<p>How is bio/chem/physics department at Emory?</p>
<p>Bio = amazing
Chem = extra amazing
NBB (Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, a very popular science major) = extra EXTRA amazing
I don’t have much experience with the physics department yet, but I hear it is decent.</p>
<p>Seriously though, I could not be happier with the science opportunities available here at Emory. All science faculty members who I have encountered have been remarkable, and it is incredibly easy for undergraduates to get involved in research in any field imaginable. Science courses tend to be very challenging but not cutthroat, and there are loads of organized group study sessions and lots of tutoring available.</p>
<p>^^^ Sciences and the business courses at Emory are lot more work than other courses at Emory…You can tell because the pre-med/pre-business kids are working their asses off, while the kids who are other majors can go out 4-5 times a week.</p>
<p>rer678 and Colleges00701, how often would you say a bio major studies?</p>
<p>That’s quite a blanket statement you’ve made there. I suggest you wait a little while and see how much work people in the humanities and social sciences work when it comes time for papers, midterms, etc. Two weeks at school is not really enough to make that claim.</p>
<p>From what I have heard from professors, the average gpa in a intro science class is 2.7, if you go to supplemental instruction its a 2.9…compare that to one of my friends (upperclassmen), who has a 3.9X and is a double journalism/philosophy major (only studies 4-5 hours a week, outside of class)…</p>
<p>I am not a bio major, but I know upperclassmen who are bio majors…From what I have heard, after organic chemistry, there is major grade deflation in the sciences…For example, the average grade in a biochemistry class was an 85…the professors decided that an average of 85 was too high for their class, so they made the average 65 in the class…</p>
<p>***** This is what I have heard, from current students, not from me taking these classes. I am a freshman this year.</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s true for biochem. Many of the other chem. classes above 141/142 may have 70-80 averages, which is why they are more than likely curved up by the profs. Also, orgo. is often curved or has an adjusted scale. The method selected is dependent upon prof.</p>
<p>And that is Journalism/Philosophy. Things get dicey if you look at the Polysci and History major hear. I hear that they are far from easy.</p>