<li>either major in chemistry</li>
<li>Molecular and Cell biology</li>
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<p>and are they good choices if you want to go to med-school (pre-med)? And do they give u Bachelor of Science degrees?</p>
<p>I don't know about impacted or med-school. But I know that Chemistry can be a B.S. from the college of chemistry or a B.A. from the college of letters</p>
<p>You can get either a BA or a BS in Chemistry. But you can't get a BS in MCB. You can, however, get a BS in Molecular Environmental Biology, Microbial Biology, Molecular Toxicology, or Genetics & Plant Biology. </p>
<p>As far as which is less impacted, I would say that the College of Chemistry (from which you would get the BS in chemistry) is more impacted than the College of Letters & Science (from which you would get the BA in Chemistry or the BA in MCB). However, I suspect that the College of Natural Resources (from which you'd get those other BS degrees I mentioned) is perhaps even easier to get into than L&S. I'm sure somebody will post the admissions statistics for the various colleges soon.</p>
<p>Neither are particulalry impacted to my knowledge, I was able to declare for MCB fairly easily and when I was searching for a science major the college of chemistry advisor didn't really mention about the college being impacted.</p>
<p>For med school u have to have a BS right?</p>
<p>For med school, your undergrad degree doesn't matter as long as you take (and do well, of course) the required courses. There have been students who graduated with an English degree and still went on to med school.</p>
<p>for some reason I put neurobiology as my major...is that impacted or an easy major to get into?</p>
<p>Nope. Its a subset of MCB. I'm taking neurobiology now, they expect a high standard and open-ended answers.</p>
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<p>Colleges are 'impacted' in the sense that it is harder to get into certain colleges than into others. For example, I believe that the CoC is harder to get into than is L&S or CNR. </p>
<p>But I agree that in the case of the Chemistry major, it doesn't really matter. After all, even if you can't get into the CoC, you can still go for the B.A. in Chemistry while in L&S. There is very little difference between the B.A. and the B.S. in Chemistry. </p>
<p>The difference has to do with the college itself. The CoC probably offers more personal advising. And if you are in the CoC, you can automatically switch to ChemE should that prove to be something you want. On the other hand, if you decide to switch to some other major, you will have to switch colleges, which is not automatic. Depending on your grades, you may find yourself stuck in the CoC and thus being forced to choose to major in either Chemistry or ChemE.</p>
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<p>As has been said by others, not at all. Heck, in theory, you don't even need to have graduated at all. Many med-schools, including some elite ones like UCSF, only strictly require 3 years of college coursework, but do not, strictly speaking, require a bachelor's degree. </p>
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We strongly recommend that premedical students pursue a four-year undergraduate curriculum and obtain a baccalaureate degree before entering medical school.</p>
<p>However, we only require completion of three years (135 quarter units or 90 semester units) of acceptable transfer college credit from an accredited institution, including the required college-level courses listed below. Only 105 acceptable quarter units can be transferred from a junior or community college.</p>
<p>Students who enter the School of Medicine without a bachelor's degree may receive a bachelor of science degree in medical sciences after satisfactorily completing the first three terms of the curriculum leading to the doctor of medicine degree.
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<p>Of course, I wouldn't hold my breath hoping to get into UCSF Med without a bachelor's degree. It's already extremely difficult to get admitted even if you do have a degree.</p>