<p>I got into UCLA for the major I intended, Business Economics. But now I really want to do Pre-Med so I can eventually take my MCAT and go to medical school. I dont know if I should go to UCLA and take Business Economics classes with Pre-Med classes which would probably require me to stay their an extra year? or I can turn down UCLA's acceptance which would hurt me so much and stay at my CC and do my Pre-Med requirements which means probably 2 more years at my CC. I feel like if i do Pre-Med courses at UCLA its gna be super tough compared to doing them at my CC which would probably be a lot easier and more convenient but then again i have this opportunity to go to UCLA. </p>
<p>Just do it at UCLA. You are making a sudden decision about doing pre-med when you haven’t even started any of the classes yet. Your mind might change even after your first pre-med class you take (a lot of ppl do) and regret that you didn’t go to UCLA.</p>
<p>Anyways. It looks bad to take them at CC if you had the choice to take it at a UC.</p>
<p>Lol this is ridiculous to me. It’s like you caught an episode of Grey’s Anatomy and now you want to alter your entire life plan? Continue with your major at UCLA and take ONE class towards your science pre-reqs and then figure out if you even have the dedication to finish the rest of the pre-reqs.</p>
<p>This is a bad idea. If you wanted to be pre-med you should have done some courses at your community college. I’m pretty sure you need a set amount of biology,physics, and chem classes which you don’t need for econ. But you should have the math prereqs done. This will delay your graduation by quite a bit. But a science major isn’t required for med school though but they expect you to have some of the science classes done, if you’re a different major I think.</p>
<p>First, if you do decide to stay at CC it does NOT look bad to take your courses there. If you stay at CC and do lower-level premed classes there, you can take a wide variety of upper-level classes at UC that your wouldn’t have access to if you went there this year.</p>
<p>Second, if you got to UCLA you can still get your degree in Business Economics while taking extra classes to satisfy the minimum science/math requirements for med school. Recently med schools have fallen in love with non-traditional students, they really just want people who are passionate for people. So if you still want that degree, go for it, you do not have to declare a premed major to do premed work. Just make sure you love what you do.</p>
<p>The pre-med classes are basically 2 full years of school minimum: 4 consecutive semesters of chemistry, 2 or 3 of Bio depending on your school, 2 or 3 or physics depenting on your school (this is if you can even get into the classes at your Community College). A few of my friends are studying for the MCAT right now and they said that the level of information you have to study is actually much more in depth than the introductory classes they require and though they don’t require classes like A&P, there is much more you will need to study. Realistically, the people who major in something non-science usually go back to school after their degree to complete the pre-reqs. There are simply too many hard classes to focus on and get your Business degree simultaneously (though you can definitely START taking the science classes). Right now you probably have some registration priority but that will go away if you leave your CC, but UCLA probably will not let you stay 2 additional years just to take extra classes. I don’t mean to deter you from following a dream but why do you even want to go to med school? Most people don’t even get into med school and you need to realize that you could potentially waste 2 additional years of your life (plus an extra one studying) when you could just go to UCLA now. There’s no telling if you’ll even get back into UCLA next time you apply.</p>
<p>Im in your boat… I have allot of sciences to take to for pre-med, but I am just gonna stay an extra year and do them at UCLA… who cares about an extra year. You can map it out easily if you do it. My major is Philos, none intersect with the sciences at all, its doable, might be a bit tough at first, but doable.</p>
<p>@ideal… Though you can get Physics and Bio done in about a year, if you haven’t started Chemistry yet, you will need 4 consecutive semesters (or 6 quarters) to complete this pre-req so you will need to dedicate 2 years of school to it.</p>
<p>After getting my BS in Astrophysics I went to work for the U.S. Government but decided I wanted to go to medical school and become a doctor. In my case my undergraduate work had included all of the requirements for medical school admission except Organic Chemistry which I took through a University extension. I studied several months for the MCAT while working full time and managed to get a 31 which combined with my 3.6 cumulative and science GPAs got me admitted to one of the twenty U.S. allopathic medical schools I applied to. I received my MD at a medical school in Philadelphia where I also did my internship. I then went all the way to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for Residency in Nuclear Medicine. I am now practicing in California but only part time now due to a stroke I suffered a few years ago.</p>
<p>It can be done but you really have to want it and you are going to have to take a lot more courses outside your major than I had to in order to finish your pre-med requirements. Do not make this decision lightly. Less than half of all medical school applicants are accepted by even one medical school so most people come away from the difficult and expensive application process empty handed. If you do get into medical school be prepared for endless hours of studying your first two years and even more hours in the hospital during your second two years. There are no words to describe how utterly exhausted, beaten down and broken you will feel during your year as an intern and residency seems endless. However, it does end and being a physician is a very rewarding career.</p>
<p>If you really are sure this is what you want to do, it has been done and you might be able to do it to. Best of luck to you.</p>
I say stick with UCLA and take the pre-med courses on the side.</p>