<p>I was looking at the major pre-med reqs. which EVERYONE has memorized. that being 1 year Bio, G. chem, O. chem, and physics.
Should I take 1st year(only talking about BCPM reqs.)</p>
<pre><code> Calc III+ GCHEM +Physics
2nd year: ORG CHEM and BIO ,
</code></pre>
<p>so I can concentrate on major work and MCAT's intensively and have the option of taking the MCAT twice OR</p>
<p>take 1st year: G CHem +CALC III
2nd year: BIO + OCHEM
3rd year: Physics,</p>
<p>to clarify I already passed BC Calc with a 5.</p>
<p>bump..........</p>
<p>unless you are a math major, it seems silly that you are starting at calc III and then taking the next level after that when you can take calc 1/calc II or calc II/calc III and get an easy A....med schools care more about gpa then level of difficulty of your classes. and don't forget many med schools want a year of english (not sure which exact ones, though...make sure you check).</p>
<p>agreed, start with clac 2 at most unless u are going to have to take the whole calc sequence for ur major.</p>
<p>Of course, at some schools (like mine), Calc II is harder than III, so just ask around.</p>
<p>The math detail is minor, what do you guys think about the science pre-reqs. though.</p>
<p>Freshman Year: G. Chem+Physics
Sophmore Year: Bio +O. Chem.</p>
<p>or Freshman Year: G Chem.
Sophmore Year: Bio +O. Chem
Junior Year: Physics</p>
<p>bump.........</p>
<p>I am curious - wouldn't it make sense to take bio freshman year since a lot of students take AP bio senior year? I have read on some sites freshman should not double up on science first year unless they plan to major in it. Thoughts?</p>
<p>i was planning on doing a molecular bio. major, and i guess i am a bit off cause i did ap bio in 10th ap physics in 12th actually</p>
<p>blue devil shraf, bigred, your advice is sorely needed, thanks in advance</p>
<p>From your past posts, I'm going to guess you go to UCLA. I'd recommend the following, but you should always run it by your major's counselor and check up every quarter(since they're the competent ones that have guided pre-health pre-graduate students through the whole ordeal for years, and not the incompetent ones in Murphy who are only there for administrative purposes, and to a lesser extent the honors and AAP counselors who are not as strong/helpful as the major counselors for UCLA):</p>
<p>First year: Gen chem, gen chem lab, calc 3c/32a, LS1, LS2
Second year: O-chem, o-chem lab, LS3, LS4, physics</p>
<p>Since you took AP physics, you should be able to ace 6A and 6C since they'll be mostly review for you. The only one you have to really focus on is 6B, which is mostly new material (AP doesn't cover the topics as in depth). If you want to take summer classes, you can take off the slack of some of your quarters, or you can decide to spread it out over a little bit of your 3rd year if you want. </p>
<p>For the chemistry 14 series, there are only 2 labs and 4 lectures, so you can actually spread them out as you'd like, unlike the 20 series that has 5 lectures and 4 labs. Some people just start O-chem their first year (since they take one chem lecture class a quarter), and this could be a little helpful in LS2 to better understand the amino acids and some of the polymer binding (but not really necessary I don't think). It's better to take the lab while the material from the lectures are more fresh, but you can take them any time you want. </p>
<p>You really should take care of the calculus early on since its an extension of the the AP material, so the longer you put it off, the more you may start to forget (and since you passed the exam, your options are 3C vs 32A, with 3C being the easier one materialwise).</p>
<p>LS1 has some overlap with AP bio, as well as LS2 (at least half the class), but those classes are memorization classes so you could start LS2 your second year if you like. </p>
<p>That should keep you on track for taking the MCATs your third year. You should take biochem153a prior to taking the exam since its helpful, but its not necessary since some people take the exam prior to that class. You should save some of your GEs and stats, and maybe the foreign language (preferably one you've had background in) for your third year to ease your schedule while you're taking upper divs and studying for the MCAT (so something like a foreign language, ge, one upper div class, and MCAT study time).</p>
<p>i was thinking about something close to that since i had ap chem and physics 11th and 12th i was planning on doing chem and phys in the freshman year and bio and o chem in soph. year</p>
<p>i was just hesistant about having 2 science classes and 1 math class in my first year.</p>
<p>That would work as well. Physics really shouldn't be a problem for you if you did well in your AP class. I wouldn't want to start out with 2 sciences and 1 math. You can always throw in a GE if you'd like. </p>
<p>But honestly, with the AP physics background, 6A should be nothing (well you have to factor in the professor too I guess, but I rarely did any studying at all- it was basic newtonian/kinematics types of material, so think first 1/3 of your AP physics class stretched out over 3 or so months). AP chemistry background should help you somewhat. So it is highly doable, but you can always just take a GE in replacement of one of those instead- don't feel rushed into anything. You can always take some of the stuff your first quarter of your 3rd year if you want.</p>
<p>we only did mech, we didn't do e& m unfortunately it seemed difficult.</p>
<p>Electricity and magnetism isn't covered until 6B, so you should still be fine with 6A. You may want to space out your schedule when you're taking 6B then. I think you should be fine taking something like Chem14B, Physics6B, and an easy GE like arts and architecture 10 (with israel, don't take it with the other one who actually makes you learn the stuff about paintings, etc unless thats your interest). Or if you want, you can wait on 6B and take it at some later time (there's a little bit of continuity with the later half of 6A early on in 6B, but nothing really important that you wouldn't have remembered from AP physics, like situations with the spring and gravitational stuff still). Oh and if you can, I'd recommend you hold off taking 6B until a super easy professor like Arisaka teaches it- just keep looking at the bruinwalk.com review site for the professor's ratings.</p>
<p>And by no means rush into things. There are courses at UCLA that you really shouldn't miss out on (especially the two that are funded by the howard hughes medical institute). Even if you have to alter your schedule to take classes like those, the stuff you gain from those classes (ie connections to other sources and higher grades once you take ls3 & 4) will outweigh that time you have to divert away.</p>
<p>Hi C23,</p>
<p>I've on multiple times opened up this thread and tried to write you a response, only to realize that I simply don't know enough. The drawback of your schedule is that it might be overwhelming - but I don't know enough about the courses, about your personal background, etc. Generally planning to take the MCAT twice is a bad idea; planning to have the option to take it twice is probably good idea, but the timing of it is now so variant that it's impossible to say whether you couldn't do it otherwise.</p>
<p>I'm glad Yancy is able to tell you about your courses. Still, it's an impossible question to really answer.</p>