advice from those that are in med school

[mbell2]

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hey guys,

im attending cal state northridge and wanted to take some upper division biology courses. I'd like some helpful inputs:

Which would you guys recommend? Taking comparative anatomy or parasitology? Which one is slightly more useful when you go to medical school? i've already taken immunoloyg and human anatomy.

Thanks guys

 

[CTG]

Parasitology...I would think that would help with Pharm.

 

[silas2642]

Take whatever interests you most.

 

[AmoryBlaine]

if you've already had anatomy i can't see how comparative anatomy would add much, although it sounds interesting.

any chance you could get a physio class in there?

 

[Dr Who]

Three classes that might help some during first year of med school are anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. If you like the material and think you can do good in the courses then by all means take them, if you arent sure then dont. It can blow up in your face and you might end up with a couple of C's or even D's in your transcript because you overloaded your class schedule. A couple of 4 credit science courses with C's can totally shred your GPA.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Pharmacology is pretty high yield.

 

[jennben4]

Three classes that might help some during first year of med school are anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. If you like the material and think you can do good in the courses then by all means take them, if you arent sure then dont. It can blow up in your face and you might end up with a couple of C's or even D's in your transcript because you overloaded your class schedule. A couple of 4 credit science courses with C's can totally shred your GPA.

Ditto. The big ones for our first year were anatomy, physio, biochem, and neuro. If you've already had anatomy, shoot for one of the others. I was a neuro major and found it to be immensely helpful. While it's probably lesser yield, I think people who had never seen the stuff before struggled more than say... people who had never had biochem before. (Then again, most undergrads don't have it anyway). You will get everything you need in med school, so if you have to choose, pick what interests you most so that you will be successful with it.