Can someone tell me about the University of Rochester’s pre-med scheduling/advising? I was accepted recently and am seriously considering the school. I know their neuroscience is highly regarded, but what about the rest of their biological sciences program? How is the overall school personality? Thanks for any help!
Any help would be appreciated!
My currently in med school son loved the school and their Brain and Cognitive major. You’ll certainly be getting a bit of depth, etc, in your classes. Whether that is a plus for you or not depends upon how much rigor you want. He thrives on it and had no problem graduating Summa Cum Laude with two majors (BCS and Bio) and two minors (Psych and ASL).
Med school advising leaves a bit to be desired TBH, so while I’d attend their sessions and “be known,” in reality you should get a bit of “real” information from other students who have BTDT and successfully made it into med school. That remains his only complaint about the school. Otherwise, he loved it there and is a proud alumni.
If you want to send me a private message, I’ll give you his e-mail address and you can ask him specific questions. He’s always been happy to answer questions about his school when I’ve hooked students up with him.
Thanks for the help! To be more specific, I’d like to major in biology and then possibly minor (or double major) in psychology. Any other insight?
I’m going to reopen this discussion since I’ll be choosing very soon. Any insight will help! For reference, I’m deciding between Ohio State Honors, Wake Forest University, and the University of Rochester. In addition, some people have notified me of some “scandals” going on at the university. If anyone knows anything else about that, it would help. Thanks.
I have a student there and she loves it!!! She feels like they are taking care of the issue with the professor that harassed females. They just got a new president and things seem pretty happy at UofR.
Yep. Rochester’s “scandals” got more media coverage than many, but the actual behavior that caused it is not that uncommon and the university’s (admittedly belated) actions seem to be intended to address the underlying problem. My daughter will be a senior at UR next year on the premed track.