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Got into NYU, pre-Med Intention: ASK ME ANYTHING!
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Larry Gu attended public school in the Oklahoma City metro area. He is a senior at the Classen School of Advanced Studies at Northeast as part of the IB program. He was accepted into New York University through the Early Decision process and plans to major in Global Public Health: Media, Culture, and Communication while on a Pre-Med track.
@larriglue loves NYU’s public health program because it investigates the relationship between public health and other disciplines, such as biology or social work. This interdisciplinary approach to public health uses two different interests of his and combines them into an interesting and inclusive major.
The reason he chose NYU is because of the vast number of resources he can take advantage of while pursuing his major. NYU has 15 different locations where you can study abroad, ranging from Asia to Africa. This is what drew him to NYU in the first place.
Larry is our Guest Student of the Week, so make sure to ask him all your questions!
42 replies @larriglue loves NYU’s public health program because it investigates the relationship between public health and other disciplines, such as biology or social work. This interdisciplinary approach to public health uses two different interests of his and combines them into an interesting and inclusive major.
The reason he chose NYU is because of the vast number of resources he can take advantage of while pursuing his major. NYU has 15 different locations where you can study abroad, ranging from Asia to Africa. This is what drew him to NYU in the first place.
Larry is our Guest Student of the Week, so make sure to ask him all your questions!
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@Pendoo, the earliest you can apply for internal transfer admission is the second semester/term of consecutive full-time study at your current NYU school or college. But, I believe things can be worked out once you talk to your academic advisor!
@coolguy40, I received very good financial aid from NYU, so I can afford it without debt. I am still looking and applying for outside scholarships as well!
FYI, Premed is not a major but a track at the College of Arts and Science at NYU. You mean to do internal transfer from College of Engineering to College of Arts and Science . Usually pre-med is a set of pre-requisite courses ( which may vary from medical school to medical school) one has to take before matriculating to medical school.
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@Monnes, that's cool! I have some good friends that go there! I am more excited than nervous at this point. I have visited NYU's campus before and I absolutely fell in love with it! The IB program definitely helped me prepare for college due to the workload, however, I don't know if it necessarily helped me get accepted more than a student who did not take IB classes. I took both chemistry and biology, however, I enjoyed biology more so I took AP Bio and IB Bio. I had a good balance of STEM and Humanities classes.
@RB12345, hi! Personally, I do not know what the difference between community college pre-reqs and pre-reqs at UCLA is, so I apologize. I am just starting to learn more about the medical school journey as I am just starting college this Fall. I believe that schools will see how hard you worked in a community college, and I believe that you will be successful!
Thanks.
AP Environmental Science YR
AP World History YR
PAP Algebra 2 YR
PAP Chemistry YR
PAP English 2 YR
PAP Spanish 3 YR
Soccer Girls EQ2 YR
Soccer Girls NC YR
I am planning to replace the soccer (I already did in freshman, have a credit now and really not a player, just a JV mgr because I suck) with
AP Seminar (Capstone stuff, also gives me Speech credit)
AP Art History (Gives me Fine Arts credit also)
What do you all think?
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What really drew me to NYU was the vast academic opportunities available on its many campuses around the world. I thought that Global Public Health and Media. Culture, and Communication was perfect for me because of my interests in both the Humanities and STEM, so it worked out!
@IvyCavalier2004, I would say that you need to stay on top of your workload while balancing extracurriculars. Community service is very important as well, so be sure to involve yourself in that too! If you are very interested in Pre-Med, you can contact a doctor and ask to shadow them. Most of the doctors would be happy to let you shadow them!
@Anonomouse, the financial aid was need-based. However, NYU has a variety of merit-based scholarships that are available!
https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships/scholarships-and-grants.html
@bethriley, those classes look good! I personally feel like I focused some on the Arts, as I wanted a more well-rounded experience, but I see you have AP Art History so you are fine! These classes for your sophomore year looks good! I would just say look for some community service opportunities or volunteering in a medical setting, such as in a hospital.