Thread: My 1st year of pre-med at NYU (detailed information for prospective pre-meds)

Most people who take Writing the Essay take the regular version, but yes, there are subject-specific versions of the class that your advisor may suggest you take. If you're doing pre-med/science major, it's likely that your advisor may tell you to take the science version of WTE. WTE: Science supposedly focuses on more scientifically related works that, according to the impression that I got from my advisor, will be more beneficial...

Thanks for the info! What other subject-specific WTE classes are there?

Thanks for the information. I actually do have the eighth edition, as we had to buy them independently of the school and my teacher had us get the newest edition. This is nice considering I read the book practically cover to cover for my AP Bio course. =) My teacher had very specific questions and the tests usually required both knowing the powerpoints and reading the entire 4-6 chapters from the book that would be on the test. So I have a...

Thank You / Curve? First of all, thank you so so so much for this post. As a neural science major, I will be taking these classes and it's a relief to know something about them beforehand. I have two questions: 1) What exactly IS Writing the Essay? I've seen examples on the site, and I still have no idea what kind of essay it is they're teaching. Do you have the entire semester to work on one essay or something? 2) What exactly...

i'm not pre-med (family black sheep, my entire family has been in the medical field for three generations) but this will be really helpful for pre-med students. thank you so much! do you mind if i link back to this if a prospective pre-med student ever has a question about their first year? i guess the one question i know a prospective student will ask you is. . .why NYU for pre-med?

I graduated from NYU in 2007 with a BA in chemistry and am currently in medical school. While I did not do the same freshman schedule as Kentric, their impressions of the classes are more or less spot-on. Just for emphasis, I highly encourage pre-meds NOT to skip Principles of Bio - take the honors course, sure, but do not go straight to MolecCell. You're asking to be stressed out all the time. I wish I'd been able to take Honors...

This is a really helpful post. I'm thinking about going to NYU for neural science and pre-med. If you know anyone who has an opinion on that I'd love to hear what they think.

Just wanted to add my 2 cents. MY D just finished her first year also as a pre Med at NYU and what the OP is saying is pretty much my D experience. She did only take Chem I and II and not Bio this year. She also Liked Halpin a lot and the TA were great in their recitation classes. Chem was very organized. She did start freaking out after the first semester, she felt Chem was very hard even though she did AP in HS. She did not want to major in...

hey man, did you have to take the chemistry placement exam at orientation since you were pre-med?

question: do you guys think Halpin would let me come on for EVERY office-hour session? i really like to listen to other students questions.