<p>hmmm question, what'd u guys put for the reasoning of why it's highly reactive? the second prt of the problemm</p>
<p>It seems most premeds I know - who actually are going off to a top medical school and taking the MCAT their junior year or so - work VERY hard and go out minimally compared to a north campus major.</p>
<p>What I mean is that how hard is it to get a good GPA in UCLA for premed students since the competition is so fierce? I heard that it was so hard that unless your one of the few top 10 students you cant get a good GPA to get into a good medical school. Is this true?</p>
<p>Last year, 773 applicants to U.S. medical schools came from UCLA -- more than any other university in the nation. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>my friends are at berkeley doing premed, and they're pretty much dying.. ucla isn't that cuthroat.. from what i've heard.. sure it might be competitive.. but not crazy insane competitive.</p>
<p>yea its not bad at all. i can imagine cal and ucsd being harder in the sciences.</p>
<p>Try to read and get a understanding of material before going to lecture. This will really help. For example, I read through the molecular orbitals in my Chem 20A course reader and I was utterly confused. I didn't really get it. But when I went to lecture and Scerri explained everything, it just all made sense. Also, you'll find that in math classes, when you are given two different ways to understand a problem or solve it, you will find that you "like" one way more than the other, and you'll be able to see how to quickly and painlessly solve problems - this is true even if the professor goes by the book; there will always be little tidbits that help. If you don't have a tentative understanding, you won't be able to make those subtle mental notes. These mental notes can really help you with your confidence level - you know you're learning things the "right" and efficient way, so you'll feel good when you walk into the test.</p>
<p>Going over stuff before going to lecture isn't about really fully understanding the material. It's becoming familiar with it, letting it sit in your brain so in the lecture, you're able to focus on what's important instead of frantically trying to listen to every word. Since you know what to expect, know what you know, know what you don't know, you're able to selectively process the lecture and get more out of it.</p>
<p>zzzboy, I understand that Cal might be more competitive, but SD???</p>
<p>sd is way more nerdy bradley so it could very well be more competitive.</p>
<p>tum tum,
your name reminds me of the 3 Ninjas! Is that where u got the name from?</p>
<p>Nope... I've never heard of the 3 Ninjas. When I was trying to come up with a name, I couldn't think of anything, and then I noticed my tummy was rumbling, so I decided it to be tumtum.</p>
<p>lol nice. nvm then</p>