<p>So does UF have a very strong medical program? I know pre-med isn't a major but I was just wondering if UF was a good school for pursuing a medical career?</p>
<p>Yes
*A medical school ranked #50 (USNews)...(UM is ~55 and FSU much lower)
*Advising Department dedicated to Pre-Med (Allo, Osteo, Dent, etc.)
*Research opportunity located everywhere on campus if you want o do that.
*Our AMSA (American Medical Student Association) is one of the best and largest in the country (~750 members)
*Course geared for premed students: Intro to Med Prof., Medicine and Law, and Shadowing class for student who get an A in Intro to Med Prof.
*The biggest and highly ranked hospital in central florida (SHANDS/UF) is located on campus. And there are like 60 departments where you can volunteer. (ex. ER, surgury, anesth., pathology, peds, etc)</p>
<p><em>*The down size is the you prereq classes are hard (bio, gen chem, orgo, physics). Fellow students can be annoying because all they talk about is grades and they will die if they go a B. And you classes can be large so its hard to get to know you prof, so you can later get a reccom.
(in one class period you can expect----->orgo (175 students), physics (250), gen chem (200), Bio (125). *</em></p>
<p>Wow, that is a little discouraging about the size. I am worried that I will just be a number and if the undergrad classes are very difficult, that I will not make the grades I need to get into med school.</p>
<p>are bio, gen chem, orgo, and physics the first classes you take if u wish to do pre-med??? and they're 2 semesters long right? and also, can u do one of them during summer B?? or is that too hard and too much work</p>
<p>Yeah the class size can be very discouraging. You have to try really hard to get to know the professors. </p>
<p>It is advise that you start taking them as soon as you start UF because its will take the average person 4-5 semester (2 years) to finish all those classes. You can take any of those classes summer B. They are all summer C classes except for organic which can be taken summer A or B. Below is the list of science classes a premed would have to take before taking the MCAT (Usually spring of their third year).</p>
<p>CHM 2045 with Lab (gen chem 1)
CHM 2046 with Lab (gen chem 2)
BSC 2010 with Lab (biology 1)
BSC 2011 with Lab (bio 2)
PHY 2053 with lab (physics 1)
PHY 2054 with Lab (physics 2)
CHM 2210 (orgo 1)
CHM 2211 with Lan (orgo 2)</p>
<p>jesus is chemistry that important? i hated chemistry in 10th grade...i didn't learn anything...maybe because we had a horrible teacher..</p>
<p>sorry to keep asking you questions...but what do u suggest me (who wants to do pre-me) take 1st and 2nd year??</p>
<p>and u take mcat third year...wow...then u apply for med school and go to med school ur fourth year?</p>
<p>no you don't go to med school 4th year. you have to finish your fourth year out beforehand. ASMAJ, what do you think would be the most beneficial major for med school. I have heard all about the nonscience majors and how they are good but whats the point if i have to meet all the science requirements anyway?! it just seems that it would be forcing me to take many more classes than i need.</p>
<p>krnforsale, If you really didnt get a good preparatioin in chemistry in highschool I would suggest that you start with CHM1025 not CHM2045. Are you starting summer B because that is a summer B class. </p>
<p>Most people finish there MCAT prereq in 2 years and then they take the MCAT the spring of their third year (you have more options now since the MCAT is computer based, 5hrs long, and have more date in which you can take it) and then you start appling to medical school that May. You spend the rest of you senior year flying to schools for interviews (if invited) and you find out if you get in the spring of you senior year. </p>
<p>The reason they suggest you can pick another major outside of science is that most of those major are easy and dont require that much, so you can fit those prereqs throughout taking the classes for the nonscience major. It might take you a longer time to finish taking them. </p>
<p>I say get the best science background as possible and would recommend a science major. ( biochem, microbio, chem(not really), health science(if you want space to take classes llike immuno, engineering (biological(better choice) and materials (not really))</p>
<p>^dang...this is what i was thinking...since the classes are hard(from what i hear) just take two of those classes and take two other classes that i'm interested in or just easy classes. so it will take me longer to go to med school but i can have really good grades in those prereq classes...is this a stupid idea? UF tuition is about $3,090...and BF runs out 3rd year so i will have to pay for my 4th year....but in the end when i go to a better med school and get a better job...wouldn't it be worth more to do this?</p>
<p>What are you talking about with regards to "BF runs out 3rd year"?</p>
<p>bf is only three years...isn't it?</p>
<p>This is from the Bright Futures Website: </p>
<p>"How Long May a Student Use His/Her Florida Bright Futures Scholarship?</p>
<p>How many hours of funding are available to Florida Academic and Medallion Scholars?</p>
<p>A student may receive up to 132 semester hours (or the equivalent in quarter or clock hours) towards completion of a certificate or a first baccalaureate degree. This also applies to students in 3/2 programs who are classified as undergraduate. Graduate or undergraduate classification is determined by the postsecondary institution. Unused hours may not be used for further course funding after a student earns a baccalaureate degree.
A student who is in an undergraduate program of study that requires more than 120 semester hours (or the equivalent in quarter or clock hours) may apply for an extension of hours for funding. The application will be mailed to the student automatically when he/she approaches the last 30 semester hours (or the equivalent in quarter or clock hours) of his/her scholarship program.
A student may participate up to seven years from high school graduation (if the student initially was funded within three years after high school graduation) or up to completion of his/her first baccalaureate degree program, whichever comes first. "</p>
<p>^wow...so after 3 years long as u have the grades u can still get BF... that's awesome</p>