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  1. University of Montana Biomed is geared more toward pharma/neuroscience if you're interested in that.
  2. Yeah usually AP credit is for non-major and non-divisional (gen ed) courses at my school, but chemistry, physics, and calculus counted for major-level courses. I could have only skipped a semester of each and I guess it's nice to get a new foundation with what the school in particular teaches, but still annoying. Just means that I can take fewer neuroscience electives. Thankfully those skills should be pretty easy to pick up with training/ in grad school. Ahh the joys of schooling.
  3. Yep, obviously will now since it's the same amount of classes. I'm just upset with my high school counselor telling me not to waste money on some of my AP exams when I shouldn't take credits for science and math classes. Could have saved so much time instead of retaking all of these classes. Sigh.
  4. Thanks! Looks like I'm just going to have to get permission to load up on credits for a semester. Or maybe I could do a summer of independent research at my home university and take a class at the same time, and I think that would also count for my chem and/or neuro independent project, freeing up another slot on my schedule. It'll all work out, I guess. I love physics and would love to be able to do as much as possible. The good thing about the degree is that I'll have to do three independent projects by the time I graduate (1 chem, 1 neuro, and 1- assuming I keep my GPA up- chem honors thesis), so hopefully that'll make up for my degree having fewer math and physics requirements. Also, would taking something like linear algebra or differential equations be useful? I've heard it is, but again, not sure if I'll have time. Maybe I could take those classes at a community college or my local university after I graduate if they'd really be worth it.
  5. I am just starting the process of looking at grad schools, and I'm particularly interested in medicinal chemistry and/or pharmaceutical degrees, especially ones that have research groups with an emphasis on neuroscience. So basically, I'm interested in drug development pertaining to the CNS. I have found University of Montana's program and it's program lines up well with my interests, but my concern is the ranking of the school (not that it's all that matters). Has anyone else stumbled upon any other medicinal chemistry programs I should be looking at? Also, if I'm looking more into a career in industry rather than academia, would the ranking of the school matter as much? I still have a while before I would apply. I should probably point out that UMT is located in a town I fell in love with on vacation, and I could see myself living there, making the appeal of the school even greater. However, I do have to be practical and think of my career as I'll spend longer working than in grad school I suppose.
  6. Thanks everyone! Turns out I misread the degree and I can take the first semester as algebra-based but the second semester is still the second semester calculus-based course, but I don't really know why. I go to a liberal arts college so I don't have as much room to take more math. I'm having a hard time fitting in all of my chemistry and my neuroscience minor with my gen ed requirements unfortunately.
  7. For my chem major I have the option between taking algebra or calculus-based physics. The algebra-based course is only one semester while the calculus-based course is two. If I take the calculus-based courses, I will either spend a summer in school and miss out on internship opportunities or perhaps have to go for an extra summer term before I graduate (switched majors from Bio to Chem). So basically, is it worth it for grad school? Will an internship/summer research opportunity be more important than taking physics with calc? I was looking to go into pharmacology or medicinal chemistry and will have taken both Calculus I and II before I graduate.
  8. Maybe this doesn't fit here, but after lurking for a while I found this come up a lot in this section. Excuse my ignorance; I just finished my first undergrad semester and I'm quite uneducated on these things. I was reading about people putting conventions on their applications and wondered what that consisted of. A seminar-type thing where you learn or learn about certain skills? Presenting your own research? Sometimes both? Thanks in advance. Just trying to learn now so I'm not panicking my junior and senior years.
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