Pre-med advising at USC

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<p>I recently got into USC and want to pursue a career in medicine. How is the Biology/Science programs at USC and how is the pre-med advising at the school? </p>

<p>Could anyone shed some light on how well the school prepares you for med school and how the classes are etc.</p>

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<p>Here is the pre-health website: [Pre-Health</a> > USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences](<a href=“http://college.usc.edu/pre-health/]Pre-Health”>http://college.usc.edu/pre-health/)</p>

<p>This should be of interest to you: <a href=“http://college.usc.edu/assets/files/docs/advising/Pre-Health_Pre-requiste_handout.doc[/url]”>http://college.usc.edu/assets/files/docs/advising/Pre-Health_Pre-requiste_handout.doc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This is the schedule of classes: [USC</a> Schedule of Classes: Select a Term](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/]USC”>http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/)</p>

<p>Here is the biological sciences blog: [USC</a> Biological Sciences Blog](<a href=“http://uscbisc.blogspot.com/]USC”>http://uscbisc.blogspot.com/)
They update pretty much every day and tell you some important stuff.</p>

<p>Pretty much everyone in the Biology and Chemistry classes are pre-health + some engineers so you’re gonna be constantly competing throughout BISC 120, 220, 320, 330 and CHEM 105a/b, 322a/b. BISC 120/220 and CHEM 322ab tend to be the weed out classes. PHYS 135a/b is physics for Life Sciences so everyone is pretty much pre-health but some opt to take PHYS 151/152 which is mostly engineers. As for math, MATH 125 is generally considered easy while 126 is a weed out class.</p>

<p>Its fairly easy to get a B/B+ in most classes (you generally have to be average or slightly above average) but you’re gonna have to work a bit to get that A/A- unless you’re just naturally smart and know everything. Some professors are soso but some are very good in what they do and really care about their students.</p>