<p>How competitive is the premed program at Tufts? Any weed out classes? What is the usual sequence of courses?</p>
<p>Bio 13 & 14, plus Chem 1 & 2 (ie intro Bio and Intro Chem) are weedout courses. Most people go on to take orgo after that, which weeds out even more people. Premed is extremely popular at Tufts, even though it's very demanding, but that's probably the case everywhere.</p>
<p>you also have to take Physics (I think 11 and 12?) But yeah, I feel like everyone and their mom here is either IR, premed, or an engineer, haha (okay, not true, but a LOT of people are). The Bios and Chems are hard, but people suffer through it. I don't know about people being competitive or cutthroat, though. My friends all help each other on their labs and such.</p>
<p>For most students who wish to apply to the early medical school program, they must double up in one of the core sciences at one point in the first two years or take additional courses over the summer. I took chemistry 1 and 2 my freshman year, with organic chemistry my sophomore year (it is highly recommended to do it early so you can have MCAT preparation during a time that's less stressful. The worst thing to do is to postpone this class as you may have to withdraw/retake it and what not. Summers are a very viable option, but a lot of medical schools like to see the class taken in conjunction with other courses to see if your meddle is up to par). I AP'd out of one portion of biology, and took the second sequence simultaneously with orgo II in my second semester of sophomore year. In general it's not advisable to AP out of a class. Although it <em>may</em> save you time and the weedout atmosphere of intro biology, I feel that in upper division biology courses I am at a disadvantage as a lot of the material is review of a class I supposedly passed out of. I took physics 1 and 2 my junior year.</p>
<p>The introductory biology classes are more weedout than any of the other subjects. Physics 1 and 2 aren't too bad, chemistry is not geared to fail you (even organic. It's just hard regardless), but bio 13 and 14 are probably where you'll feel the competition heating up.</p>
<p>Great advise for my D, thank you Tufts students, please keep sharing.</p>
<p>To tell you the truth, all Premed programs are competitive. This is one of the most competitive career and Tufts is a great one. Good Luck!!! :)</p>