<p>Hi, I am planning to attend UCF this fall term of 2010. However, I really don't know how good the biology/pre-med program is. I know they recently established a new college of medicine, and already admitted their first class of 41 students in 2009. I really have big dreams, I am a 100% sure I want to go to med-school and become a Pediatrician. I really want to know if I am making the right choice by attending this university.
-Thank you in advance for all your feedback :)</p>
<p>I can’t comment on the biology/medicine program, but school is what you make of it. A real benefit to the Orlando area is the large number of medical facilities. I would think you would have plenty of opportunities for medical internships if you are a top student. In addition, if you are a top student, the newness of the medical program might be an advantage as you might be a big fish in a small pond, so to speak. If the honors college is an option, I would suggest it and also the Leaders Program. We looked at UCF for my daughter and I was very impressed with UCF’s commitment to their honors program. My daughter was also impressed but decided she wanted to attend a different type of school (football and long history of traditions). Good luck.</p>
<p>There isn’t anything wrong with UCF if it has most of the things you imagine a college should have and you see yourself as happy there.</p>
<p>yeah, I do see it as everything a college should have, and I see myself happy there, but what I want to know how good is the pre-med program in UCF?, how good are the teachers, and opportunities in pre-med?, Does UCF as my school look good in a medical school application? Maybe somebody that has attended UCF as a pre-med might be able to better answer my question from own experience.</p>
<p>proud_mom, thank you so much for your advice, it was really helpful:)</p>
<p>UCF is definitely on the rise. It’s still #5 in the state (after UF, UM, FSU, and USF), but it’s quickly gaining ground. I might not go to UCF for med school, but you can probably get into decent med schools with good MCAT scores regardless.</p>
<p>More students get into med school from FSU and UF. UCF is understaffed and you need every advantage you can muster to earn the grades and MCAT score necessary.</p>
<p>I also got into USF. Which school has a better pre-med program, USF or UCF?.. Which school has a better med school? Ultimately, which school you guys think would probably give me better chances of getting to a good med-school in the future, and performing well on the MCAT? I am really confused as to where to attend in the future, I really need some feedback. Thank you :)</p>
<p>Any of these schools can likely prepare you for med school. Have you visited their chem and bio labs? Have you had appts with their dept heads and gotten tours of their labs and such? If not, you should do so.</p>
<p>Also…are you having to borrow money to attend any of these schools? If so, minimize your undergrad loans so that you’ll have borrowing power for med school.</p>
<p>USF has a better research faculty and is known as a research university, primarily. UCF is still quite young, comparatively.</p>
<p>thank you for the advice:)</p>
<p>I think if you had to pick between UCF and USF, go with the one that costs the least. Neither will provide a significant advantage towards Med school, and as long as your MCAT is good, you should be set. Make the most out of the opportunities available on campus.</p>
<p>sadly i will not be able to be of great assistance but im a UCF student and since you ask about professors i can tell you a bit of my experience during my freshman year.</p>
<p>The classes are fairly easy (at least for me so far), like in any university you wil get amazing teachers and bad teacher, however for chem im basically teaching myself because my teacher sucks but his tests are easy. The pre-med advisors are pretty good and Dr Lopez will be of great assistance when time comes to apply to med school. </p>
<p>So far i have seen a lot of people in pre-med however i can already see a lot of this people will be changing major pretty soon. The classes get more challenging as you advanced but once you get the rhythm of college life you will adapt to it and it will be fun.</p>
<p>Im sorry i could not be of more help because im just a freshman…</p>