<p>How good is Princeton's Biological sciences department for premed wannabes? I know Princeton has a phenomenol overall undergrad education, but does that mean that its premed stuff is amazing, too?</p>
<p>Yes...premed is amazing and so is the molbio department BUT its cutthroat...cutgenitals for that matter.</p>
<p>do you think that pre-med at princeton has been made more cutthroat by the enforced grade deflation policies?</p>
<p>i haven't seen it be cutthroat-- people are always helping each other and working in groups, and the teachers are always ready to help. It is hard to do well, and certain classes are known as being bad (ie biochem) but all in all the department seems very nice and out to help students, and students do very well post college (i think something like 15% of mol majors get a phd/md, which is a very very hard program to get into)</p>
<p>I know Pton's only two biology majors are molecular and ecological and if I'm doing premed it'll probably be the former that I take. Does the lack of choices ever turn anyone off or is it mostly about the courses that you choose to take, not the major?</p>
<p>See the 'health professions' office material (search web site). It answers a lot of questions about Pton and medical school. First, most Pton med school applicants are not mol. bio majors! Lots of good information on MCATs, acceptance rates and the process. I think most HS students think it is 'cut throat' that Pton kids are all in the class (average SAT score close to top 1%). Much better student sitting to your left and right than in HS. HS kids call that competition. But, if you don't like that, why did you apply? Finally, why would it be cut throat when 90+% are accepted into med school?</p>
<p>Yes it is. But then again, every premed program is extremely competitive.</p>
<p>What do premed ppl major in if they don't major in molecular bio?</p>
<p>alltheway: anything that interests them.</p>
<p>I have AP credits in biology (and other non-science courses) but I don't think I'll use them because a)I forgot most of the material b) in sciences, our school didn't do much lab and c) I think kicking it up a notch as a fresman might be tough. is this a good idea? any advice?</p>
<p>alltheway...go to the Pton health professions web site. Most med schools don't care what you major in. You need so many science courses. Some have additional requirements. Beyond the requirements, you are free to take your pleasure. The split is interesting as there are a lot of english, engineers and other 'unrelated' majors. As I recall only about 20% are mol. bio. majors.
Hello123...again, go to the pton web site and search for AP credits. You will see they will advance you to higher level courses if you have a 5. But AP doesn't lower the number of courses to graduate. Your own judgment on whether to advance or not. Advancing would 'free' you up to take more interesting course work than the intro but that is a personal call.</p>
<p>You dont have to major in molecular bio or any kind of science to go to medical school. You just have to have the required courses taken, and thats it (besides MCATs and such). My dad went to Princeton and he majored in economics and then continued on the medical school at UPenn. </p>
<p>In fact, it might give you an edge over the thousands of other applicants majoring in biology or another science to NOT MAJOR in such an area. Choosing an unusual major may be of benefit for your application to medical school. </p>
<p>Just a thought,</p>
<p>tokyorevelation9</p>
<p>I agree with you tokyorevelation9, but then I also heard that those people who do major in some other than science don't do as well as those who do. </p>
<p>OP: Princeton has an excellent biology program.
Pre-med = cut-throat ^100</p>