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<p>My son is in 11th grade. Emphasis is on science courses; physics, chemistry, bio, Calculus AB/BC. Completed AP Bio (5) and AP Chem (4). Taking cal AB now. Planning AP Physics, AP Psychology and Cal BC in senior yr. Maintaining a 3.94 UW GPa. (Hoping to maintain >3.85 UW after 12th garde). ACT 29. Planning on Premed track. With this background from a popular Michigan HS, his chances of getting into MSU is good. Can any past Michigan HS students doing premed track can comment on the success of a kid with this back ground with UW HS GPA ~3.9? What can be their projected GPA in Bio? I know that college is no HS. Is there any stats on what percentage of BIO students maintain >3.5 GPA?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I can’t really answer your question because I don’t know the info you are asking about. It might help if you can narrow down what you mean by bio. MSU has several different kinds of bio majors (Lyman Briggs Biology, Human Biology, Biological Science, Environmental Biology, Zoology, Entomology, Plant Biology, and Microbiology I think).</p>

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<p>I am not sure what Lyman Briggs Biology is!
Human Biology, …ya, can understand
Biological Science, …encompasses HB, I think</p>

<p>OK, I will re-frame the question.

  1. Which of the above 3 best prepares for MCAT and Medical?
  2. Which of the above 3 is relatively easier to get good GPA?</p>

<p>Thank you for your willingness to answer.</p>

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<p>I can’t answer for sure, since I am not pre-med. I do know several pre-meds though.</p>

<p>Most pre-meds I know are in Human bio or Lyman Briggs Human Bio. Glancing over the classes it looks like those majors have you actually doing human related classes. </p>

<p>Lyman Briggs is a special college for high ranked students who want to study science. You need to be invited to join, I believe. It is harder but there are also a lot of perks for the students and it looks good.</p>

<p>I would say Biological Sciences (which is an interdepartmental major) would be the easiest and Lyman Briggs anything would be the hardest. The major drawback I can see from looking at the Biological Sciences program would be that you don’t have requirements for a lot of the human classes, however you might be able to take a couple.</p>

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<p>You do not have to be invited to join Lyman Briggs but you have to apply to it when you apply to MSU. It fills up pretty fast. The advantage of Lyman Briggs is that the classes are smaller and the professors are in the same building so you get a lot of help. It is a residential college. Most of the students live in Holmes Hall where the classes are.</p>

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<p>Thanks both of you for the info. I will research more at msu website about the courses.</p>