kabukivision
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Hello everyone,
I have found myself in a peculiar situation and would really appreciate your advice.
I'm a fourth-year transfer student at UCLA studying political science. I entered community college as a pre-med (Though I have always been a political science major) and completed Macrobiology, Gen Chem 1, and worked my way up to become Director of Program Development for the school's Pre-Health Club. I also did a paid summer internship my freshman year for Kaiser Permanente and shadowed in the emergency room.
I lost the path right after transferring because I fell in love with a girl at UCLA. I continued to work hard (80-page, year long PoliSci research thesis, an article in the Undergraduate Law Journal) but I abandoned the pre-med track as I foolishly began to think medicine was a lifeless and boring profession.
Needless to say, my excitement for medicine has returned and has returned with force. However, I have lost two years that I could have used to finish requirements (Micro, Gen Chem 2, year of physics, orgo, calculus) and to gain research and clinical hours.
I have no requirements left for my major, and I have two quarters left if I want to graduate in four years. Now I am at a loss as to whether I should do a post-bacc, try to extend my undergraduate time, or just resign myself to not pursuing medicine (though this was would be devastating). I am expected to graduate with a 3.9.
I know this is a complicated questions, but any thoughts as to the best path available to me is appreciated.
Thank you.
I have found myself in a peculiar situation and would really appreciate your advice.
I'm a fourth-year transfer student at UCLA studying political science. I entered community college as a pre-med (Though I have always been a political science major) and completed Macrobiology, Gen Chem 1, and worked my way up to become Director of Program Development for the school's Pre-Health Club. I also did a paid summer internship my freshman year for Kaiser Permanente and shadowed in the emergency room.
I lost the path right after transferring because I fell in love with a girl at UCLA. I continued to work hard (80-page, year long PoliSci research thesis, an article in the Undergraduate Law Journal) but I abandoned the pre-med track as I foolishly began to think medicine was a lifeless and boring profession.
Needless to say, my excitement for medicine has returned and has returned with force. However, I have lost two years that I could have used to finish requirements (Micro, Gen Chem 2, year of physics, orgo, calculus) and to gain research and clinical hours.
I have no requirements left for my major, and I have two quarters left if I want to graduate in four years. Now I am at a loss as to whether I should do a post-bacc, try to extend my undergraduate time, or just resign myself to not pursuing medicine (though this was would be devastating). I am expected to graduate with a 3.9.
I know this is a complicated questions, but any thoughts as to the best path available to me is appreciated.
Thank you.