U Scholars

<p>I’m an entering freshman who is currently posed to take BIC Honors and U Schol. I’m not dropping U Schol, but should I consider dropping one of the other two in order to lighten the course load? What should I expect as far as study hours per week? I’m concentrating in neuroscience and Spanish. </p>

<p>Well U-scholars is a major. BIC is just an adjunct program that you can add on to a major. So if you dropped U-scholars you’d have to decide what you would want your major to be.</p>

<p>I would drop BIC and keep Uscholars if I were you. You’ll get everything that BIC offers and more via U-scholars alone. The faculty in U-scholars is great and you’ll get more attention as an individual. Plus the flexibility of the U-scholars degree program is a significant positive.</p>

<p>This all may depend on your plans post-graduation though. So take that into consideration. U-scholars is best for those students who intend to pursue some sort of graduate or professional school after Baylor.</p>

<p>I have a few questions about the UScholars program at Baylor. Since the admissions committee looks at the number of AP classes you’ve taken, does that mean that they also look at your AP scores? And also would it be beneficial for a PreMed student to major in UScholars since the program exempts the student from taking introductory courses? Isn’t it true that med schools need their applicants to take some of those introductory courses? I’m just confused about this.</p>

<p>Its an honors program, they evaluate all information provided to determine acceptance. It does not exempt students from intro classes, rather there is not a standardized list of specific degree requirements, specifically no GE. There are a lot of premed participants in the program. </p>

<p>@mika723 U Schol does look at which AP classes you take in high school when considering your admission to the program (and the AP scores). The AP credit you receive for your scores goes towards your elective credit required by the university to graduate. A pre med can benefit from U Schol because you aren’t forced to take intro classes or other “required” classes, thus freeing other slots for medical classes or a second major. For me, I’m doing what’s essentially a double major in neuroscience and Spanish, plus the U Schol required Great Text sequence (equivalent to a major in classics). Med schools do not require any introductory level classes, but rather classes in certain fields. For instance, at BCM requires one credit year of English. That can be satisfied with an upper level English class rather than Eng 1301. Hope that answers everything. </p>

<p>Thank you @mytwods and @Nuclearcowboy7! I’m wondering how badly it might hurt my chances of getting into the program if my grades were really good and yet the AP scores don’t reflect that even though the classes were really challenging… </p>

<p>@mika723 I got in with 2 5’s, a 4 and a 2 on my AP scores. Now after senior year I have 3 5’s 2 4’s and a 3 (took the test I got a 2 on again). They do want to see you passing but it’s not a deal breaker necessarily. </p>

<p>Alright, thank you so much @Nuclearcowboy7! I have 2 4’s and 5 3’s but I’m still going to be taking 6 more AP exams Senior year. </p>

<p>Your SAT/ACT score will have a much larger impact. </p>

<p>Thank you for the clarification @mytwods!</p>