Premed and Transfering out of a LAC into a major university

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<p>I'm a freshman at Vassar College and i'm thinking of transfering out to a larger university for fall of sophmore year. </p>

<p>I was considering Premed so if i start on that course i'll pretty much be registered for mostly science classes despite my deep interest for the humanities and the arts. Will the lack of course diversity in my schedule hurt my chances of being accepted into a prestigious university (uchicago, columbia, etc)? </p>

<p>1 Semester:
BIOL-106-01 Intro/Biological Investigations
CHEM-125-31/41 Chemical Principes
PSYC-106-01 Intro Psych/Experiencing Art
COGS-100-01 Intro to Cognitive Science
ENGL-179-01 Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>2nd Semester (not specific classes)
BIOL-200 genetics
CHEM-200 organic chemistry
PSYC-200 a neuroscience class
CALC-125 Accelerated Calculus
ENGL-101 required freshman writing seminar</p>

<p>If it will better my chances, should I ease up on the premed and save that for later, taking art history, a film class, anthrpology, and other fun classes that interest me instead of calc or chem</p>

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<p>Since those 2 schools have a solid core, it might be a good idea to show a greater breath of subjects, but that's just conjecture on my part. On the other hand, you suggest dropping chem or calc for more of a fun class, that could be a problem with showing that you're taking challenging courses.</p>

<p>That said, your schedule doesn't look that lopsided to me. You have 4 science & 1 math course for your premed sequence, 3 social science (showing an obvious interest in NB/cog sci) and 2 writing courses.</p>

<p>One thought, you are taking several NB/CS courses, and these won't be of any help with the MCATs, nor will they count towards your premed requirements (unless they also count as Bio courses), are you taking them because they interest you, and would you be willing to drop one of these in order to show a wider range of coursework?</p>

<p>One other thing to consider is that unless you're really set on taking your MCATs after your sop year, there's not that much reason to load up on premed courses the first year.</p>