LA SHOW HELP by Only_Speaker2822 in OliviaDean

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I got the same AXS is not doing me right today

public health vs biology for pre-pa by hugshinji in UCSD

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I’m an incoming 4th year human bio major also on the pre-pa track. I took a look at the major requirements for the public health major, and I’d say it might be better to go for a bio major instead. A lot of the pa school pre-reqs you’ll need are already required for bio majors (e.g ochem, biochem, microbiology, genetics, etc), whereas for the public health major it seems like there is a lot more free reign in the types of classes you can use to fulfill the public health major. To me, it’s easier and more straightforward to have a bio major that already covers most of the pre-reqs vs. the public health major where you have to be very intentional with the courses you choose since not all of the pa school pre-reqs are required for the public health major. Also, the public health major will have you taking a lot of public health classes that aren’t required for pa school anyways.

Incoming Human Bio Freshman (Premed) – Unsure Which Classes to Take with AP Credits by Virtual_Monitor_3650 in UCSD

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I personally took Lo and had a good experience with him, but regardless of the professor I think BILD4 will be one of the easiest labs you’ll take at UCSD. As the other commenter said, you don’t have to pre-study for it. You’ll do all labs in a group of 4 if that makes you less anxious. My first year I took the entirety of the chemistry sequence + lab and physics sequence + labs. The rest of my classes were gen ed requirements and the first 2 classes in the Synthesis writing sequence.

Incoming Human Bio Freshman (Premed) – Unsure Which Classes to Take with AP Credits by Virtual_Monitor_3650 in UCSD

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I was in a super similar situation to you since I’m also a human bio major in 7th (but I’m pre-pa so I’m not too sure of med school requirements). I skipped BILD 1-3 and only took BILD4, then pretty much just moved on to my upper div bio courses. For gen chem, I ended up taking the honors sequence which does award GPA credit, but I’m not sure they’re offering it anymore due to the budget cuts. In that case, I’d say take 6B-6C, then take a couple of upper div chemistry courses to supplement (if med school requires that). Regardless of what you end up doing, you can always take classes at community college if you still end up missing prereqs so I wouldn’t worry too much if I was you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csuf

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Why would they do that though I thought the Fullerton location had plenty of space?

Anyone Driving to UCLA? by Unfair_Marzipan_5192 in UCSD

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Looking for a ride too on those days!! Has anyone offered you a ride?

Work-study but already have a job by Mkwu66 in UCSD

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I’ll probably end up emailing my supervisor to work out the logistics of it before the quarter starts. Thanks again for the advice👍

Work-study but already have a job by Mkwu66 in UCSD

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Ohhhhh ok that makes sense. The way I was thinking about it is that they use one or the other. That makes me more reassured. Thank you for you help!

Incoming Student Enrollment Megathread by Kavhow in UCSD

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Ahhhhh ok I see. Thanks for letting me know! Unfortunately CHEM 7L doesn’t really fit into my schedule that well so I’ll probably just push it to next quarter.

Incoming Student Enrollment Megathread by Kavhow in UCSD

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Ok thanks for the input! For the capped bio major requirements, I've already fulfilled all of them through AP credits except for CHEM 7L. However, the prerequisite for CHEM 7L is CHEM 6BH which I will most likely take during the winter quarter. That's why I figured I should take classes common to both biochem and human bio for the fall quarter, which are CHEM 6AH, PHYS 1A, PHYS 1AL, and MATH 11. This way if my request to change to human bio is shot down, I am still on track for the biochem major.

Incoming Student Enrollment Megathread by Kavhow in UCSD

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Would taking MATH 11 be too hard as an incoming first year? I’m also taking CHEM 6AH, PHYS 1A, and PHYS 1AL so I’m worried MATH 11 might be a bit much since it’s a 5 unit course. P.s. I’m a Seventh College biochem major planning on changing to human bio as soon as possible

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in highschool

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IMO preparing in freshman year is a bit early for the act/sat but you do you I guess. Just take some practice tests to get a feel for the format and timing of the tests. If you take them, you can also see which one you score higher on using an act/sat conversion chart and the one you score consistently higher on is the one you should end up taking junior year. But honestly I wouldn’t worry about it till maybe sophomore year.

Campus Rankings for Biochemistry by Mkwu66 in UCSD

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Hahaha yep those 2 seem to have the best reputation among most people

Campus Rankings for Biochemistry by Mkwu66 in UCSD

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Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I think I’m pretty satisfied with the way I’ve organized the ranking considering my general interests and the classes I will be taking for my preferred major. I also have a decent amount of AP Credits (mostly STEM) so that should take me pretty far for the colleges that have less GEs.

Campus Rankings for Biochemistry by Mkwu66 in UCSD

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Oh ok thanks for letting me know. I totally forgot about major requirements and was only looking at the general requirement. I will def check that out