ALL ABOUT BEING PRE-MED 

+Ben Zuckerman omg lol that was so nice of you!! I really appreciate it, thank you:))

Kaur Beauty is another one and it's really inspiring

+Amanda Magana hey mam i have a personal question i complete my high school from boston at age of 17 ,and then after high school i decide to start premed college but few days before im movin to college i received a phone call from hospital that i lost my family dad, mom and a brother in car accident.plz replay i need ur guidence

@@mailewilkey9491 but kaur beauty went to uc Berkeley. She is currently in med school right now.

@@sirmolio wtf

+Sol Ahn I hope you got your questions answered :)

of course!! I really hope they help hearing from a real student and stuff! I wish there were videos like this when I was coming to college so I decided to make them for everyone else who felt the same :)

+Max Bay Hope it was helpful!:)

Stephanie Rauda woah me too girl

+Tamara Akpamgbo I would recommend Pre-Calculus, I wish I would've taken it, you definitely need it in college level physics classes and basically for every calculation based class! Stats wasn't hard at all for me to pick up in college! I definitely recommend AP Physics if you can handle the load, if anything you could also just take regular physics and AP Chem and AP Bio so it's manageable :)

couldnt stop looking at your eyes. so pretty!

+nikhil furtado superrrr easy! I actually almost switched to environmental science myself! Just go to the bio office or whatever major you want to switch to during business hours or shoot them an email :)

Depending on the imstution, there may be prerequisites for bio, phys, chem, etc. Most specifically its probably a math class. The reason why is because you need to know math(College Algebra and Calc) to take Physics. Most people take biology first semester of freshman year. Chem I'm not sure, again this depends on if there are any pre reqs. Physics may be taken second semester of freshman year or first semester of sophomore year.

+CarolinaS0598 lol don't worry same thing happened to me! It's okay, catching up is do able a lot of people forget all the material they learned in high school by the time they get to college anyway :P

depends on the school you apply to! But almost positive it is fine for med school :)

+alexis jones lol yes this is what I heard too about our lower division science classes...definitely hardest ones I've taken here

+Mallory Hall glad to hear that :)

+PineapplePalmtrees I love your dermatology idea!!! After you said that I was like omgg why did i never think of that!! Brilliant idea :) Enjoy high school and your free time lol!! :(

+Amanda Magana Yeah, I feel like with dermatology, I could even potentially have my own skincare line or dabble in a makeup line too, so that's why it's also great for me! And lol, I am definitely trying to enjoy it as much as I can! :)

basically! It just has different requirements for the major, you can google "psychobio requirements ucla" and google the same thing for biology and compare! Psychbio actually has more requirements and less time to do them

+Butter N Jamz I could answer your questions if you ask! My boyfriend is in the school of engineering :) (he probably wouldn't tell me GPA or SAT questions though, I think that is too personal for him)

Yup you're right! We do "undergrad" here and then we apply to medical school:) or whatever graduate course work you decide to do! Undergrad is usually right after high school and lasts ~ 4 years :) glad you like them!!:)

+Pei-Chi Yang are you planning on going to med school? if so think about what you really love to do if you love psychology then major in it! But there will be additional classes you must take for med school that won't really go towards your major requirements

I am thinking of becoming a dentist! :)

Nah

Of course :)

I would do a little of both! RU-vid helps so much when it comes to physics in my opinion, see if you can go online and read class descriptions for a physics class you will take soon (like the 6 series) and study on the topics it says it will cover! I find that to be pretty useful I wouldn't worry too much about coding especially with python unless you're planning to take some additional computer science classes, I remember I did do some coding in my math series (the ls 30 series but we used another program that I can't remember the name of now but the TA's were helpful so I would only see looking into coding being useful if you plan to take the ls 30 series for your math requirement (which I highly recommend btw I loved it) :)

+Amanda Magana thank you so much ！！

+Julia Vo nope it took about 5 minutes emailing the department and they replied within a few days telling me the switch was official :) hmm I'm not sure on that one because I don't know if that is a factor on how they decide :/

+jeanelle d I would say don't worry too much about getting Chem right away! Maybe even wait to take it with scerri! Also I would say prioritize your pre reqs and stay away from GE classes for as long as you can lol just work really hard in the beginning so you can have an easier class load senior year! I would say focus on finishing Chem and math first and them ls and then physics!

