<p>I'm going to be a freshman next year and I'm pursuing the pre-med track. Can anyone give an overview of any pre-med classes they've taken (difficulty, advice, etc). I'm also in the Honors Program, if that helps. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>In need of some advice! </p>
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<p>Hello,
I am currently attending a community college for one year to cut costs but plan on transferring to a University. Orignally, I planned on becoming a Nurse and then, taking a Master’s program to become a Nurse Practitioner.
…Now, I have decided that I would love to become a Doctor. I am a very, very dedicated student and will always make time for studying because it’s important to me that I do well. The medical field has always been that one place where I could see myself someday working. I enjoy helping others and would really love to make a difference. Becoming a doctor would allow me reach my potential and earn a satisfying career. However,
starting out at a community college for this past year, I will have completed several non-science courses: (all transferrable credits)
-Intro to Pyschology-3 credits
-Intro to Sociology- 3 credits
-English I- 3 credits
-Western Civilzation- 3 credits
-Principals of Biology with Lab- 5 credits
-Anatomy & Physiology with Lab- 4 credits
-Philosophy- 3 credits
-English II- 3 credits</p>
<p>Keep in mind that I have kept a 4.00, I am unsure of the route I should take next and how long I may be an undergraduate for…</p>
<p>Can I still complete a degree as a Pre-med in 4 years and what classes would you recommend me taking next? </p>
<p>Any advice would be very helpful!</p>
<p>Also, do Medical School’s frown the fact that I have taken one year at a Community College before transferring to a University? </p>
<p>Thanks for all your wisdom and time spent helping a student out!</p>
<p>Chelsea Lyn</p>
<p>Theres no designated pre-med courses, cause pre-med is not a major but they’re set prerequisites that pre-med people are suggested to take, and the science courses at Rutgers are not easy. I have a few friends that have come from a community college with 4.0s and have ended up with Cs and Ds at the university. Community college and University style learning are two different things and the adjustment may take a semester, but med schools with probably not care if your transferring as long as you keep your grades up. I’m also premed and I would suggest setting up a folder with the Health Office, i think its referred to as HPO office, and attending the premed/predent society meetings.</p>
<p>Saige,
Where is the HPO Office? Who else should I see to start to plan what courses to take in my first semester? Do you think an engineering degree in biochemistry with good grades would be just as acceptable to a dental school as a biology or chem. degree? It also sounds like they are equally difficult. I’ve been accepted to the SAS and the Engineering school. If you didn’t guess I want to be a dentist. Its all so exciting and confusing.</p>
<p>the HPO office is in Martin Hall on Douglass.
First semester i took:
Biology 101
Chem 161
Expos 101
A Byrne seminar
Calc or Precalc (whatever you get placed into)
It doesn’t matter which route you take, but I’m just letting you know now the engineering school is extremely difficult, but whatever makes you the most comfortable studying and what you want to do. I’m a biotechnology and genetics major but i want to use those degrees when im out of med school to look at a career in pathology.</p>
<p>For engineering, are you referring to biochemical engineering or biomedical engineering? (There’s a difference.)</p>
<p>The vast majority of pre-dental, pre-med, pre-med, etc. are biology/chemistry/etc. majors in SAS. There is also a high percentage of the biomedical engineering students who are hoping to be doctors.</p>
<p>In the end, no one can really tell you what gives you a better chance, because it’s about your grades in your respective major. Engineering is very difficult because of the amount of math required as well as the engineering classes themselves, but everyone has a preferred way of thinking that may be geared better towards one major or another (or neither…haha.)</p>
<p>I’m not a pre-med, but I’m taking orgo and it may just be because I’m a chemistry nerd, but the material is not more difficult than calculus for me. I’ve found math to be far more difficult to comprehend. Orgo is just extremely time-consuming because it covers a large amount of material in a relatively small time frame. It requires a lot of work and effort, especially for those hoping for a good grade. I’ve found that having so much practice available is helpful, but sometimes people just need to calm down about them. There’s a balance between procrastinating till the last minute and going off your rocker crazy about a class.</p>