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okay. i've got a lot of questions, but my MAIN concern is grades. i'm a strong student and right now i've got a 3.8+ at a four-year... but i would think that pretty much everyone is a strong student at usc. how hard is it to get a 4.0? impossible? i need to keep my grades up for med school, so:
1. what's the deal with curving at usc? my mom said it was often a gpa-wrecker. how hard is it to come out of classes with a's?
2. what are the science courses (particularly o chem, biology, and physics) like? what about basic calc? how big, how hard, resources available?
3. how hard is it to get to know all of your professors? are they at least accessible? are office hours really busy? i'm at a huge school, but all of my professors know me by name... which is a big plus when i think about med school rec letters. is that possible at usc?
4. how hard is it to get research positions (as in... actively participating, not just cleaning up) as an undergrad? particularly in neuroscience?
5. do you know anything about college-keck programs? i would imagine they have stuff for undergrads. and do you know if keck is open to the idea of taking in usc undergrads, or do they aim for diversity?
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