<p>Is UGA Honors, UNC Chapel Hill, or GT the best option for a biology/biochemistry/etc. degree on the pre-med track? I'm a GA resident, so I qualify for Zell Miller (100% tuition covered for all four years) at UGA and Tech. Here are my pros and cons of each college. Please add on your opinion.</p>
<p>UGA Honors- Ranked 46 for Bio
pro- Will be able to get high GPA. There are a lot of undergraduate research opportunities available through the honors program. Apparently, UGA allows students to publish their findings if they're ambitious enough to conduct serious research. Also, I like the campus, Athens, and more! It's very similar to UNC, yet a lot dumber.
con- UGA isn't exactly a great school. My brother is an alcoholic pothead who got 400 points lower on the SAT (granted my ACT was better than my SAT) than I did and he's a student there. It irks me that I worked hard and he didn't try at all, yet we would end up at the same place. Getting into an acclaimed med school--if any med school--is harder coming from UGA than from a top tier college.</p>
<p>UNC- Ranked 24 for Bio and 13 for Chem (amazing for a public school!)
pro- My dream school! I love everything about UNC. Likely more difficult than UGA, but it is still possible to earn good grades. Best bio program out of the three universities.
con- $40,000 a year. My dad makes $200,000-250,000 a year as an environmental engineer (steady job) and supposedly has around $1 mil in stocks. Sounds like we can afford it, right? Wrong. He claims that he needs the money for retirement. God knows why he needs more than twice what the average American saves for retirement. In short, I'll qualify for no financial aid b/c UNC is poor and he's cheap af.</p>
<p>GT- Ranked 56 for bio
pro- More reputable school than UGA so succeeding here would guarantee me a spot in med school.
con- I really don't like this school at all. The campus, the people, the city (which I live 45 minutes from), the ridiculous rigor, etc. don't appeal to me. The average GPA is a two point crap meaning that it's nearly impossible to make above a 3.5. Med schools want high GPAs, which is extremely difficult to make happen here. Also, their bio program isn't amazing. My guess is they invest too much in biomed engineering and skimp on bio. I hate physics with a passion and am only "good" at math. To succeed in Engineering, one has to be a math prodigy. Although I don't like this school, it's one of my only two options so I have to consider it.</p>