<p>Er, I’m a little confused.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that I’d like to major in Neuroscience. So my goal is to transfer from a community college, to a UC, then eventually “try” to go to medical school.</p>
<p>So during my stay at a CC, what GPA should I be aiming for if SOMEDAY I’d like to go to med school? And what grades are the med schools looking for anyways? CC? UC? Both?</p>
<p>@theresistance, dude, just go for the 4.0 or close to it. Seriously, at the cc level, you should really capitalized now before you head to a UC when your gpa is likely going to take a drop. If you don’t have that type of grade now, you better get it soon.</p>
<p>^second that.</p>
<p>@edbraga the CC GPA and UC gpa’s do not average, you start brand new at the UC. Grad schools may or may not care about your CC grades but they certainly have access to them.</p>
<p>Med school considers all grades. Overall GPA will include both.</p>
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<p>In respect to med school, they “average” it out. What itransfer said.</p>
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<p>I didn’t say anything about grad school? We’re talking about med school here and they care about your CC gpa.</p>
<p>emilsinclar9,</p>
<p>If you want to become a psychiatrist, you go to a psychology school. The reason why students seeking a degree in psychology are pre-meds is because they share the same pre-requisites as students seeking MD. Pharmacy school, as the name states, focuses on pharmaceuticals. Pharmacy schools rely heavily on chemistry, organic/inorganic chemistry, medical chemistry, not on psychology.</p>
<p>So @ edmfanatiq: Just to be clear, by psychology school what exactly do you mean? Are there specialized schools of psychology (post-graduate) that can supplant med school in the process of becoming a psychiatrist?</p>
<p>Or did you mean that I have to go to med school (as I had always assumed) to obtain an MD and then specialize in psychiatry?</p>
<p>A little confusing between psycholoGIST and psychiatrist. A psychologist is a scientist and a psychiatrist is a physician. Psychologist goes to grad school to study psychology (there is also clinical psychology if your interested in that). Psychiatrist go to med school and then goes through a psych residency. </p>
<p>So if you want to become a psychiatrist you will have to finish the pre-reqs just like any other pre-med. It isn’t going to help you either if you study psychology or what not. Just major in something you like, finish the pre-reqs, take the MCAT, and apply. (Not as easy as it sounds)</p>
<p>But if you plan to go to grad school to study psychology and become a psychologist then yes majoring in psychology would be a benefit.</p>
<p>@ iTransfer: I understand the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist. However, where my knowledge is limited is in regard to the corresponding paths of each. When some of the other posters mentioned pharmacy school and “psychology school” I wasn’t sure if these were alternative methods toward becoming a psychiatrist (aside from the traditional med school route). </p>
<p>Currently I’m unsure as to whether or not I even want to become a psychiatrist. I’m either planning on Org. behavior PhD or MD for psychiatry. I’m just trying to figure out the most feasible out of all possible routes from here on out.</p>
<p>A pharmacist can specialize in psychiatric pharmacy. That is probably the closest you will get to psychiatry as a pharmacist. But none the less you are a pharmacist and you will be dealing with their pharmaceutical care not diagnosing the patient or anything.</p>
<p>[Board</a> of Pharmaceutical Specialties - Specialties: Psychiatric Pharmacy](<a href=“http://www.bpsweb.org/specialties/psychiatric.cfm]Board”>http://www.bpsweb.org/specialties/psychiatric.cfm)</p>
<p>Well that is it if you are interested in that.</p>
<p>I think you should look into clinical psychology if you are looking for something similar to psychiatry</p>