<p>Hey everyone, </p>
<p>Does UCLA have a premed advisor? Where do I go for help/planning?</p>
<p>I already talked to my major counselor and she just pointed me to the career center web page on health professions, which I already read.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Pre-med counseling here is not the best - we don’t even have a committee letter system. </p>
<p>You can try going to the Career Center and asking there, but they’re more general (no specialized pre-med advisor). What’s your major?</p>
<p>I’m still undecided, but I’m deciding between neuroscience and phy sci.</p>
<p>i was just like you jason88. at the end i chose phy sci cause neuroscience is, in general, the brain and sure it’s nice to know how it works…but think a little practical, u dont really get great results cause every human brain is tad different, but phy sci they all practically do the same thing, no? lol nice name i have the same one too</p>
<p>^do what you like. you’ll learn all of that again in medical school anyways. </p>
<p>compared to psychology counseling, phy sci counselors are pretty good at giving you heads up about potential research/internship/medical volunteering opportunities. career center provides these jumpstart sessions which give you an in-depth look at the application process for medical school and other info; those are more helpful, imho, than the drop-in counseling you’ll get from a general career counselor here.</p>
<p>^thanks a bunch jinobi. so about these sessions in the career center, do I need to arrange them before hand? how does it work?</p>
<p>i didnt know that ucla had such little pre-med advising. i know some private schools have their own advisors, etc etc. :(</p>
<p>its all online, you go log-in at career.ucla.edu. getting there can be a bit confusing, so stop by the career center on strathmore to get someone to guide you through signing up for a jumpstart. they’ll also tell you about other services (such as the letter of rec service, etc.). </p>
<p>other schools do have their own pre-med advisors, and many have the committee letter system. being at ucla just means taking more initiative to find out about applying to med school, unfortunately. </p>
<p>let me know, public or pm, if you need any advice. i’m going through the application process right now.</p>
<p>^thanks, jinobi, helpful as always! :)</p>