<p>I am going to be majoring in Physiology and Neuroscience and I was wondering in what way I should rank the colleges. I am looking for, in order of importance,</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy GEs (Not too much writing)</li>
<li>Decent dorms (they don't have to be amazing, just decent)</li>
<li>Good student life (good places to hang out, occasional parties, friendly people, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Muir, Thurgood Marshall/Warren, Sixth, ERC, Revelle.</p>
<p>Reasoning:</p>
<p>Muir has 2 quarters of writing, pretty easy GE’s, and the dorms are decent.
- If you know where to look you can find parties at any college really. You get to know your house pretty well.</p>
<p>Warren has 2 quarters also, GE’s are more math/science oriented though, the dorms are pretty decent.</p>
<p>Marshall, 3 quarters of writing, the dorms are kinda crappy, but for a pre-med student they have a really interesting “public service” minor available only to Marshall students that has some pretty nice outlets to show EC’s on your Med School app.</p>
<p>Sixth, 3 quarters of writing, crappy dorms, but you can get the decent (first floor) to nice (second floor) apartments as a freshman if you apply, not many GE’s GE’s, but they are more oriented towards art/social-ethical courses.</p>
<p>ERC, 6 quarters of a Humanities writing sequence + 4 quarters of a language (pretty sure), the nicest dorms, a lot of GE’s. (you can bump ERC up if you like writing and the dorms… some people say the nice dorms make up for the writing requirement)</p>
<p>Revelle, pretty bad dorms, a lot of GE’s. Not much more to be said.</p>
<p>With that, I’m a Pre-med student myself in the Sixth college apartments (first year) and I’m just fine here… so is my pre-med good friend in Muir, and my brother in Marshall. And I know a girl who’s pre-med in Revelle and she is handling it pretty well. Thus said, being Pre-med is a challenging feat so look at some of the colleges GE’s, and see which ones interest you, that way your GE’s become something you kind of want to do, and not something you have to do, because you’ll be spending a lot of time on all of your classes, and sometimes doing something you like just makes the experience more enjoyable… if not easier.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>^I totally agree with that. Find the college with the GEs you actually want to takee.</p>
<p>A lot of pre-meds I know actually love Revelle because of overlapping GE/Major/Med school requirements. The dorms do suck though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help! That’s funny because when I initially ranked them, I had it exactly like that! :)</p>
<p>You might want to move Sixth down to the fifth or sixth slot, purely because it’s just not a good college to be in.</p>
<p>It also depends on your major also. If you taking a major like Bio Engineering, then I recommend staying away from Revelle.</p>
<p>However, regardless of major, I personally recommend Muir over all the others.</p>
<p>A lot of my close friends from my hometown are in Warren, Revelle, ERC, and Marshall and they are all pre-med like me (I’m in Muir). Now we all have somewhat difficult majors in Engineering or Biology. </p>
<p>My best friend in Revelle is having a very difficult time since he has to clear all of his GEs, along with major GEs, and the pre-med GEs (although someone did say the GEs overlap, which is true to some extent). Pretty much, if you have to take all those extra classes and keep a high GPA (since thats pretty much what med schools really care about other than MCAT scores).</p>
<p>My friends at Warren and ERC feel the same way, especially because they have some extra writing courses (dont get me started on MMW at ERC).</p>
<p>As for why I say Muir, I honestly dont feel pressured at all. Coming in with all my AP scores, I’ve pretty much cleared almost all the GE requirements with a few exceptions here and there where I need to take one or two classes. As a result, I only have to take 3 classes a quarter which allows me to spend time on them well while also focusing in on my pre-med requirements, such as Chemistry.</p>
<p>Dont get me wrong, you need to pull As in all your classes or as close to As as possible… but with Muir I personally think its easier</p>
<p>My daughter is thinking of going to Liberty Univesity for the pre-med program. Does anyone know anything of the quality of this program?</p>
<p>@ Above, wrong forum/thread?<br>
Unfortunately I can’t answer your question, never heard of the school before :</p>