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Calc I (requirement for UMN), Biochem (requirement for UC), Women in Popular Music (fine art requirement for UofA). I really dislike the fact that so many schools have different pre-reqs. It is rather annoying and somewhat costly. I decided to just take them all and see what happens...gotta keep playin' the game, if you know what I mean.
 
rxlea said:
Calc I (requirement for UMN), Biochem (requirement for UC), Women in Popular Music (fine art requirement for UofA). I really dislike the fact that so many schools have different pre-reqs. It is rather annoying and somewhat costly. I decided to just take them all and see what happens...gotta keep playin' the game, if you know what I mean.
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I am with you on that. I will be taking Biochem to satisfy the requirements for one school as well along with having to retake Biology since I took the wrong one.
 
I'm trying to satisfy my biology major requirements along with the requirements of all the pharmacy schools as well.
 
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RaneyNi said:
I'm trying to satisfy my biology major requirements along with the requirements of all the pharmacy schools as well.

Anatomy and Physiology 1 + Lab
Anatomy and Physiology 2 + Lab
Calculus 3
Physical Chemistry
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Sheesh, what area of Bio are you concentrating in that requires Calc III and P-Chem? I need a semester of P-Chem for my Biochem major and I think it's rather unnecessary.
 
croquemonsieur said:
seems like i've been reading your posts on here forever, so it's kinda weird to see that you have so many pre-requisites left to take. makes your stated g.p.a. seem much less impressive. not trying to be a jerk, and i'm sure you'll have an impressive g.p.a. once you've finished your pre-req.s, but it just surprised me is all i'm saying.

my schedule for spring is really gross:
biochem II
p. chem II
biochem lab
senior research
microbio + lab
linear algebra and differential equations (calc IV)
computational genomics
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Lol. Just to clarify a couple of things, this would have been my last semester, however there was a mix up with my Biology credits. I took the Bio course for non science majors unknowingly, since that was the only Bio class that my school offered at the time. Hence, now I have to retake Biology (the one for science majors) come next fall so as to not burden myself this semester because I am already taking 17 credit hrs. I figured since I have to take the 2 semesters of Gen. Bio in the Fall, why not be productive and take some additional courses that are not a part of the pre-reqs for most schools. It can't really hurt. I already have about 80 credit hrs ending last fall. Plus, I joined SDN last summer so I haven't been on here that long so I am a little confused as to what you mean by "reading my posts on here forever".
 
I am taking :
Orgo. chem II
Orgo chem II lab
Microbiology
Microbiology lab
social psychology
Government I

Orgo labs are a beast for me coz they are time consuming (6 hours)
 
Rockinacoustic said:
Sheesh, what area of Bio are you concentrating in that requires Calc III and P-Chem? I need a semester of P-Chem for my Biochem major and I think it's rather unnecessary.
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I agree with you completely! I had no choice but to agree to those classes though since it was the requirement. Bio majors at my school are required to take up to calculus 3 and since I am minoring in chemistry, I have to take p-chem.
 
Megatron99 said:
I am taking :
Orgo. chem II
Orgo chem II lab
Microbiology
Microbiology lab
social psychology
Government I

Orgo labs are a beast for me coz they are time consuming (6 hours)
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DANGGGG....six hours is insane. Do ya'll get lunch/brunch breaks? I think I'd go crazy if I'm stuck in a lab for more than 6 hours.
 
RaneyNi said:
I agree with you completely! I had no choice but to agree to those classes though since it was the requirement. Bio majors at my school are required to take up to calculus 3 and since I am minoring in chemistry, I have to take p-chem.
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Same here, Bio majors have to take upto cal III and non-calculus based physics II at my university.
 
croquemonsieur said:
seems like i've been reading your posts on here forever, so it's kinda weird to see that you have so many pre-requisites left to take. makes your stated g.p.a. seem much less impressive. not trying to be a jerk, and i'm sure you'll have an impressive g.p.a. once you've finished your pre-req.s, but it just surprised me is all i'm saying.
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Don't stroke that ego too hard, you might lose the sensation.
 
