What classes should I be taking and should I get my bachelors first?

Question

I am currently attending a community college, I plan to transfer to UC Davis while majoring in Biology. After wards I want to get into Med school. I have spoken to a few counselors and they have all led me astray, because of them i have taken classes that weren't transferable and i didn't need as a prerequiste. Would you recommend books that i could look into... I would really appreciate someone that went through med school to help me out. Thank you so much

Answer 1

1.) For classes that you need to graduate from U.C. Davis, the best resource is the college catalog. It's like a binding contract -- when you enroll, those are the requirements, and when you finish them you graduate.

2.) Also, get ahold of a copy of the articulation agreement between your JC and UCD. That will show you exactly what the classes you took at the community college level transfer as. For instance, your BIO 104 transfers as their BIO 11 (not a real example, just to show you how it works.)

3.) Your pre-reqs for Med school should be easily covered in your Bio major, except depending on the program you may need to add another math class in. The absolute, fundamental requirements for all med schools are:
* 1 year sequence in biology
* 1 year sequence in general Chem
* 1 year sequence in O-Chem (preferrably upper division.
* 1 year sequence in Physics
* 1 semester of College Calculus.
Other requirements that a few schools have are a second semester of Calculus or Statistics. When you get closer to graduation and are targeting specific med schools, you can contact the admissions advisors and find out about the math requirement.

4.) The best classes you can take to round out your course work are ones that will help you on the MCAT.

5.) Electives that look good to Med School include Vertebrate Anatomy and Biochemistry.

6.) The toughest part of the MCAT to prepare for in a short period of time is verbal. This is because as a science major, you've been preparing for the Bio/Phys Sci portions all along. But while you have been reading and answering questions in the course of your studies, you haven't been doing the kinds of reading required on the MCAT. The best solution here is to get subscriptions to two monthly "high brow" magazines -- The Atlantic and Scientific American come to mind. Read each article and quiz yourself on it at the end. This will give you the kind of training that you won't be getting in your classes.

7.) Finally, keep your grades up -- Especially your science grades. Med school will look at 3 things: your overall g.p.a., your science g.p.a., and your mcat scores. If any of these are week, you'll probably be spending 4 years in the Caribbean :>

BTW, my husband went to Davis and absolutly loved it. You're in for a treat!

Answer 2

Check out this website.
http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html
It has most of the articulation agreements between community colleges and 4 years. Your school should probably also have a binder of the most current articulation contracts.

All of the information given to you by sfox1_72 is very good.

Answer 3

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