non-science major, help!!!!

[stv2826]

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I was just curious what (and how many) science courses did non-science majors who got into dental schools in Cali took. also can you guys be generous and post how many were taken in junior college and university???

 

[nothen2do]

I am a bus/econ major and for sciences I took a year of😛hysics, gen chem, organic chem, biology all with labs. I took an upper division microbio class, and sat in on a biochemistry class. I also took research colloqiums (interesting but useless) as well as calc and statistics.

 

[786mine]

I am a CS major, and I've been taking the pre-reqs and applying this may.

 

[stv2826]

thanks nothen2do and 786mine, can you guys tell me in what school you guys took those classes?

 

[nothen2do]

thanks nothen2do and 786mine, can you guys tell me in what school you guys took those classes?

UCSB, I took gen chem sophmore yr., physics/ochem/bio junior year, and microbio this yr (senior yr). Are you planning on doing a non-science major?

 

[stv2826]

UCSB, I took gen chem sophmore yr., physics/ochem/bio junior year, and microbio this yr (senior yr). Are you planning on doing a non-science major?

This is my last semester as a mechanical engineering major in Berkeley. I didn't really thought about dental school before, so still have long way to go. I'm trying to finish all the pre-req in junior college (maybe SMC) and some upper divion courses in UCLA or nearby cal state.

 

[J2AZ]

Non science degree/ accepted to UCSF/ took physics @ a CC, took Bio, Chem, O-Chem, Genetics, Biochem, Neuro, Physiology, Cell Bio, Ecology, Bacteriology, and Parasitology at my University (state school outside Cali). I took many extra courses b/c I had to raise a bad GPA. I bombed Genetics and First semester O-Chem.

 

[Lolita]

I got a degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley. I took all of my science pre-reqs at Berkeley (gen chem, biology, microbio, biochem, osteology, anatomy, physio, 1st half of physics and o-chem). The 2nd half of physics and o-chem I took at a community college after graduating. I was accepted at UCSF.

 

[ombastic]

right now i'm second year econ major at UCI. i want to go to dental school and decided to change to a bio major. but right now i think i should just keep the econ major and just take the science classes and apply to dental school. i barely started taking my g-chem this year so i'll finish it by summer. i know i have to take a year of o-chem and physics, and some bio of some sort. do dental schools want you to take certain bio classes?

 

[nothen2do]

right now i'm second year econ major at UCI. i want to go to dental school and decided to change to a bio major. but right now i think i should just keep the econ major and just take the science classes and apply to dental school. i barely started taking my g-chem this year so i'll finish it by summer. i know i have to take a year of o-chem and physics, and some bio of some sort. do dental schools want you to take certain bio classes?

a year of bio, so normally the intro series at your school. Most likely to get into any upper division bio classes, you would need the intros anyways.

 

[ombastic]

a year of bio, so normally the intro series at your school. Most likely to get into any upper division bio classes, you would need the intros anyways.

ooh, i get it. how much upper division bio classes are usually required? thanks

 

[nothen2do]

ooh, i get it. how much upper division bio classes are usually required? thanks

most schools don't require upper division. Of course there are always exceptions, I know that UW and UF require an additional year of bio (biochem, genetics...). My school only required one year, which was covered by my intro to bio courses

 

[ombastic]

most schools don't require upper division. Of course there are always exceptions, I know that UW and UF require an additional year of bio (biochem, genetics...). My school only required one year, which was covered by my intro to bio courses

oh, i see. thanks 🙂

 

[madin]

I took all of the required science courses which took me an extra year + summers. In addition, I took some highly recommended courses like Microbiology and Genetics. I also took helpful courses like Anatomy and Physiology I and II to get some basic knowledge before real school.
I will be self cramming biochemistry this summer.

 

[stv2826]

I took all of the required science courses which took me an extra year + summers. In addition, I took some highly recommended courses like Microbiology and Genetics. I also took helpful courses like Anatomy and Physiology I and II to get some basic knowledge before real school.
I will be self cramming biochemistry this summer.

Then, how long did it take you from graduation to the beginning of dental school?