<p>i dont know anyone, and i dont see the purpose if youre pre-med tbh. it seems like more like a humanities type of thing.</p>
<p>ohh okay, but i want to do a humanities type thing once i have my md… that may not make sense but im willing to wait until im accredited and practice in US and then do a UNICEF type thing for medical care</p>
<p>this thread is pretty amusing, with the back and forth between you excited neurosci majors. </p>
<p>some points (3rd year psychobio):
- definitely study abroad, it tends to give you more of a world view. anesthesiology residents i’ve talked to recommended studying abroad for a quarter, but know that its hard to apply classes towards major requirements. most likely, you can apply it to GEs or more liberal major requirements.</p>
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<li>UCLA has a Neuroscience Research Building, where most neurosci experiments are conducted. my girlfriend and roommate are in the same lab, doing work on MS in mice. examples of work done include studies on how neurodegeneration in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis can be limited with novel combination of two hormones (this was presented by roommate at SACNAS conference). look on ucla neurology websites or do article search on potential topics you’re interested with, and e-mail the professors in charge of the topic to see if you can help out in the lab. you can euthanize rats for brain slides, do neuronal imaging counts, etc. </li>
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<p>google SRP (student research program) and look at the possibilities. it may make you want to do phd.</p>
<p>using the gym facility in UCLA isn’t free?</p>
<p>neuroscience premed…hoping to do a tonn of research :D. I’ve already done lots of neurosci research and when I visited UCLA and saw the neuroscience lab/brain mapping building…I pretty much cried 
AMAZZZING. so excited!</p>
<p>^90star:
Nice!!! is there any particular type of research you’re interested in?
Like for me I’m particularly interested in the study of glia and i’m interested in computer-machine interfacing.</p>
<p>since you guys are NS majors, check out/sneak into the LONI Center sometime…even though it’s restricted to most. it’s in NRB which Jinobi mentioned. inside is beautiful with rainbow changing lights…and PET scans/models of brains with color coded regions. really quite neat</p>
<p>Gonda would also be a good place to look into for potential research opps for brain research and such.</p>
<p>uuuooh, jolius that sounds awesome thank you! would you recommend going to a freshman summer program? and does it replace having to go to orientation?</p>
<p>I think the freshman summer program is only for low-income and minorities.
And I’m pretty sure it won’t replace the orientation. You actually take a class or two and stuff.</p>
<p>What is this freshman summer program?</p>
<p>[AAP</a> Summer Programs](<a href=“http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/aap/summer/]AAP”>http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/aap/summer/)</p>
<p>^ confidentiality</p>
<p>Thanks. Can do they charge for these summer programs? If so how much?</p>
<p>yes its very expensive about 4,000 when you add up fees, but im currently looking into FA for it, a friend told me they cover part or all of it if you qualify, however i cannot find it currently online- just left my friend a message actually! i’ll let you know as soon as i know!</p>
<p>FSP is alright in the sense that you can make do with it or without it. I personally didn’t do it, and I definitely don’t feel disadvantaged in any sense. Just take the usual chem and math with the majority of your classmates once fall quarter starts. No need to jump ahead unless you really want to broaden your intellectual pursuits… Enjoy your summer and orientation.</p>
<p>check your my.ucla.edu for summer program app, if it is still able to take more applicants</p>