Rockinacoustic said:
I'll gladly take my schedule to yours with 3 math intensive classes!
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That is the only downside this semester. The only pro I can think of is that none of these classes are "boring" as compared to some of the ones I took last Fall. Hopefully this semester will be a lot better. I am a little worried about the Calculus class more than anything else lol.
 
physio lab
ochem lab
anatomy lecture/lab
ochem II
micro seminar

my entire semester is basically lab after lab after lab.
last semester as an undergrad! yessss
 
Cell and Molecular Biology (+lab)
Chemistry Research with old Organic Chem professor
Statistics (+lab)
Ethics in the Medical Community
Filipino Martial Arts

Fairly easy semester... 🙂
 
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FFpharmd said:
physio lab
ochem lab
anatomy lecture/lab
ochem II
micro seminar

my entire semester is basically lab after lab after lab.
last semester as an undergrad! yessss
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ouch! that's a lot of science 🙁
i'm taking 2 sciences and even that seems like a lot to me! but good luck 🙂


my schedule for next semester is
anatomy and physiology 1
microbiology (w/ lab)
eng 102
statistics
&
microecon
 
Speech
Calculus II (since i'm on a semester system its equivalent to part BC Calculus)
General chemistry B + lab
Micro Economics

After this year I'll be done with all my math requirements ! :]

I don't consider stats math!
 
I still don't have my schedule figured out yet...but here is where I am at

Orgo II
Analytical chem
Freshman chem II (my school wont transfer my credit, so I have to retake)
Physics II

And I was thinking about throwing on public speaking...or maybe a history class for my gen ed stuff.

What do you guys think? I have a lot of responsibilities at home so I don't want to overload myself.
 
Spraychel said:
I still don't have my schedule figured out yet...but here is where I am at

Orgo II
Analytical chem
Freshman chem II (my school wont transfer my credit, so I have to retake)
Physics II

And I was thinking about throwing on public speaking...or maybe a history class for my gen ed stuff.

What do you guys think? I have a lot of responsibilities at home so I don't want to overload myself.
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Organic and Physics in the same semester will be quite a bit of work. Analytical chem will depend on your teacher.
 
NaOH said:
I'm taking it with Lynch... heard he's pretty thorough, you'll work hard in his class but you'll learn a whole lot or so I'm told.
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I sit close to 4 people who have taken pre-req courses at UALR. I could ask them if they remember Lynch.
 
Immunology
Nutrition, Food, and You (Intro nutrition class = easy A 🙂 )
Principles of Pharmacology
Nutrogenomics in Disease Prevention and Intervention

....oh how I love being done pre-reqs and be able to take classes I actually want to take
 
Calculus I
Biology of Organisms w/ lab
Chemical Principles II w/ lab
American Culture
Expository Writing II
 
Passion4Sci said:
I don't know, I remember a thread while back you said that you wouldn't be able to make it into the next class, but then I figured you found a way to manage it by taking an insane course load... Woops, there I go assuming 😛

Sorry!
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Well my schedule this semester is all pretty much math based. I could not fit the Gen. Bio into this semester so I counted my losses and decided to hold off for an extra year and in the mean time to make myself a much stronger candidate for the next round of apps. I am looking to get some work experience as a tech so I think this is the best route to take. So fingers crossed.:xf:
 
My schedule is:
Organic II, Physics II, U.S. History II, First Aid and Safety, and Government and politics.

I was hoping to hear back that I was accepted to a pharmacy school before the semester started so I could drop Physics II which I am only taking so that I can graduate next year with a biochemistry degree if I don't get into school this year, as well as the First aid and safety class that I only had to take to satisfy an upper division elective credit for if I am going to graduate. Gosh it would sure lighten my load on this semester to get into pharmacy school for next year. Guess ill have to suck it up anyway and still hope for the best. :xf: As for the government and politics, I had to find another social sciences class to satisfy prereq's.
 
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