To the first year premeds.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>First year premeds,</p>

<p>How was your fall quarter, academically-wise? You still think you got what it takes to be a premed?</p>

<p>Personally:
- Chem 14A kicked me to the ground a bit. Time to work my butt off next quarter.
- I still consider myself "premed" for now, but I'm also considering other health related fields. The competition and weeding-out process is a lot fiercer than I thought.
- Math 3A was fine, and GEs of course, are easier in comparison.</p>

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<p>(ಠ_ಠ)
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<p>most “first year premeds” are not premeds after their first year. I can’t blame them!</p>

<p>“prelaw” (actually, no such thing) is much easier, but you have to be good at reading and writing.</p>

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<p>lol chem 14a stuff will never escape you! titrations will appear everywhere.</p>

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<p>And they say the 14 series is easier.</p>

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<p>I’m still in mourning -.-</p>

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<p>i got my A in 14a. im happy.</p>

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<p>i love the 14 series so far. only 14d left…easy A.</p>

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<p>^ agreed. 14b should be easy too.</p>

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<p>Same for “premed”… all it means is “I think I’m going to apply to med school at some point in the future”</p>

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<p>14b is much more interesting. a little bit harder, though…i failed the first quiz due to overconfidence/not studying, but got it replaced with the green book. got a B+ on the midterm and clutched the final for an A in the class. god i miss lavelle. loved him.</p>

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<p>ok well i suck but im still premed, i dropped chem 14a, got a C in math3a(dude i know…) and comm 10 a C freaking plus! i was expecting at least a B…going to talk to the ta about that…fyi do not take comm 10 if you do not want to be a comm major! my orientation counselor screwed me over on that one. thankfully i had taken classes during the summer and my gpas going way up next quarter thanks to biomed</p>

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<p>everyone knows about comm 10 lmao.</p>

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<p>Does lavelle’s course reader change from year to year ? if not i might just buy last year’s course reader from someone</p>

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<p>so how was chem 14a? i’m taking it winter '10 and wanted some feedback please :)</p>

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<p>chem 14a is impossible. give up medicine and become a preschool teacher while you can!</p>

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<p>dont listen to this guy, chem 14a isnt bad at all. just do a lot of hw problem and it should be fine. if you’ve taken ap chem before it helps too…</p>

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<p>I don’t know about chem 14A, but I was told the same advice for chem 20A regarding AP chem. I only took chemistry honors in high school and understood the material and did better in chem 20A than the people who took AP chemistry did.</p>

<p>Ultimately, it’s what YOU can do.</p>

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<p>AP Chem was way way different than 20A. AP Chem had a lot more math whereas Chem 20A was much more conceptual. There was very little overlap. </p>

<p>Can’t speak for 14A.</p>