<p>i agree 100% with imperial. its not easy as hell when you have all the pre-meds rushing over to psychobio…making the curve the same. not to mention, most psychobio upperdivs can be taken by neuroscience, phy sci and mimg majors so its not psych majors you’re dealing with. </p>
<p>@neekzg: are you a freshman? when you take some lower division science classes you’ll get a feel for what area you like…after taking ls3 and 14d, you can take biochem 153a and see if its for you. while I don’t agree with psychobio being easy as hell, biochem is considered to be difficult. if you take something you enjoy, you’ll put in the work to do well</p>
<p>if u didnt come from a good high school…ucla is a bad place to be…many asians have taken ap chem and ap phsycis and ap calc WITH VERY GOOD TEACHERs…i didnt take any of those cause my teachers were crappy…and the lower divs are hard…SAT_GANGSTA IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE ASIANS WHO COMES FROM A GOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND ACTS LIKE HE IS ALL SMART AND ALL MR.GENIUS WHO NEVER STUDIES…BUT HE JUST HAS A STRONG SCIENCE BACKGROUND (AND PROBABLY STUDIES HIS A-S-S OFF)…DOESN’T MEAN HE IS SMART</p>
<p>jtanton, you are only partially correct. Ucla is a badddd place to be if you are unprepared to work hard. If you, personally, feel unprepared for college, I feel bad for you. It is unfortunate that ucla has given admission to someone as unprepared as you are. Your public school must have not been up to par. But, I guess you’re here now so it’s all good. I do work hard–and I receive according results. If you want to receive results like “those Asian kids” maybe you should work a little harder or change your studying habits. After all, those admissions deans must have seen something in you. As it so happens, I am not Asian. Like thousands of other Ucla students, I work hard and play hard. I hope you find the effort to do the same. However, if you find that you can’t, be happy with your grades or reconsider staying in school. It’s best to refrain from things you suck at. Ucla in particular aims to have all it’s students achieve at least a 3.0. Achieving a 3.5 in a hodge-podge major such as psychobiology is average, getting a 3.0 is easy.</p>
<p>lol dont worry buddy im a lot smarter than a lot of the premeds…i get the highest grades on finals and midterms in general chem even though i had no exposure whatsoever to chem…i beat all the idiots who took ap chem and worked their butt off in that class and had a good little teacher explain everything to them…and that attitude of refraining from things i suck at is an attitude for failure…sure hope u dont have that attitude…</p>
<p>Lol. Med schools aren’t stupid. They will also take into account the rigors of your courseload and the rigors of your major when reviewing your application. A student who takes 2 science classes per quarter and some random GE with straight A/A-'s won’t look as impressive as someone who is taking 3-4 science classes with A/A-/B+/B’s. In short, any of you premeds who think that there is a “loop-hole” into medical schools has to stop smoking crack. Don’t think that there is some “easy” way into med school that only you know about, because the only way is through hard work. Lol at the people dropping courses and taking as few science classes as possible to get that higher gpa… Nobody wants a lazy doctor who wants the easiest way out.</p>
<p>i feel like i can relate with SAT gangsta…Well said man, well said. I feel bad for kids like this guy that went to bummish high schools and received an inflated GPA. You should be able to gauge if you can compete with your standardized test scores. If you have a 4.5 gpa with sub 700 SAT II scores and a sub 2200 SAT I you should reconsider if you really earned your “4.5.”</p>
<p>I am a high school junior and considering taking a psychobiology course (psych 15) at UCLA this summer. This course is one of their “approved for high school students” courses and I am generally a good student. I am wondering if this course will be manageable and above all if it will be enjoyable. Would I be happier in a microbiology or gender studies course (the other two I am considering)? I love science classes and wish I could take a biology class but none are available to me. What should I do?</p>