<p>mostly, it's physiological sciences - thats the big pre-med major
But then there are the obvious bio, chem, biochem, biomed engineering, etc etc</p>
<p>how do ppl with 2.8 GPA doing premed majors actually get into medical schools?? i mean, i thought u need like high GPA</p>
<p>eh, the average is about a 3.4, but more important than GPA is MCAT score. A high MCAT can make up for a low GPA, but a high GPA can't make up for a low MCAT.</p>
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how do ppl with 2.8 GPA doing premed majors actually get into medical schools?? i mean, i thought u need like high GPA
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<p>They don't.</p>
<p>To all of you worried about how much college is, don't. You'll develop the needed skills in order to survive. It's all about dedication, hard work, and a lot of intelligent time management.</p>
<p>That said, APs in no way, shape, or rough form compare to a true university course. It's just too different. Please don't think we're looking down on you, but we've been there and we know.</p>
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well, my cousin goes to UCLA and says his economics class has 300 people in it. He says that there is sum classes with even more. Well, with all those students, there is no connection with the professor. So, i guess it will be harder to get A's than schools dat have lower faculty to student ratio.
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<p>Large classes are a staple of pretty much all lower-division courses at most universities. UCLA's student/faculty ratio is not that high, and no it doesn't make a difference.</p>
<p>It's hard to get good grades in college because it's supposed to be hard.</p>
<p>note to all the high school students: there's a ton of reading (all compacted into 10 weeks) here at ucla. for example, my course reader for global studies (intro class) alone is 800 pages.</p>
<p>NiCe kfc4u, I look forward to that.</p>
<p>Well hopefully we freshmen will get the hang of it soon.</p>
<p>Look at it another way: Either you'll get the hang of it, or you'll flunk out.</p>
<p>Either way, lots of drinkin' is in your future! It's a win-win situation!</p>
<p>(Really, you'll be fine. Everyone gets used to figuring out what not to rea...I mean, how to read everything!)</p>
<p>Oh but I don't drink. =)</p>
<p>Well, not yet at least. Don't worry, young Padawan, for the path of a freshman is fraught not with peril (but plenty of free alcohol).</p>
<p>Good times if you don't though, but remember that I was you 4 or 5 years ago ;-)</p>
<p>hahahaha - you'll probably be like the rest of the freshmen and actually study every day, but don't worry, you'll learn the ways of laziness soon enough. I fortunately, have always been so lazy, so there wasn't much of a learning curve for me :)</p>
<p>Haha, it was the opposite for me. I was really sheltered in high school, never drank/partied or anything, so I was eager to see what it was like when I got here. I tried it out for maybe a month or so before I realized how stupid it was. I haven't drank in about half a year now and don't have any urge to. Seriously, I don't see what's so great about it. </p>
<p>And about the motivation/laziness thing, I started out as my normal highschool procrastinating self but seemed to gotten more motivated as I go on. Weird, heh. </p>
<p>As for 300 person econ classes, I was in one myself last quarter and managed to finish rank 1/266 overall with an A+ (ppl dropped during the quarter, it started with 300). Intro courses, aside from the hardcore science weeders, aren't too bad at all.</p>
<p>To kfc4u: heh I heard your name called at the "induction cermony" today. Funny that they called two Kevin Chan's in a row, I know the other one too =P</p>
<p>brandnew, you're going to be valedictorian or something by the time you graduate if you keep up this pace. didnt you finish #1 in calc too? and yeah, there's always another "me"... had one in high school who lockered next to me, now in college, there's at least two of them that i know! and the other one (at the induction ceremony) is also in alumni scholars club and ACA as am i. haha. induction ceremony was blah... i wanted to call up my high school NHS advisor and tell him how good the NHS ceremony was.</p>