<p>I agree with you luvtoolearn. I know how those kids feel too. I think i'm going to be really happy with a B this quarter. Even though i love my major, I'm sick of high averages of in my classes. I think I may have picked one of the most competitive life science majors here. Too many competitive premed people in my class setting the curve....sigh.</p>
<p>hey studentx14
"thanks for the info, strongergodzilla. your info really makes me feel better about the transfer."</p>
<p>the midterms ive taken fall and winter quarter were all during the 5th and 6th week of classes, right when you'd expect. But I know it varies, depending on how the teacher sees fit. Some have one midterm halfway through the 10 week quarter, some have 3 a quarter every couple weeks.</p>
<p>No offense, sakura812, but if you're tired of the pre-med averages, wait until you come across the major-intensive classes where there are competitive life science majors.</p>
<p>But yeah, first it was nursing students at community colleges, and now there are med students at the university. As a math major, I don't have to see pre-meds, ever, so no more bickering about "will this be on the test" and other nonsense.</p>
<p>I don't know. Upper div math is some very complicated stuff.</p>
<p>This is a myth, I've tried them (combination of cross enrollment and sitting in on them). Graduate-level math might fit that title, but I'll see next year.</p>
<p>Honestly, I'm looking forward to not having to juggle badly scheduled classes and enjoy have all my classes between 10-6. </p>
<p>Also not spending half my life (24 hours/week) on hobo-populated buses. They smell. =(</p>
<p>Logos, actually, I was referring to my upper division physiology classes (my major classes). It just happens that the majority of the people in my class are doing pre-health and they're all also really motivated to do well in order to get into grad school. Interestingly compared to my upper division biochem class, the curve was a lot lower in my biochem class and it was a lot easier to get an A. I wonder if it's less pre-health people in that class or chemistry is just harder. But of course this is based off of my own experience. I'm sure there are life science majors out there harder than physiological science. Like mimg is the hardest life science major here at ucla. Don't worry, I wasn't offended Logos = P</p>
<p>I guess that would make more sense then, now that you explain it. At UCSD biology majors are insane, more so than premeds, and life science I associated with biology. My mistake. =</p>
<p>Hmm, aren't ucsd biology majors composed of many premed/pre-health people? perhaps that would explain why they are insane. but yea, i have a friend who is doing bio at ucsd and he says the premed people there are gunners. my friend was telling me how they don't like to share info and are pretty unhelpful. Don't know how true this is.</p>
<p>my friend made a study group with a bunch of other premed bio students. they all turned on each other, never showed up for the study group and left some people (including my friend) to fend for themselves and study until 4 AM.</p>
<p>i'm sure they're not all bad, my friend and some other students, but some of them are just ruthless. she told me that this one girl took her notes during a study group, photocopied them and then dumped them in front of her door. they were ripped up and covered in coffee stains. my friend told me, "at least she gave them back."</p>
<p>yeah, she doesn't do study groups any more, lol.</p>
<p>I try to avoid telling anyone I'm even considering med school for fear of being associated with the super-competitive premeds. They just take it way too seriously.</p>
<p>Could we please hear a bit more about making the transition from a semester system to a quarter system? Do the classes meet for more hours per week, or do you take fewer classes per term? While I tended to carry heavy courseloads at CC, I am thinking of taking only the three core classes we're enrolled in by our counselor for my first term at UCLA, so I can get a sense of how to approach time management and the workload. </p>
<p>I would rather learn 100% of the material in 3 classes than 85% of the material in 4 classes, since now all my courses are in my area of interest. I can live with a C in algebra but I really want to vacuum every single atom of information out of my film classes.</p>
<p>In my 2 years at UCLA, it was tough, interesting and competitive but I learn a whole lot on so many different subjects: business (I was lucky to have taken 2 MBA GRADUATE level courses but they were much easier than my upper division math courses so I learn that MBA program is not that difficult as it might sound), accounting and math. I'm very glad that I have finally graduated in this June 2008. :)</p>
<p>i've heard that biology major at ucla is pretty hard,, does anyone have something to share??
thank you</p>
<p>i want to know too. i intend to be a pre-med (omg!) at ucla too, and would like to hear some more horror stories. the one about the ripped notes drenched in coffee was pretty hilarious.</p>
<p>Bio Chem in UCLA is very tough major... my friend was a 3.9+ GPA from CC and then transferred to UCLA as bio chem studying 12 hours a day and yet still not acing all courses. From what he said, it is a lot of memorization and the exams are crazily difficult due to the crazy amount of materials that you have to digest within a short time. Also, the courses taken at CC doesn't even come close to the major courses at UCLA in term of difficulty.</p>
<p>X_X kevin101 got any stories about "pre-med" at UCSD?</p>
<p>I have a friend as bio-chem major in UCSD but she is not a transfer...She applied right after highschool graduation and somehow it was odd that she turned down UCLA for UCSD. </p>
<p>I saw her once few years ago and she said that the bio and chem courses @ UCSD are much much much harder than highschool ones (well this didn't make any big surprise to me at all) and again she emphasized the fact that there are endless memorization and competition among classmates for grades. This is generally true for many universities especially UCs that grading system is based on curve and your performance is compared relatively to other classmates for grades.</p>
<p>I noticed that this thread heavily shifted towards science majors with business and/or econ majors sprinkled in. Anyone from a Philosophy program care to share their insight?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>wow, all this information is kinda scary...kids sabotaging other kids for better grades....What kind of college are UC's? They seem to breed wolves and hyenas who care about competitiveness and GPA's. I know they are both important, but you shouldn't risk your morals to compensate for a competitive atmosphere. lol, I'm kinda scared of transferring after reading all of this...is there any more positive stories of transferring to a UC with a Bio major, hah.</p>
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