio, biochem, chem, human physiology, & nutritional science, but you can be a french major and still pre-med. you just have to take 1 year of intro bio (bi 107 & 108), 1 year of intro chem (ch 101 & 102), 1 year of orgo (ch 203 & 204), 1 year of physics (py 106 & 107), 1 year of calc for some med schools (121 & 122 or 123 & 124), and 1 year of writing (wr 100 & wr 150). i cant remember if advisors help out over orientation, but here’s my course suggestion for your son that almost every pre-med does as a freshman:</p>
<p>take ch 101, bi 107, wr 100, and either an elective (humanities or social science) or a calc course. both ch 101 and bi 107 are 3 hours of labs and 3 hours of lecture per week; writing is independent so 3 hours per week, and calc has a discussion which is an extra hour per week. some humanities and ss’s also have discussions. bu’s pre-med program is excellent, and the courses are very tough (many call them “weed-outs” because they’re meant to eliminate the students who really don’t want to be pre-med/can’t hack it). people take orgo as sophomores and physics as juniors, then take the mcat their jr year which is based on these courses (+ verbal section) & apply the summer before their senior year. PM me if you have any questions, because i’m now a senior who has done the pre-med track and will also be at BU med next year.</p>
<p>AliAngel: Thank you SO much for your detailed information – it’s a great help!</p>
<p>no problem! let me know if i can answer any other questions for you, especially about the mmedic program if your son decides he’s interested in going to BU med</p>
<p>Another option would be to major in human physiology in Sargent College. The program is much more focused on the human and envelops the pre-med track. Sargent is a much smaller school and offers a family atmosphere</p>
<p>lol i said human phys above, thats actually my major</p>
<p>and yes, his advisor will help him out at Orientation. He’ll go to a special meeting with the Dean of Pre-Med advising and they’ll go through all the classes he’ll need to take in detail. After that meeting, his student advisor will help him pick the courses for his first semester.</p>
<p>when u compare Boston University’s Pre-med to UCSD’s Pre-med, which one is better???</p>
<p>honest reply plz</p>
<p>UCSD FOR SURE!!!</p>
<p>they have a better a med school and biology there is “impacted” (difficult to get into) also if your in revelle, they have alot of requirements like humanities and American culture ect. which med schools like because they want their students to be well rounded.</p>
<p>Also UCSD is very well known for the sciences (e.i. the med school requirements: chemistry, biology, physics ect.)</p>
<p>So i would pick UCSD</p>
<p>i don’t really know anything about UCSD, but bu’s pre-med program is renowned and extremely difficult. i got into medical school 2 years early at bu via one of their programs, so a) i believe their pre-med program is excellent and b) bu is really good about accepting a lot of their own students into bu med via early acceptance programs. bu is also very well known for their science majors, and our biomedical engineering program (which many pre-meds are in) is one of the top in the country. i would choose based on whether you want to be in boston our california. both have many med schools in the area and you should also decide based on where you’d be happy living and socializing.</p>
<p>i got in as a pre-med major… i’m not sure what’s up with that. O.o</p>
<p>u got into bu as a pre-med major? there’s no such thing, there’s a pre-med concentration but you still have to pick a major (i.e. biology, human physiology, french, whatever). and if you didn’t want to be pre-med then you don’t have to be, just don’t take the bio/chem/orgo/physics courses.</p>
<p>Oh wow, guys, thnx for the promp reply, I appreciate it</p>
<p>btw, AliAngel, wat do u think of the social life in a bio-engineering major in Boston?</p>
<p>wat could u possible do during ur free time, is there even time for interaction???</p>
<p>it all depends what kind of a student you are. i have tons of friends who are bme, most of whom have an awesome social life and party and go to the hockey games, etc. others stay in and study during all hours of the week so they can party on the weekends. if you’re anything like me and have to work hard for your grades since some things don’t come especially easy to you, then you might be sacrificing about ~1/3 of your weekends. it is definitely still possible to have a social life. the key to college, and this is for everyone, is TIME MANAGEMENT. study effectively during the week and go out on the weekends and you’ll have no problem.</p>
<p>@aliangel</p>
<p>yeah i was really confused. when i clicked on housing information, it displayed my major and it said Major: Premed… and i was like O.o whaaaaaat. pretty sure i signed up for biology D:</p>
<p>I want to do pre-med too but i got into CGS, will I still be able to finish my premed requirements in time to apply for medical school? Thanks!</p>
<p>p.s. sorry for asking on this thread, I just hoped someone could answer my question :)</p>
<p>i heard that BU shares a lot of the “pre med professors” (meaning those who teach the requirement classes) with harvard. My source is pretty reliable :)</p>
<p>yes, you should be able to finish your requirements. It will be tough, but you’ll be able to. Especially if the requirements for CGS change next year, as some have suggested they have. CGS essentially takes care of all your gen ed requirements, so really other pre med students are taking their gen eds at the same time, just in CAS or wherever.</p>
<p>haha yea im sure you’re ok. just bring it up with your assigned advisor at orientation when you pick your classes.</p>
<p>If you search on BU’s site, they have a counseling office for pre-med.</p>