Thank you so much!

+Alyssa Arbolante You can only start taking OChem in your sophomore year.

+Beth Ashagire not to scare anyone off, but very. It's another level of studying lol like there are students who record lectures and listen to the same one like 3 different times (instead of just attending lecture once and taking notes and just going off of that to study), so I think the hardest thing is making sure you're studying as hard, if not harder, than the people in your classes! When you put your mind to it though and actually spread out the studying it's not too bad. I think it's just difficult to study for multiple classes when all the info in them is difficult and often new so you really have to be diligent about studying for each class enough each week or you'll fall behind!

+PineapplePalmtrees I would say stress more about getting an A in the class and less about doing amazing on the ap exam to be real! I would also say do lots of extra credit and get involved in at least 3 clubs or activities that are diverse and mean something to you :) Advice for future med students is soon to come after I figure out where I will attend med school! I have no idea! I would like to be maybe a dermatologist or maybe a pediatrician :)

+Amanda Magana Thank you for your help, I will keep this in mind! And that's great! I am thinking about dermatology as well, it's the only one is see myself truly doing. :)

+Kat Roze definitely calculus...stats was very easy for me to pick up! Calc here is much harder in my opinion

+Nathalie Silva Definitely! I can make a video on it, but the short answer for now is I want to get into pediatric medicine, basically I want to be a doctor for children :) I think! I know lots of people say though that you shouldn't say what you want to specialize in until you actually get to medical school :)

Basically you have a three hour class where you do experiments! The experiments are already written so you have to just execute them in lab, and you have to wear the proper attire and everything! it's pretty official! It's kinda hard in my opinion only because lab work is so precise and even the smallest errors can ruin your experiment! You would write up your results in a lab report and analyze the data you collected through things like excel or something as homework :) I posted a vlog in lab before I think it's labeled "Ucla follow me around...lab ect" or something so you can check that out to see what it looks like :)

+Amanda Magana are the labs in groups or individually?

Marina Elkess depends which lab class! Mostly though it is groups like you will work with one other person because you can collaborate ideas with them because labs can be confusing sometimes!

+Lizeeth De Rosas depends for what major! I know for a lot of majors here it's VERY competitive to get in, even harder than if you were to apply and go straight out of high school!

I think whether you go to community college depends on your situation. If your high school stats are good I think you should just apply to UCLA. If you don't get in then just go to community and transfer. I knew a lot of transfer students at UCLA so its definitely doable. I would go to community straight from high school if I had personal things that required me to stay close to home for a bit or if I was struggling financially and couldn't pay the tuition. A lot of the high school kids I talk to don't want to apply to UCLA because its a big name school and they don't think they'll get in. My advice is don't sell yourself short. Not everyone at UCLA scored above a 2000 on their SATs.

depends on which premed major you choose! But if anything if 3 weren't enough if you chose one with a lot of classes then you could always just do like one summer and definitely be on track :) I took a lot of classes that didn't mean anything towards my majors (Ex. math 3a,math 3b, precalc, a bunch of psych classes) so it really set me behind so I would say try and do your most important prereqs first!! Because even if you end up switching to another science major like I did you will still be on track :)

congrats on getting in btw!!! :)

+princess corpuz I took basically all my math, chemistry, and I was in a cluster all year :)

Thank you so much! :)

Get good grades, study hard, do good on the SAT/ACT, also sign up for clubs at your school (the more the better)!

