<p>The prevailing attitude about Case is that it is one heck of a difficult school. I've even heard ppl say that Case has the second-biggest workload of any university in the nation (behind MIT, although how they calculated that I do not know).</p>
<p>Now, I was wondering if this description of the workload mainly applied to the engineering department to the fullest extent, or would it be typical of most majors at Case? I am most particularly wondering about the sciences, like biology and chemistry majors (considering I am biochem).</p>
<p>Also, along the lines of workload, are grades at Case relatively deflated, inflated, or normal compared to other colleges? I have heard that they are deflated, but then again I know quite a handful of students pulling off 3.8+ without sacrificing their energy and social lives too much. Again, if anyone has specific experience with the biology and chemistry department, this would most help my question.</p>
<p>I'm a engineer (Aerospace) and i don't think the workloads unberable. Its deffinitley not light but with good planing you should be able to have a life outside your studies. Most weeks i manage not to do any hw on the weekends, though most people do have to study a little at least on sunday. </p>
<p>Oh and i have a 3.25 which is fine for an engineer</p>
<p>Sorry i don't know how it is for bio chem majors, but hopefully that will provide some comparisson.</p>
<p>My room mate is Biology but he's pre-med too. The pre-meds have a really heavy work load, plus he's PPSP so he has to keep like a 3.6 or something, so he studies a lot, at least 3-4 hours a day.</p>
<p>I plan on being premed next year at Case, but i'm a little congused as to why premeds have so much work. Premed is actually only a few basic science/math courses isn't it? Is it just the pressure and competitiveness to keep a high GPA that forces them to work more? or do premeds actually get much more work.</p>
<p>I think your right about it only being a few classes, but they're hard classes.
I think its mostly the need for a high GPA.
As an engineer its not a big deal if my GPA is in the low 3.0s I can even get a few Ds as long as I stay above 3.0. I don't think thats going to fly for med school though.
Also it seems like a lot of memorization. We really don't have too much of that in Engineering.
My roommate spends a lot of time studying in addition to doing homework. I don't usually study unless I have a test coming up, I definitely don't study after every lecture like he does.
And also it could just be a personal thing. How my roommate deals with his studies maybe totally different from how other deal with it or how you deal with it. (He is a little bit of a perfectionist)
Even still, he has fun and hes very active on campus and hangs out on the weekends.
Its really all about time management.</p>
<p>I think it's also how, in general, the type of person who ends up going for premed is more of the driven "must study" type compared to, say, your average engineering kid. If you don't know what I mean, wait until next year and you definetely will. ;)</p>
<p>new Question: As a premed, i know i could minor in something like psych., but could i minor in something such as management? Is that possible, and is possible to keep a good GPA with that load--I don't really know how difficult classes at weatherhead are.</p>
<p>yeah you could
interestign statistic: More MUSIC MAJORS get into Med school than any other majors.
This is because generally you have a lot of pre-med kids who are musicalyl inclined.
so the short answer is yes
as long as you fulfill the pre-med requirements too!
hell, you could major in management, as long as you can fit everything in</p>
<p>EuiHyunLee, just a slight technical correction :) to your wording - of those applying to Med school, music majors have the highest percentage of acceptance within any major. Eg, a lower % of biology majors are accepted than % of music majors who apply. I'm pretty sure the highest number of majors accepted though is not from music. I assumed this might be true because only a small number of music majors even try to apply and they are probably very well qualified.</p>
<p>Music majors have the highest med school acceptance rate. This is because music is very self-disciplined, which is very advantageous for med school and beign a doctor, etc.</p>