Hi everyone, I recently posted this in the ucla transfer thread, but someone suggested starting my own.
Any psych premeds? I have a few questions, and I’d like to know your stats when you were accepted
Overall gpa 3.75, major 3.6. Tap will be done by fall or spring
I haven’t started my personal statements yet, but I think my first one will be pretty strong because I’ve dealt with a lot of psychological problems in the past due to an abusive father, which is where my passion for psych comes from. My mother also had brain surgery a few years back and I’ve shadowed the surgeon a few times, which is where my interest in medicine came from. As for my second essay, I have an odd hobby that I’ve been with for close to 10 years, I’ve worked extremely hard at it and have been extremely dedicated, ultimately leading to a world championship title. I’m hoping these essays will display my passion for my major/dream career, as well as my dedication and hard work to what im passionate about
I will be starting my 3rd year this fall and I will also be applying. I decided I wanted to go the pre med route during the summer of my second year, when I began to shadow in the neurosurgery department at a local hospital/clinic. Since intro bio and chem are major prep for psych transfers, I decided to do general bio and chem for stem majors. W the first time I took chem 1 (working too many hours, bad scheduling, skipped pre req, overall just wasn’t prepared for the class) came back next semester and got an A, unfortunately got a B in bio 1. I will be finishing both series ( 1 more chem class and 2 more bio classes ) as well as calculus by the end of next summer.
My main question is, how will taking stem classes as a non-stem major look? Will it look weird and negatively affect my chances? Will the B in bio kill my chances at UCLA and med school? Everyone in my class was panicking and saying things like “oh I can’t get a B, my gpa will be below 3.8 UCLA won’t want me” and “Doctors can’t get Bs in bio”.
Also, does UCLA focus more on major gpa, or overall? I feel like my overall gpa is pretty competitive, major gpa not so much. I know what I did wrong in bio, and im hoping to fix it so I can get As in the rest of the series.
Im also a bit confused on what exactly “major gpa” is - is it all the classes related to psych I’ve taken (research methods, biological psych, developmental psych) or just the classes listed on assist.org?
Does anyone know if the admitted transfers by major percentiles refer to major or overall gpa? My overall gpa is just above the 25th percentile making me believe I have a small chance of getting in, but my major gpa is lower than that, making me feel that I have no that
Thanks everyone