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I'm a music major, so I spend most of my time in music classes and rehearsals. I do love what I do, but it is a great challenge. Lots of people don't realize how hard it is to be a music major. On top of all your classes and normal studies you have hours of rehearsals, performances, and practice sessions.

Beware of Baylors Pre-Med program, thousands of people start out here each year as pre-med, and many don't even last a full semester. The professors really try to weed out those who arent cut out for it, and in the end the only ones left are those with GPA's above 3.8. The problem is there are just too many pre-med students, so the school is forced to pick out only those at the top of their classes, which unfortunately gets rid of some of the really good ones. I have found that the professors in the science building generally have such large classes that there is never any interaction between the students and the professors, except for those who sit in the front row. So basically, there just too many students in these classes, to most professors, students in their classes are just a number on a piece of paper. I started out pre-med, but only lasted one semester. I am now a business major, and I have found that the professors in the business school are a lot more organized, and show a lot more compassion towards their students. The dean of the business school, Blaine McCormick is a wonderful guy, and he will help out any student in any way he can, he actually cares, and helps students to succeed.

academics are pretty great, small class sizes are awesome. I feel like I get out of it so much more and its easier to be on a more personal level with your teachers.

Due to the class size, about half of my professors not only know my name and major, but also my hobbies, where I work, and we'll just sit and dicuss movies during lab time. 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} attendance is required in all Baylor classes, and you certainly won't get out of Baylor without a handful of student participation classes. The large freshman science courses (biology, chemistry) are definitely "weed-out" courses, but things get easier and you work your way into upper-level course work. Students range from the honors students who will debate international relations in Russia over lunch, to those who don't know who's running for U.S. President this fall. While the Forensic department is falling out from under us at the moment, there are still some really great professors. Caution to the wise though, honors is a lot of reading, with tough grading profs, and the only good thing it seems to do for you is early registration.

Almost all of my professors know me by nme. my favorite class is psychology. For the mot part, studying depends on the difficulty of the course.

I feel lik ei am getting a really good education at Baylor. The classes are hard, but most professors really care about you as a person. They want to help and they want to get to know you.

Academics at Baylor are top notch. I think that at a lot of public schools, you pay for a diploma, but at Baylor, you pay for an education. The teachers actually teach, the students actually learn. Baylor makes it a point to have small class sizes so you really feel like you can contribute in the class and be an active participant. Many of the professors enjoy getting to know their students and are readily available to help you at any time. I've had professors even put their cell phone number on the syllabus. Professors often times enjoy opening up their homes to students. I've been to professors homes many times - once for a dessert party, once for a dinner, and one professor had us over to her house for our final exam and cooked us pancakes! The professors really make an effort to make the learning experience a positive one while still getting the job done.

the professors are great

The current professors that I have to know my name, I even had professor come up to me and say hi when they saw me at one of the local malls. So far the best class that I have taken is Classical Mythology. Just the course was fun and the other activites were a blast, the professor also made the course very exciting. The least favorite class that I have taken is my foreign language (french). Student that I have become friends with and know study about maybe 3 to 4 hours some days. Class participation is required for some courses offered at Baylor. So I would say that class participation is some what common. Some students do, I have over heard and been engaged in some very intellectual conversations at the local coffee house (Common Grounds). Baylor academic requirements are a bit regrious, but oridanary students that what to college can graduate from Baylor. Baylor believes that "intellectual understading is a tapestry, interwoven through faith, personal relationships, a supportive environment, character development, learning that endures, individual relfection and the search for excellence."

The professors at Baylor are great. Though it`s always intimidating talking to teachers outside of class, most Baylor professors really are interested in students and are more than willing to help. I`m in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core or "BIC". It is such a unique program and is much more interesting than your standard core requirements. Around 200 students are accepted each year and those students all take the same classes at the same time. The classes replace general studies classes such as English and Religion. Some days the class will meet in large group and all 200 students will hear the same lecture and other days students break out into small groups of 10 to 15 and have discussion mediated by a BIC professor. This means you get to hear lectures from approximately 10 different professors who are all in different departments of the University. It`s not for everyone, but I have enjoyed it so far.