+champagne mami watch my video on how to get into UCLA! I give all my tips there :)

+Lauren Jarman I wouldn't say the more the better per-say I would say join a FEW clubs and be dedicated to them and be heavily involved in them (aka have some sort of leadership role like president of them or social chair or something) colleges are more impressed by dedication to a few clubs that mean something to you instead of a laundry list of involvement (a common misconception) :)

+Faith 101 you're very welcome honey!:)

+Valery Gomez no habla espanol :(

+Rosy Riah I would do psychobio pre med since the requirements over lap with med school more and a psychiatrist needs to go to med school! You can always switch your major when you get here after you talk to an academic counselor about what your career plans are!

+Amanda Magana thank you!!!

any major can have a person be "premed" it just means taking the prerequisite classes for medical school :)

Apply to scholarships from an outside source. Don't just look at the institutions scholarships. There are billions of dollars worth of scholarships. And look into being a law student internationally because I don't know how that works. Good luck.

+Gizelle Blanc thank you so much!

+Aksa David yes definitely!

+Sara Gevorkyan awesome I hope he loves it :)

+Stephanie Watts (ItsStephie) omg girl I stress about my future every single day Like I have still SO much that needs to be done in so little time :/ no lie haha so I feel you!!!

Same!! And its so scary haha Thank you for replying too!!! Im going to the community college in San Diego and transferring to USD, still have to volunteer at a hospital and have no clue on research!! Would love to keep in contact with you and get your input on some of this.

+michelleu8D I had pang and I actually thought his tests were really hard. I would take henary!

+Amanda Magana like they were a ton of math problems

i heard henary was easier, but do u know how is it easier

michelleu8D probably the midterm and final are easier! But the actual lab activities are the same

Thank you amanda. Im actually going to stick with pang cuz i cant rlly change my schedule anymore. Im fine with more math base but thanks for the advice. Uhh one more question, how do u recommend for any of the ls courses and physics courses. Thanks

I was talking to my academic counselor and although psychobio has classes where I could probably get a higher gpa ( more psych classes) biology upper division classes will prepare me better for the mcat...also after taking an ecology class I realized I'm much more interested in biology than psychology!

+Amanda Magana oh okay! I'm going to be a freshman in college next year majoring in psych and pre-med, so thank you for making this video it was SUPER helpful! ❤️

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nina how was it? I’m going to be an incoming freshman next year and I want to major in psychology on a pre med❤️

@@elizabethteresa9231 gonna be honest, i spent two years as a psych/pre-med major and i finally realized that it was not for me at all and now i'm going to law school hahaha. if there's one piece of advice i can give you, it's to do as much shadowing or talking to medical professionals as you can! when i was just starting out, my perception of being a doctor was much different than the reality (which is very common tbh). if it's something that you really enjoy, it will be hard, but it will be worth it. for me, it just wasn't worth it. hope this doesn't deter you from still trying, good luck in college!!

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+Amina Niasse I think that would be very difficult to be perfectly honest! Try to do psychobio if you want to do that it's basically like a double major but it's actually do-able in 4 years!

Amanda Magana But will psycho biology allow me to do all the perquisites for medical school?

Amina Niasse yep psychobio is made to be a pre med major it has everything and more that you would need especially with the new psych portion it's a very strict major though and there are a lot of classes required in a shortish amount of time

Amanda Magana Wow, I didn't know that. Thank you for replying (:

+SeashellsAndBooks long story short...I am more interested in biology than I am psychology so I wanted a major where I would spend more time expanding my biology knowledge :)

+Amanda Magana ok cool! also, how impacted is the psychobiology major at ucl? im debating on whether to attend ucla or cal and i know the psychology major at cal is very impacted

+Chaoyan Yu I actually live on campus is the housing the school has! They are super expensive I agree but for my job (an RA) our compensation is room and board :) Ehh you can find a mix of people everywhere you go :P I would say overall people are very friendly

okay, yea, you're right about good/bad people everywhere! How competitive is the RA job?

