Stay at NC State or Transfer to UNC/Other University?

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<p>Hi! I'm a current freshman at NC State University majoring in Biology and Psychology with minors in Health, Nutrition, and Economics. My question is, should I stay at NC State all four years or transfer to UNC (or another university) my sophomore or junior year? I am currently doing well in all my classes, have met some cool people, and explored campus. I am hesitant about transferring because the classes here (so far) have been fairly easy for me and I foresee myself maintaining a high GPA with almost all A's. Also, if I transfer, I'm not sure that the credits required for my double major and three minors would be met as they are now. I plan on applying for medical school, and I'm trying to figure out if it's better to do really well at a school that is not known for its biology department. Or, would it be better to go to a school that is more known for this field, but may be a lot harder, causing my GPA to drop? This also brings up the question of whether the classes at NC State and UNC differ that much in terms of workload and rigor (which I'm sure they do). From what I've heard, engineering and physics classes are much harder at NC State, which makes sense. However, the classes I need to take for my majors would probably be a lot harder at UNC. So, the main dilemma for me right now is to transfer or not to transfer? What's better: really good grades at a good school or ok/good grades at a great school for my field? Thank you so much for reading! I appreciate all help and input available!</p>

<p>Sidenote: UNC is not my only option for transferring, I'm trying to look into other universities that would well prepare me for medical school. Please feel free to suggest other universities that might be a good fit for me. If I could transfer to Duke that would be amazing, but I feel that my chances of transferring from NC State to Duke would be slim to none, as the acceptance rate is very, very low.</p>

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<p>If you like NC State, stay there. If you haven’t done so yet, talk to somebody in NC State’s Heath Professions Advising Center. A friends daughter has been meeting with them for premed since she was a freshman (she is a junior now) and says they are extremely helpful in guidance and support for premed students. <a href=“http://hpac.dasa.ncsu.edu/”>http://hpac.dasa.ncsu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>First of all,
As a freshman, you are not quite a double major. Biology is in the College of Sciences while Psychology is in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In order to become a double major you have to have completed at least one semesters worth of classes at NC State and be accepted into the other school to which you are applying. So, saying you are a double major is little stretch at this point - most freshman will tell you they are double majors when in fact they’re not. </p>

<p>This being said it may be easier to double major at UNC because the majors aren’t divided into separate schools with different departmental and school requirements. </p>

<p>UNC is obviously better if you’re looking to go into premed, but that doesn’t mean that you won’t get into medical school with great grades from here. It’s all up to you but I certainly wouldn’t go to a school where you don’t think you will get above average grades in hopes of getting into medical school.</p>