<p>I really like psychology and biology and I know that psychobiology is one of the easiest premed majors at UCLA. Is it really that easy? Is it the easiest premed major (and if it isn't which one is)? </p>
<p>Do you think if someone wanted to get into medical school it would be a good major or should I just take psychology as a major and then take the classes needed to get into med school?</p>
<p>And lastly: Is the competition at UCLA really difficult, as in impossible?</p>
<p>Major doesn’t really matter.</p>
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That doesn’t really make any sense. It depends on where you fall in the spectrum.</p>
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It depends on how well you can manage your time. It might be more competitive for some than others, so it all depends on how you handle it. If you were to slack off and play video games everyday - then yea, the competition will kill you. But if you learn to balance your social life with the academics - then you’ll find that competition isn’t that difficult.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about psychobiology but psychology has gotta be one of the easiest majors…</p>
<p>I’m an econ major but I’m doing an upper div psych class for units. I had a midterm for it this morning and it was just as easyyyyy as I expected it to be. I put in 2-3 hours of study total for it…</p>
<p>Amazing – what grade did you get? Are you assuming a test that seems easy to take means you will get an A? Is there no curve?</p>
<p>do any psychobio majors here have any opinons…please!!!</p>
<p>one of my bestfriends is a psychobio + premed at ucla
she says that you definitely shouldn’t choose the major because its easy if you want to do premed. nothing about premed is easy at ucla. if you want something easy go to another school!</p>
<p>the premed requirements ls1-4 + chem + phy are all still super competitive and difficult and psycho bio isnt exactly easy but the social science such as sociology is def easy. but easy does not mean its good. sometimes its better to just do something you enjoy rather than the difficulty. </p>
<p>she wanted to change majors but decided not too since she already finished the prereqs and some of the courses. </p>
<p>bio major would def help you on the mcats despite the difficulty and mcats are super important
history major can help you with verbal section of mcats
but i mean ANY MAJOR can get into med school!
so dont choose a science major such as psychobio simply because its easy
because you have so many more options!</p>
<p>but wouldnt psychobiology be the easiest LS major though…b/c I know biochem and others are more difficult…</p>
<p>also a question: Is premed at UCLA harder than premed at Berkeley?</p>
<p>no. my bro goes to cal, and ive seen his material for his lower div courses and its harder than mine. also, you wont downcurved in any of the LS core classes (none of mine have yet). not to mention ucla has more research opportunities and a good hosp + med school.</p>
<p>idk why but cal has better % accepted to med school, though.</p>
<p>i dont think psychobio would be the easiest
however i’m not definite on that</p>
<p>physiological science would actually be a good fit if you want to do pre-med
it’s way easier than mimg,mcdb, biochem, and it prepares you for the mcats!</p>
<p>you should like into that because sometimes doing the easiest major will make you less competitive for medical school apps</p>
<p>id like to know the answer to psychobio as well…also how hard are the premed classes at UCLA?</p>
<p>^applepie: choice of major is IRRELEVANT in terms of competitiveness for med school applications, as long as you fulfill all the class requirements (1 year of bio, chem, math…etc.). it’s not like med schools will prefer someone who took phy sci vs. someone who takes psychobio. some med schools even like non-science majors like english or music (not to say that they’re “easier”), because the applicant comes from a non-traditional background and may have unique experiences.</p>
<p>1 year bump!</p>
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It’s because:
<p>psychobio is probably not going to be the easiest major anymore…apparently everyone figured out that it was the easiest major and so everyone started switching into it lol…it will probably end up being the most competitive…but upperdivs are what separate the life sci majors…the prereqs are HARRRD…its the prereqs u gotta worry about</p>
<p>sure some psych upper divs are easier than others, but the prereqs (like 100a and 100b) are more difficult “weeder” classes designed to get people to drop out of psych/psychobio. so if you’re just in the major for an easy pre-med, you won’t find these classes easy or interesting. but if you like psychology and want to be premed, i’d say it’s a really good option.</p>
<p>well to me, i didn’t think 100A was particularly hard - it’s just statistics. 100B is a definite time-drainer, and can get tricky at times. psych 116 is more difficult than 100B imho.</p>
<p>Alright, since there are no psychobio majors replying in this thread, I’ll start. I’m a 3rd year psychobio major at UCLA, started out as biochem but switched recently. Let me start by saying this: no premed / science majors at UCLA are easy. If you want an easy major, choose something in social-science and humanities (and then have everyone laugh at you every time you complain about your easy major.) The hardest part about life-science majors at UCLA are the Life Science (LS) 1-4 classes themselves. Be prepared to memorize literally every slide your teacher shows you (and the chapters assigned too, depending on your professor.) Second is the organic chemistry classes you have to complete, third are the labs/physics classes. Again, the only thing harder than pre-med seems to be engineering (which is more hard, while pre-med is more time consuming.) That being said, psychobio is not an easy major. Some of the upper-division classes are easier than those in comparable majors (say, MCDB or MIMG), but it depends on which classes you take. You have the option to take either psych courses for some of your upper divisions or EEBio/Neuroscience/Biochem etc… and usually people opt for the psych courses (because they are easier.) But I think it’s better to get a nice mix of psychology (because a lot of it is interesting and allows for more creativity in your thinking) and harder science classes (for depth and breadth of knowledge) for your psychobio upper divs; why not take advantage of the fact that this is a multidisciplinary major? </p>
<p>Hope that cleared up some of the confusion people were having. My advice on helping you decide what to major in goes like this: study what you enjoy. If you don’t enjoy studying pre-med subjects, you should consider switching (or suffer the consequences of being stuck in a field you don’t enjoy for a career you despise.) Cheers!</p>
<p>Its easy as hell. If you have difficulty doing well with a 3.5+ GPA, you should assess your study habits and maybe change a few things. If you have difficulty getting a 3.0+, you should reconsider attempting a college degree.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input, Imperials. Why did you switch out of biochem? I’m considering biochem because it seems interesting, but I’m a little worried that it’s particularly difficult and I’m not coming from a rigorous (by any means) high school.</p>