I went to Baylor for undergraduate and Texas for business school. I am also from Houston. Baylor is in Waco which another poster mentioned is a "horrid" town. Other than activities at Baylor, there is not much to do in Waco. If you are used to city life, then you will find yourself driving to Austin or Dallas in your spare time. Baylor also is a private, Baptist institution which is very conservative. Most of the students there are very conservative and do not tolerate liberal views. On the other hand, UT is a public university with many more students located in Austin. Austin is more diverse than Waco. What I enjoyed there was going to the lake, the outdoor stuff, 6th street, and the urban life. Austin is not as large as Houston, but Austin offers more for the social life than Houston. I can not comment on class size as a comparison because in graduate school classes are smaller. The classes at Baylor were 100-200 people for those larger intro classes, but the specialized classes had 15-30 people.
I got accepted to Baylor a week after the application period started. The school is so easy to get into. Just got rejected/CAP'ed from UT today. Stupid top 10% rule.
They do offer a lot of scholarship money though, when I applied I got like 25 K per year, and they don't just give it to just Baptists either, I'm not even Christian.
I'm a pre-med student right now applying for med school. If you gave me the choice back then to take Baylor or UT (even if its not plan II) I would've easily chosen UT. It's cheaper and has a better atmosphere imo. As previously stated by many other posters, your undergraduate school shouldn't play that big a role in your medical career. Your medical school chances ride mainly on your GPA and MCAT.
When I took my neuro classes, yes it was in a large auditorium because it was an intro course, so all the psych and neuro majors had to take it. Mine was actually taught by 4 professors split up throughout the semester.
would you recommend me taking these courses if i have an interest?? or are they too difficult for undergraduates??
If you have an interest, why wouldn't you? If your goal is to expand what you know and study what you love, then take the classes you want. If it's just to take easy courses so you can get good grades for med school...well, eventually you'll have O-chem, human phys, genetics, etc., to deal with. And those aren't cakewalks.
space your schedule. dont load too many hard or too many easy classes in one semester. you want a nice steady pace.
does anyone know of any accelerated medical programs (besides JAMP) that Baylor offers? I think it's called Baylor Track or something...anyone know about that??
not familiar w/ baylor track. i do know that rice/bcm have a program for undergrad straight to med school. on a side note, baylor university and baylor college of medicine are independent of each other. if youre thinking that attending baylor will give you an edge into bcm, i dont think thats the case. unless there is some type of program similar to the rice/bcm program.
I know that Google gives you the answer in like, 5 seconds. http://www.baylor.edu/Prehealth/index.php?id=36430 Though if you're looking for personal experience, can't help you there.
As a fellow brown person who lived there, it doesn't matter what your religion is, you will be judged...I spent 3 months there while I was in high school and know many fellow brown people who went there and all said the same thing, great academics, horrible people....So if you can get over the odd looks and overall attitude of people thinking you are inferior to them because of how you look, it might be ok for you, otherwise UT, UH, or A&M.
It's funny. I've never had friends or heard of people being hated on because of their religion. It's only mostly if they're democrats. Like I said earlier, it's all about who you know and who you hang out with. You will find a core group of friends you'll mesh with and hang out with them just like you probably did in high school. No one is gonna throw eggs at you while walking around campus or yell at you in the classroom because you're different. But then again I make it a point not to espouse my religious beliefs unless asked (though there will be plenty of those who will).
So why go pay a big amount of money to a mid-tier private school when Texas has several public schools that are as good if not better for much less?
Astro, if you were responding to my post, exactly my point, I never mentioned religion. Skin color/nationality was what I was refering to. Real easy way to experience this if you are south asian is to hang out at frat recruiting events.
