| "Is it easier to transfer from Merced or a JC?"
JC...inless your on the Shared experince program.
1)Is there any program at the school for premed students?
I'm pre-med myself. Hello fellow future Dr. Theres a series of community service classes you can take for a unit credit here, reallly help build an application (ie work for blood bank, build animal shelters etc.) Also, theres alot of reserch available to you....which will become a MAJOR plusss when it comes time to med-appliactions. Some kids have even gotten published in scientific journals here.
2)Do you know any students that have gotten into med school from uc merced.
I know of one, he got into UCSF. not too many others, b.c we've had about 60 kids graduate so far(transfer kids)....first senior class in next year
3) What made you switch major from bio to eng to psych, i read on one of the other posts that you were interested in med, are you still pursuing that? since I got in as a bio major so I was wondering why you'd change if you were interested in going to med school.
I changed because I wanted in increase my chances at med school. WOW, you wont hear this from counslers here but...if you want to help your med school odds out, pick an easy major. I relized that if I was a Psychology major, and i had a 3.7-3.9 I would be a MUCHHHH stronger applicant that some1 with a 3.6 who was a biology major. Biology majors are a dime a dozen with respect to med school, and upper div. Bio classes pretty much kill your GPA, which in turn kill your med school chances.
"what do you think of uc santa cruz? Do you think that school is a lot more difficult to get a good gpa for transfer? Right now i'm deciding btw ucsc and ucm. What are the sterotypes in uc merced?"
UCSC...first thing that comes to my mind is WEEEEEEED. Although, that may sound cool...i mean "its weed dude" its not what everyone wants all the time in a college enviernment, and thats pretty much what you get in UCSC (you can smoke weed in front of cops there btw and not go to jail..)
"How are minorities treated here? is it generally more liberal/conserative ? Do you know everyone after like 2 months (not sure if already answered)? I checked the population, merced has less students than my high school lol."
Well, after we are finnished stoning them they pretty much fit in...lol jk :-P They fit in fine here...for the most part this place is left wing...which is the polor opposite of the surrounding area. |