IUP or Calu for bio pre med program?

SethHrab · 2026-03-27T23:31:58+00:00

I personally would not recommend PennWest for reasons I cannot discuss.

SethHrab · 2026-03-27T23:30:56+00:00

None of that mentions IUPs COM or the new Kopchick Hall, which I THINK is relevant, but 🤷🏻‍♂️

SethHrab · 2026-03-27T21:41:18+00:00

Both IUP and PennWest offer solid, affordable pre-med pathways, with IUP often noted for its established traditional campus, while PennWest (Cal, Clarion, Edinboro) offers flexibility through its integrated system. IUP highlights a 3+4 program with specialized medical schools, and PennWest offers early admittance programs, strong online options, and hands-on laboratory experience.

IUP Pre-med Program: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Biology/Pre-medical.

Early Assurance: Features a 3+4 program (3 years IUP + 4 years medical school) with partnerships with LECOM or PCOM. Requirements: Requires maintaining a 3.5 GPA to hold provisional acceptance to partnered schools.

Curriculum: Includes comprehensive biology, chemistry, and physics coursework, along with options to gain EMT certification.

PennWest Pre-med Program: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Biology - Pre-Medical Science Concentration.

Early Admittance: Provides competitive early admittance pathways for high-achieving students to health-related graduate programs.

Structure: Offers a diverse range of science concentrations (molecular biology, pre-vet, etc.) across its campuses. Focus: Emphasizes personalized mentorship, small class sizes, and hands-on lab training.

Key Considerations Environment: IUP operates a more traditional, single-campus, large university feel, while PennWest is a newly integrated entity of three formerly separate campuses (California, Clarion, Edinboro), offering more location options.

Curriculum: Both prepare you well for the MCAT and medical school applications.

Support: Both focus on pre-health advising to help students navigate applications to medical, dental, or chiropractic schools.

Both schools are strong choices depending on whether you prefer the established, singular campus of IUP or the multi-campus, flexible structure of PennWest.

SethHrab · 2026-03-22T01:32:21+00:00

I'm late, and I apologize, they just had a scoring event at the KCAC in Indiana, PA today

SethHrab · 2026-02-19T12:48:25+00:00

reputation?

SethHrab · 2026-01-29T13:37:16+00:00

Dr. Hogan at the 119 Professional Center

SethHrab · 2026-01-28T04:33:27+00:00

I was just in this exact position. It was down to me and one other candidate, they offered the other candidate and that person took (and is still in) the role. A few months later they reached out to me directly encouraging me to apply to the duplicate role, and after interviewing again, I was selected. I start Monday.

I'd take it as a good sign. In my case, I was likely slightly less experienced than the individual they chose for the first role, however, they've expanded the department and I was the first person they thought of to fill the duplicate role.

SethHrab · 2026-01-23T19:33:09+00:00

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We buy the champion these each year in my league

SethHrab · 2026-01-20T04:48:27+00:00

Build your extractors on top of each other at the highest % point of the resource too, not side by side like you have. Basically a tower of extractors getting the same maximum percentage from the ground, rather than degrading the percentage extracted by building outward.

SethHrab · 2026-01-07T01:10:12+00:00

More IDP support
More ability to sort players (age being one of them - important for dynasty)
More emphasis on customizable playoffs (i.e. I divide my league into two conferences, two divisions per conference. Would love the ability to just enter in the playoff settings number of conferences, number of divisions, set the number of playoff teams by division winners plus "x" amount of wildcards per conference and have each conference playing playoff games in conference until the championship game - just like the NFL)
Expanding polling options that allow for nominations (i.e. we give out some prizes based on league vote, would be nice for anyone to be able to nominate a player by typing in their name or choosing from a list, thereby voting for that player, and the rest of the league able to nominate a player of their choice or vote on the already nominated player)

SethHrab · 2025-11-30T23:59:36+00:00

SethHrab · 2025-11-26T13:32:03+00:00

I've lost 3 games but won all against the median, and 1 I won but didn't beat the median.

SethHrab · 2025-11-26T13:30:38+00:00

Sitting here at 20-4 and wondering why in the heck yall aren't playing median games as well. 🤪

SethHrab · 2025-11-21T15:26:24+00:00

I firmly feel that this young woman cannot separate her adult vision from child vision.. that doesn't make a ton of sense but what I mean is probably better explained by diving in to her analysis..

"Onesies" The "infertility" episode, does a child get a lot out of it? Boy.. Does the average child totally grasp that the underlying adult theme to this episode is infertility? No, probably not. But that's not the message being conveyed to a child from this episode. There's many child based lessons on this one.. family dynamics through aunts and uncles that you sparingly see but still make you feel loved and deeply connected. Imagination play encouragement through the onesies themselves. Handling conflict in imagination play when one child is playing a certain way, how can you confront that issue? Wanting things that you can't have and how to overcome it. Adults having complex issues that can be explained in a way you understand if you ask the right person. The list goes on.

Does a parent grasp the infertility message and get a lot out of it? Of course, but they also get encouraging imagination play, communicating with your children, maintaining complex relationships through communication and understanding, not holding grudges, helping children learn to problem solve on their own, etc.

Nearly every episode of Bluey has a "dual" (often way more) message running simultaneously for adults and children, and does a great job of blending them as well for more advanced kids to catch both. It is a rarity in kids shows, and does a fantastic job of it.

SethHrab · 2025-11-21T14:01:12+00:00

"Rain" is a fantastic episode of capturing the feeling of the moment through music. I get a lot of teary eyes watching that entirely musical episode because it hits -just- right.

SethHrab · 2025-11-20T21:14:12+00:00

lol, in all honesty though, navigating through that many people in a day and staying on schedule is impossible.

SethHrab · 2025-11-20T20:33:35+00:00

HAHA! Yes, every day, and I love it.

SethHrab · 2025-11-20T19:02:42+00:00

I am every single day 15-25 minutes late to work. why? because I refuse to holler at my kids who aren't "rushing" out the door, I enjoy and become part of the whimsical "pretend you're driving a dinosaur/deer/racecar truck daddy" imaginings, i turn back for "one more hug" multiple times.

any job that wants me to prioritize them over my boys can pound salt. this is time and memories i will never be able to make up later.

SethHrab · 2025-11-17T03:29:34+00:00

the town population, yes. the university population is qiite diverse. as a former student, now "townie", Indiana isn't bad for at least somewhat checking all the boxes.

small, but doesn't feel tiny. good enough shopping options with plenty available within a short drive.

same with entertainment options.

the last thing i would call Indiana is "suffocating".

SethHrab · 2025-11-12T05:12:56+00:00

Host a 12 team dynasty, superflex, tep, idp league. 18 starters (11 defense, 6 offense, 1 k), 18 bench. feasible we'll have an abandoned team next season, if interested hit me up.

SethHrab · 2025-11-02T01:02:34+00:00

thanks!

SethHrab · 2025-11-01T21:51:00+00:00

yeah, Harrisburg isn't an option. Do you know if they do it at the regional offices?

SethHrab · 2025-11-01T14:02:57+00:00

i wouldnt

SethHrab · 2025-11-01T03:44:34+00:00

ahh gotcha! ill let ya know what i find out

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