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Hey all...
wow, there's a lot of responses (hehehe) 😛
Hmm, let's see here, where do I begin...
UCLAstudent - so you don't like English, eh? 😀 I don't think that doing what you're doing is neccessarily research, but you should maybe check with your pre-med advisor (assuming that you have a good one...most UCLA people I've talked to have said otherwise...)
jenni4476 - glad to hear from ya! I agree with the Tuesday thing though. I'd definitely be driven crazy if I had to take two labs in the same day, and Calculus on top of that 😱 So did you decide on "Short Course in Calculus" or "Analytical Geometry + Calculus?" I've got short course, but it's still Calculus, and the fact that my professor knows his stuff and looks like Vin Diesel (Triple X) doesn't help matters much
As for logic, I do hope that you don't get a boring professor. Logic is a boring subject, so having an excitable prof like mine would help a lot.
AspiringDoctor9 - Hi there. I would agree with Skaterbabe's advice...if you're okay with Osteopathic schools, I'd go and sign up for a few. Other than that, I would suggest taking the classes over again to get a better grade (if your school allows that) or taking more upper-division science courses to show medical schools that you can handle it. Welcome! 🙂
minx - those are all very good colleges that you've checked out. I'm not sure of any schools near the bay area because I live down south in the OC (I'm sure some of you out there have seen this TV show?) As for taking the MCAT, it is better to take it in the Spring, because taking it in August will put you behind in the applications process (unless you want to wait another year before you apply to medical school).
Miss155 - Hmm, I think that I may have a different definition of balanced from yours, but it looks like your Fridays will be packed. Other than that, it seems like you're taking quite a bit of classes on some days and only a few on others...if that seems balanced to you, then I'd say yes, it is balanced. If it was me, I'd try to spread out my classes a bit more, if that is possible. Welcome to the club! 🙂
Jasminegab - Welcome in! 🙂 Now, as for your situation, I think it was misleading when I explained taking the MCAT to hrusky, since there are plenty of people who take more than 4 years to finish school. It really should be "the year before you graduate" because I know that there are plenty of people who can be seniors and still have a lot of units to complete before they graduate. Don't worry about it. Just take advantage of signing up for classes (you're a junior now), and focus on studying. At my school, completing 60 units makes you a junior. I've finished 38 and after this semester it should go up to about 53...hope to hear from you again sometime.
Well, now that I've finished answering everyone (took me a whole half-hour!), I'll post up my situation today. I didn't get one of my books that is required for lab. Stupid bookstore doesn't have it. Anyway, it looks like I'll be in the library making photocopies of the blasted thing 😀 I do have an assignment from it due tomorrow, after all. Today is my light day. Only one class, Cell Bio Lecture, from 11:30 to 12:45, and I plan on going home soon afterward. Well, I think that I shall schedule an appointment with my pre-med advisor first (he must be very annoyed because I go to see him a lot). Let him know how I have been and what I have done (hospital volunteering, getting more GE's done, etc.) as well as what I plan on doing for the future.
If anything interesting happens, I'll let you all know!
wow, there's a lot of responses (hehehe) 😛
Hmm, let's see here, where do I begin...
UCLAstudent - so you don't like English, eh? 😀 I don't think that doing what you're doing is neccessarily research, but you should maybe check with your pre-med advisor (assuming that you have a good one...most UCLA people I've talked to have said otherwise...)
jenni4476 - glad to hear from ya! I agree with the Tuesday thing though. I'd definitely be driven crazy if I had to take two labs in the same day, and Calculus on top of that 😱 So did you decide on "Short Course in Calculus" or "Analytical Geometry + Calculus?" I've got short course, but it's still Calculus, and the fact that my professor knows his stuff and looks like Vin Diesel (Triple X) doesn't help matters much

AspiringDoctor9 - Hi there. I would agree with Skaterbabe's advice...if you're okay with Osteopathic schools, I'd go and sign up for a few. Other than that, I would suggest taking the classes over again to get a better grade (if your school allows that) or taking more upper-division science courses to show medical schools that you can handle it. Welcome! 🙂
minx - those are all very good colleges that you've checked out. I'm not sure of any schools near the bay area because I live down south in the OC (I'm sure some of you out there have seen this TV show?) As for taking the MCAT, it is better to take it in the Spring, because taking it in August will put you behind in the applications process (unless you want to wait another year before you apply to medical school).
Miss155 - Hmm, I think that I may have a different definition of balanced from yours, but it looks like your Fridays will be packed. Other than that, it seems like you're taking quite a bit of classes on some days and only a few on others...if that seems balanced to you, then I'd say yes, it is balanced. If it was me, I'd try to spread out my classes a bit more, if that is possible. Welcome to the club! 🙂
Jasminegab - Welcome in! 🙂 Now, as for your situation, I think it was misleading when I explained taking the MCAT to hrusky, since there are plenty of people who take more than 4 years to finish school. It really should be "the year before you graduate" because I know that there are plenty of people who can be seniors and still have a lot of units to complete before they graduate. Don't worry about it. Just take advantage of signing up for classes (you're a junior now), and focus on studying. At my school, completing 60 units makes you a junior. I've finished 38 and after this semester it should go up to about 53...hope to hear from you again sometime.
Well, now that I've finished answering everyone (took me a whole half-hour!), I'll post up my situation today. I didn't get one of my books that is required for lab. Stupid bookstore doesn't have it. Anyway, it looks like I'll be in the library making photocopies of the blasted thing 😀 I do have an assignment from it due tomorrow, after all. Today is my light day. Only one class, Cell Bio Lecture, from 11:30 to 12:45, and I plan on going home soon afterward. Well, I think that I shall schedule an appointment with my pre-med advisor first (he must be very annoyed because I go to see him a lot). Let him know how I have been and what I have done (hospital volunteering, getting more GE's done, etc.) as well as what I plan on doing for the future.
If anything interesting happens, I'll let you all know!