<p>you cant put peers on a med school app. peers is the equivalent of getting personal tutoring. if anything, it will worsen your app.</p>
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<li>haha then i AM quitting</li>
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<p>technically you could put PEERS on the 15 things you want to say about yourself on med school apps, but PEERS better have affected your academics/life/perceptions in a significant way. if you happen to find value in it, more power to you.</p>
<p>of course you can use a slot for it, but it is more of a personal enrichment thing. it wouldnt help really.</p>
<p>I have a question about the chemistry diagnostic test. If I do PEERS is it mandatory for me to take it? Since I’m a math major, chemistry classes are optional and I would rather avoid them if possible.</p>
<p>Why would being part of a program, that may not be great, but shows that you are trying to enlighten yourself to the scientific world. Why would getting tutored worsen your application, because you use resources that can better you, rather than ignore them. The program is probably not the best, but its just something else to add to a list of things you were involved in, and if there is a Research Program at a School thats at the top of Premed…I would take it seriously. And you meet people that are in the medical industry, as useless, and boring as they may be, those are still people that could be of use to you. Knowing doctors, and professional researches, keeping those contacts, well I know Ill keep them.</p>
<p>Regardless, knowing that the whole thing is time consuming, Im going to try it first quarter. Im not excited, but its just something that might help later, so why not? And if it does indeed drain my social, and academic life, then ill drop it. The quarters go by faster than you think, from what I have heard.</p>
<p>Hey man, I gave detailed descriptions of my first hand experience at the program, but you’re right it’s up to you. If you happen to really like it, well good for you! If not, well don’t say I didn’t warn you. The only reason it was worth keeping last year, imo, was because you got priority enrollment. But, they got rid of that this year so there really is no purpose anymore. Oh and btw, putting PEERs on your Med School application is like mentioning you went to AAP Tutoring. It’s not going to help you.</p>
<p>A couple of people I know actually benefitted from the program though, so hey maybe it’ll work out for you?</p>
<p>I think the Chemistry Diagnostic Test is only for those who are going to be enrolling in Chemistry 14A/20A. I forgot what the sufficient passing point was, (let’s say it’s 50 shall we?), but if you get below 50, the PEERs staff will “highly recommend” you do not enroll in Chem20A, but instead Chem14A. If you get like a score of like (let’s say below 30), they’ll just “highly recommend” you don’t enroll in ANY chemistry class this quarter and instead postpone chemistry until next quarter. Of course, they’re all recommendations and PEERs can’t make you drop the class. However, in truth, the diagnostic test doesn’t reflect crap. The test was freakin’ easy as heck and I was overqualified for Chem14A. Yeah right, I got a C+ in Chem14A.</p>
<p>Oh I just realized something. Come to think of it, that doesn’t really make much sense does it? If you’re not ready for 20A, you should take 14A. What if you’re not a life science major, say you are Biochem, don’t you HAVE to take the 20 series? Meh, I guess the test is simply just to see how ready you are for 20A or how ready you are for 14A.</p>
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I’m one of those biochem people…do we HAVE to take the test? I haven’t seen anything that indicates a mandatory chemistry placement test.</p>
<p>Just to add to what some current students have said about peers. If you’re doing PEERS to have something to add to your resume, don’t do it; however, if you seriously need help in science classes then by all means take it. I’ve talked to several students at UCLA who were in PEERS and almost all of them said it was a complete waste of time especially if you are premed. As a premed you should be fairly good at science if not excellent. The ONLY advantage that PEERS offered was priority enrollment but since they stopped doing that there’s absolutely no reason to participate in PEERS unless you need the help. Moreover, as a premed student, you will be busy enough as it is so don’t waste your time in something that doesn’t interest you. Let me just end by saying that if you are truly interested in PEERS then by all means participate and attend every event and I’m sure you will get something out of it.</p>
<p>3 classes, 15 units (they r all 5 units i think)
so yea.</p>
<p>3 classes, 12 units the first quarter.</p>
<p>Probably 4 classes the first quarter.</p>
<p>4 classes, 17-18 units</p>
<p>I’m thinking 3 classes, 15 units now…bbut still unsure.</p>
<p>@eaad… I thought 16 units was the max? (Or are they all easy classes?)</p>
<p>4 classes, 18 units</p>
<p>@silvercross: I believe the max is 19 units. I’m thinking about taking Chem 20A, Math 32A, and whatever 2 other classes I can get during orientation.</p>
<p>Three classes most likely so that I can become acclimated to the new environment. Then I will probably take four classes the winter and spring quarters.</p>
<p>Just FYI… max units to enroll per quarter is 19, so you really can’t take 4 classes in many situations. And your orientation counselor will basically only allow you to take 3 courses, although you can add another in later if you remain under the 19 unit limit.</p>