Hi Garrett!

I'm Tiffany, and I'm a rising biology 3rd year.  Unfortunately, I'm not pre-med, but as a biology major (where the majority of us are pre-med), I know some information about pre-med.  :)

First of all:

I would like to know about bio program requirements

If you scroll down to the bottom of this page: www.biology.gatech.edu/undergraduate-program/current-students/ there are a couple of links that should help you.  (Specifically under the "Biology Programs & Courses" heading). 

To summarize, biology majors must take the following classes: Intro Biology & Organismal biology (2 classes taken consecutively that can be exempted with a score of 5 on the AP test), Intro to Ecology, Intro to Genetics, Cell biology, & Evolution, 2 years of chemistry through organic chem (Gen Chem, Inorganic Chem, Organic Chem 1 & 2), Physics 1 & 2, English 1 & 2, Calc 1 & 2.

I bolded the classes that satisfy the pre-med requirements as shown here: http://www.cos.gatech.edu/prehealth.htm 

As a biology major, you also have to take 21 hours of upper level biology courses.  There are many classes that mesh well with a future in the medical field:  Intro to microbiology, Medical microbiology (Fantastic course!), Virology, Endocrinology, Intro to Neuroscience, Cancer biology, Anatomy & physiology, immunology, behavioral biology (if you're into the psychology aspect), animal physiology--I might be forgetting some.  

how well the program prepares students for med school?

My medical microbiology professor had a former GT student of his come back and speak to us about med school.  She was a first year at Washington University in St. Louis, and she said that she loved it there.  She told us that different med schools have different course formats, but GT really prepared her for being able to excell at WashU--similar lecture styles.  She said that she skipped her microbiology lectures at WashU and just studied her old GT notes and aced the class. 

GT's reputation will help you when you're applying to med school.  We have a pre-Health advisor that we recruited from Emory who knows everything about the application process.  She has a timeline that she has pre-meds follow that should increase the acceptance rate from Tech (We were already above national average before we got her, and I don't know if the stats have been computed since she came here). 

Also, undergraduate research is extremely easy to get involved with on campus, and that's an activity that looks great on a med-school app. 

I hope that helps.

-Tiffany