<p>i heard one of the easiest ls majors is neuroscience IF you take upper div classes that overlap w/ psych majors. please support or reject this statement. also, does the neuroscience minor have those classes? i love the brain and i think i might wanna switch if i become good at science.</p>
<h2>are there any "easy" upper div ls classes? if so what are they?</h2>
<p>i realized that i'm not that great in those ls core classes. i think i'm not gonna pursue phy sci as a major as of now; doing poorly in math/science and prolly shouldn't go beyond taking the minimal requirement for the mcat. </p>
<p>but is it appropriate determine how i'll enjoy the phy sci major based off of how i'm doing now? it's sorta different, right?</p>
<p>so i don't think i can graduate on time if i wanna pursue phy sci major, english minor now b/c i can't take more than 2 math/sci classes at once plus i haven't taken english since last summer (want to squish everything in to take the mcat on time w/o a year off-im a 2nd year). does neuroscience major/english minor, english major/neuroscience minor combos have less units?</p>
<p>there's never a such thing as taking too many humanities classes. i might not be fit for an ls major after all...</p>
<p>we should make a question thread just for you...</p>
<p>if you dont have what it takes to be a doctor, then you dont have wat it takes. suck it up and move on with our life instead of trying to find ways to beat the system or just put up with the work and stop asking questions.</p>
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You just don't magically "become" good at science. Anyway, you're a textbook case of a bad premed, you know that? All you care about is how you're going to look on apps, which is important, but everything you do is so damn contrived and planned out, it disgusts me. </p>
<p>Your writing isn't even that good. Your news stories are bland and your ledes - do you even try? </p>
<p>I know what's going to happen now. You're going to completely ignore this thread because that's what you do. You create questions and never come back to thank anyone who deigns to acknowledge your posts. If you ever do come back, it's because someone fell into one of your traps and you're there to suck them dry.</p>
<p>Why would that come to such a shock to you? Have you mistaken me for someone else? I don't even know who aa is - I don't even have a certain personality assigned to him the way I have for DWM and haters.</p>
<p>Med school classes are much harder than the ls classes at ucla. A decent premed should not find ls classes hard! You have to consider not just how to get into med school, but if you have the potential to be a successful medical student. That is the whole point of an undergraduate education! Furthermore, I think doing well in ls classes is a prerequisite for doing well on the mcat. </p>
<p>LOL you are getting severe MISinformation. Neuroscience is FAR from the easiest LS major (in fact it is probably one of the toughest along side MIMG). What really hurts Neuroscience majors' gpa are NS102 and NS101A-C. If you think these classes will be easy, DO NOT take this major. The classes themselves (esp. 102) are really interesting and it is possible to do well, but if you just want a really easy life science major, do psychobio.</p>
<p>if you aren't doing well in lower div LS courses, don't do a science major. do whatever you like; you can still go to med school as an english major. Also, DO NOT do the neuroscience minor.</p>
<p>don't feel embarrassed. this is a really common question among premeds. the majors themselves are not designed for people who want to go to med school. the majority of the material in all the LS majors (except may be physci) is introductory stuff to what you will see in greater detail in graduate school. for most premeds who just wanna learn about the human body, what goes wrong with it at a macro scale, and how to fix it, the material in the LS majors' upper divs is fairly dry and useless once they are in med school. </p>
<p>this is why i strongly suggest majoring in what you are interested in. major in what you find interesting, because if you are really interested in, say, history, undergrad will the LAST time you have a chance to learn something about history (assuming you go to med school).</p>
<p>LOL. Neuroscience upper division courses are NOT easy. In retrospect, after almost 2 years of graduate school in neuroscience, they do seem kinda easy. But I remember that when I took them, I didn't feel they were easy at all. As Bruinboy pointed out, the core upper division classes (i.e. NS 101 A,B,C and NS 102) are difficult, time-consuming courses, and they will be fun only if you are passionate about the subject. </p>
<p>That said, I kinda understand where the OP is coming from in his original post. Upper division neuroscience ELECTIVES can be much easier than the core classes, if you select classes in the psychology department (I remember that "Psychobiology of Aging" or something like that, was a complete joke). However, I would not recommend a neuroscience major to anyone who's not really excited about the subject. Most kids in this major love to learn about the brain, and those who don't are really going through hell. If you want an easy major, go with sociology or communication studies, but certainly not neuroscience.</p>
<p>Edit: Also, I forgot to point out that to major in neuroscience, you need not only to be passionate about the subject, but also you need to be good at science. In fact, most upper-division courses have test questions like: "design an experiment to show that..." or "what kind of evidence would support (or falsify) the following hypothesis...". That means you have to know the material from the course inside and out, but in addition you have to think of experiments related to those that were presented in class, in which you apply similar techniques in a creative way. Although most neuro kids are premeds, the neuroscience major at UCLA is an excellent preparation for graduate school, because it teaches you to think like a real scientist. Bottomline: don't even think about doing a neuro major if you don't like science, or are not good at it.</p>