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    Health Sciences Workshop: Classes Needed For Pre-Med

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    Health Sciences Workshop

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    Pre-med just means that you want to go to med school Myths: majoring in certain fields guarantees your space in medical school Getting good test scores and good grades are not all that grad school looks at Dont feel like you have to rush into medical school CLASSES NEEDED FOR PRE-MED One year of general chemistry with lab One year of organic chemistry with lab One year of physics with lab One year of life sciences with lab One year of math One year of English Some medical schools will require one quarter of biochemistry with lab AP scores will not count for medical school PRE-MED TRACK timeline April-June of third year: take MCAT June-July: Primary application July-September: Secondary application September-December: Interviews Admit following Fall Alternatives of medical school Dentistry Nursing Optometry Osteopathic medicine Pharmacy Sports medicine/physical therapy Osteopathic Medicine -alternative to the standard practice. Has similar privileges Dental School -can receive a DDS or a DMD Pharmacy School

    -one quarter of economics -one quarter of psychology or sociology -one quarter of public speaking Optometry School -3 years of courses are required Nursing School -applications for nursing are available in January Applying to professional schools Dental School- DAT Pharmacy School-PCAT (all schools in CA dont require PCAT) Optometry School-OAT Research Why: Professional health schools tend to favor students who have been involved in research How: CARE/URC Offer scholarships for research SRP (student research program- course 109) http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/urc-care/srp.htm academic credit for conducting research Clinical experience and volunteering Shadowing-find a doctor to shadow Volunteering Ronald Reagan UCLA medical center Mobile Clinic Stroke team Letters of Recommendation UCLA Career Center (Letters of Reference), Interfolio, VirtualEvals Get to know professors (office hours) Ask for strong letters early on. (your LoRs can usually be held until youre ready to send them in) Extracurricular American Medical Student Association

    Fellowship for international service and health Pre-dental student outreach program Phi delta epsilon Look into services at the career center

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