Chaoyan Yu very! They only select around maybe 70-100 new ones every year out of the hundred maybe thousands that apply!

wow, so happy that you made it. BTW, I love your youtube videos and please making them!

Yeah! I think my biology background helped a lot, especially to make sure I was even interested in the topic!

+Sang Rok Wang depends on how hard you work! But for the average bear, I heard it is one of the hardest majors around

Physci is considered hard at UCLA because students in the major are really competitive, which makes it difficult to maintain a high GPA when classes are graded on a curve. You may be doing A work, but because of the curve and only a certain percentage of the class gets an A you might end up with a B in the class.

oh yeah most definitely! There were 2 nurses on my staff last year and people on my staff would work to take their duty shifts if needed and everyone in res life is very understanding and supportive about things like that :)

What is the pre requisites for becoming an RA?

Rahima Williams reslife.ucla.edu/employment/ra

It depends because there's all kinds of research opportunities at UCLA! But you usually would work with a professor and work in a lab with them, I wish I knew more but since I haven't started it I don't know a lot yet but once I start I can make a video about it! Basically medical schools want to see you had hands on experience in some sort of lab setting!

Yes, please do! Im interested in being pre med as well.

+Michel mikhael they have amazing education classes here and tons of opportunities to get involved in classrooms! I would say go for it and talk to some counselors here about clubs you can join to start volunteering as a student teacher at local high schools :)

+Amanda Magana I think one they have is called teach for america

+Mrs.angel Sivan hmmm it depends on your personal circumstances! I would say it is a more favorable path to go straight out of high school only because it seems like it takes longer transferring and there is a lot of catch up work when you actually get to UCLA!

+Karin P. lol I'll try and convince him he is a little camera shy:P I think that's a great idea though those things would be good to talk about in more detail in a video! Let me know if you find any cool ways to get involved too:)

I would like this too please I just started at my cc in the fall and I wanna transfer in 2017 so I'm trying to start volunteering at my local Kaiser Permanente but the process is taking so long :(

+Fleo omg blessss you! You must have some kind of work ethic :)

i was thinking of being a dermatologist or getting into pediatrics :)

Cool me too. I plan on doing pediatrics and specializing in hematology/oncology.

+Chaoyan Yu omg I remember how nervous I was good luck!!!

+Lacey Joy yes! It's two of the required Chem classes!

+JasonHibono :)

+FullNatty 1 **** I mean no disrespect and I think it's awesome your helping people... just throwing in my input.

it is okay I think everyone does :P

Good luck! I hope you get in :)

Jazminne M aww thank you :) that's so sweet of you! do you attend ucla?

+itslayth no but I hope I will!

+itslayth i am on the same boat as you. Do you think it will come out on Match 20, same day as last year?? I am so anxious everyday...I wish you best luck!!

omg i'm beyond scared for my decision!! i hope we both get in

+Nicoletta Mosselli it's great here :)

Thank you!:) I'm Hispanic, but specifically Mexican, Spanish, and Italian!

+Amanda Magana rhankyo for answering I alway want that ethnicity.

+Bao Do What the fuck

+21 Styles what do you mean by "how to get in" :)?

what it takes to get accepted into pre-med :)

+21 Styles pre med is your choice. some schools have premed as a major which means you will not get a bachelors degree. So I wouldnt do because what happens IF someone doesnt get accepted and they dont have anything else to fall back on because they dont have a bachelors degree. Major in anything but premed, premed is just a committee for the most part and they help you with connecting to medical proffesionals, advising , mock interviews, job oppurtunities etc.

+Gizelle Blanc so i can prettie much major in biology and later join pre-med?

21 Styles you can join premed anytime you want. You can even major in whatever you want(english, business, etc.) and still be a premed student.

that is awesome! I hope you reach your goals :D

I should've taken AP physics as well. Also don't med schools require 2 years of chem?

+TheShot Doctorr nope! I've been with my boyfriend for awhile now :)