<p>I'm going to have to decide between going to NYU with the Presidential Scholars Program and a $25,000 scholarship or Cal Berkeley, no scholarship, or the UCLA Honors Program. I really don't know what to do. I'm leaning towards NYU because I think I fit more into the New York lifestyle and would be happier there, but I don't want to screw up my chances to medical school. Any advice? Is NYU pre-med THAT bad?</p>
<p>NYU premed is probably fine. BDM and sakky can fill you in with Berkeley horror stories if you wish. If you are not a Cali resident and don't wish to be an engineer, you should be fine going to NYU on a pretty good scholarship. </p>
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<p>Whichever school that makes you happy. ADCOM's are looking at gpa, mcat, clinical experience, and research experience (if you are looking at a top 20 school or MD/PhD).</p>
<p>How would somebody go about getting clinical and research experience in theri undergrad? Nobody has that much time.</p>
<p>You will find time. Clinical experience is a must, thats the only way they know that you know what you are getting yourself into. Research is generally easy to find if you go to a school with a lot of research opportunites. Look up research projects a email the PI and see if they are looking for someone to join. I go to UF and have been volunteering at SHANDS for 3 years now. I have volunteering in the ER for 1.5 and been in anesthesiology, surgery, and did a semester in minor care. I have been doing research for 2 and recently got on a publication in my group and planning to start a new project for my senior thesis and I should be a author, as well, on that paper. You find ways to balance you time.</p>
<p>my cousin went to UCLA pre-med and I know that she really enjoyed it but I can't really say anything about the other schools for pre-med.</p>
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<p>Every premed has time for clinical exposure. And at research-heavy schools, 90%+ of premeds have time for research.</p>
<p>I meant, both things. You could definitely do one thing. What would clincial exposure be like? Volunteering at a hospital; to clean up rooms and give food to patients?</p>
<p>I meant time for both things. For me volunteering involved observations, so I got a first hand experience of what the dr. was doing. Its technically called volunteering but it was really shadowing. Me and the medical student would follow the doctor around and saw patients. When it was busy, I would talk to the med student about UF med and what not. When I was in the main ER, I got to observe all traumas that came in. I would wait till everyone was in then follow and put on a lead vest and stand by the door or the two scribing nurses/doctors. If you are only stuck cleaning then you arent trying hard enough.</p>
<p>Add a "too" at the end of my last post.</p>
<p>Bottom line? Premeds have to be busy kids, and they need to balance it all very, very well.</p>