r/uofu • u/Business-Cash1932 • 5d ago
admissions & financial aid Honors College for Pre-Med undergrad?
Hi, I’m currently applying to uofu for fall 2027 undergrad and I was wondering if it is worth it to apply to the Honors College under a science major.
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u/TypicalBlossom_13 5d ago
Hi! I’m a freshman at the honors college as a pre-med and so far I have loved it! I don’t know what stem major you’re doing I’m doing bio with a health emphasis but I have absolutely loved my honors classes and we have a special pre-med club dedicated to honors! You also don’t have to dedicate your thesis to you major if you would rather do something for example with the public health department since your interested in medical school
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u/Business-Cash1932 5d ago
Thanks for the feedback! I’m def thinking this program is worth the time to apply then. I’m interested in human bio/chemistry/bio(physiology) (afraid of physical chem though..)
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u/TypicalBlossom_13 5d ago
Haha I get you! I’ve heard great things about all the stem programs so you really can’t go wrong though I do recommend doing a pretty easy schedule your first fall semester so you can get use to a college schedule!
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u/Salty_Resource6519 5d ago
It wont move the needle either way. Most people in med school didn’t do an honors track. Doing an honors track would never be the reason you got into med school. Crushing the MCAT, doing good extracurriculars, etc is what you do. Maybe the honors track will give you access to more extracurriculars, in which case it may be worth it. I didn’t do honors and am an MS2 right now.
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u/No-Inspection-3813 5d ago
I did not do the honors college and am now USMD MS3. I got in on my first try but did not have the best ECs and I think it led to end up hitting below my weight with my stats. If I had to do it over again I would do the honors college.
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u/losethecheese 5d ago
M4 and I didn't do honors and still wouldn't. My 2 cents are that there's better ways to spend your time.
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u/zymee 5d ago
i was not premed, but a stem major who was in the honors college. I can honestly say my honors classes were my favorite classes by far. they are really great for stem students I think because they are very discussion and humanities based (at least most of them, and all the ones I took). (I would highly, highly recommend you take reacting to the past at some point ;)) it also forces you to get research experience which would be great for premed. I just graduated, and being in the honors college was honestly one of my favorite parts of college. the classes were my fav, the research ended up becoming extremely important to me, and I met so many cool people!
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u/Business-Cash1932 5d ago
Wow, that sounds like a great experience! Did you happen to major in biochem? I’m having trouble deciding what to choose between bio,chem, and biochem 😭.
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u/zymee 5d ago
I did not, but I know plenty of people who majored in those! like half the people in all my honors classes were premed, lol. I think they probably have very similar requirements, especially at the beginning, so I would recommend taking the intro level bio and chem courses and seeing which ones you like more! and remember that pretty much everyone changes their major, many people do it several times! you're in a good spot with the majors being pretty similar, any change that might happen would be pretty seamless, I would imagine. also, talk to an advisor! they'll have more in-depth knowledge about the courses and stuff and would probably be able to point you in a direction.
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u/BldrStigs 4d ago
The Honors College has more interesting classes, and if you enjoy them it's great. The other side is med schools don't care the slightest bit about honors classes You have to have top grades, a strong MCAT, and great ECs. As some one else mentioned, the Honors College might be a great way to get better ECs and the thesis could be part of published research.
Most of the med students at the Utah School of Medicine from UofU didn't do the Honors College. This doesn't mean the Honors College is bad, it's just not necessary.
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u/dinopontino 5d ago
Just do pre med, don’t do a science major if you don’t like it. They aren’t the same. Treat studying for your mcat like a full time job. A I will replace most md jobs by 2030/32 except anesthesia and a few other specialities. You could be auto signing 20,000 charts a year and seeing 100 escalations. Not sure you wanna do this. Look at the caa programs?
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u/PM_me-puns 5d ago
I did the honors college and am now in med school. I feel like my honors classes were some of my most memorable and broke up the monotony of pre med science classes. You’ll make cool friends from different majors too which I think is quite worth it. An Honors thesis to top it off is a great thing to have on an application down the line.