Arts&Science?
Anthropology Major + Biology, Physics, or Biochemistry minor? It’s the most flexible combination.
Or Joint Honours? (You’re admitted after U0? U1?; you need at least a 3.0 cGPA and 3.5 Anthro GPA)
Relevant courses: Socio-cultural anthropology, Human Evolution, Evolutionary Anthropology, Medical Evolution (1st year)
In U3, you could take Mind, Brain, Psychopathology, and Further Topics in Medical Anthropology + would conduct your own research project.
Canada is the only country whose pre-med requirement courses are accepted by US med schools. Those courses are: Bio, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics and (usually but not always), Biochem, Psychology and English. The 1st four are all you need to prepare for the MCAT (besides test prep, obvs). US students can- and do- major in non-science subjects, and just take the science classes they need to meet the pre-reqs.
@MYOS1634 No, I received an offer from the faculty of Arts (not the faculty of Arts and Science). Unfortunately, I can’t take Biology, Physics nor Biochemistry as a minor. However, as @TomSrOfBoston said even if I choose Economics I will have plenty of room for electives. This might help me prepare the MCAT.
By the way, I received an offer to start my U1 because the French Baccalauréat gives us some credits so I’ll only have 3 years.
Thank you so much for answering my question and helping me. I appreciate it.
To the best of my knowledge, you can ask for the “Faculty program” where you have one Arts major, one Science minor, and one more (from any other faculty). In your case it could be Anthropology major, Biochemistry minor, and some other minor (physics, perhaps, so that you’d cover physics&math for the premed core). You’d have to have a professional plan in order to do “Faculty program”, ie., it couldn’t be a roundabout way to study biochem or be totally random.
This website now has a page dedicated to test optional admissions.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/student-lounge/2184963-directory-of-schools-going-test-optional-for-2020-2021.html
@MYOS1634 . . . per your points:
Here’s a link for UCLA baccalaureate acceptance to and matriculation at the nation’s medical schools, MD as opposed to DO:
https://www.sairo.ucla.edu/2018-amcas-map – you’ll have to page through the tabs.
Point 1: There are indeed a lot of them, but as the link shows, ~ 200 of UCLA’s 500 and sometimes plus grads get into med school within the state per year. Most of course will have to attend outside of CA, but that’s probably true of a lot of schools. Acceptance rate, given that UCLA doesn’t try to dissuade anyone from applying like a lot of universities is still a very good 52% for 2019, a good 10 percentage points above the national average. And there are no UCs that have favoritism towards its graduates like the University of Washington (because they need locals to populate the health professions within Washington, Idaho, etc.). The lack of parsing by advisors associated with the university means that UCLA leads the nation in med-school apps., which further abuts its excellent acceptance rate.
Point 2: Absolutely. But I’m a bit confused by OP’s quote :" Hello everyone! I am a senior high school student in a french school. I applied this year in the UK and got into UCL where I’ll be studying economics next year. "
I suppose this means next academic year starting in fall of 2020. But then (presumably) she says, “I saw that some school (the UC system and Cornell) will not ask for my SAT results because of COVID-19.”
This applies to the 2021-22 academic year. So I’m wondering if she got in for 2021, just by chance without my fully knowing her circumstances.
OP, if you really want to come to California, could you possibly look into attending a California community college?
@firmament2x
Hi! I’m currently considering taking a gap year to apply to universities in the US for the 2021-2022 academic year.
I got accepted in UCL to study economics (2020-2021) but I might defer my offer, take a gap year to take my SAT and apply in the US.
Just remember that if you plan to still pursue Medical school in the US, the odds are against you due to the fact US Medical schools accept very few International applicants. Please make sure you have a backup plan.
Have you contacted McGill admissions to ask them what you would need to do to study for a bachelor of arts and sciences rather than a bachelor of arts? It might be possible to get your offer changed even before you show up at McGill.
I agree with others that McGill would be both more likely to happen and less expensive compared to trying to transfer to UCLA. Montreal is also a great place to study for four years.
@mimmi123 . . . okay, I got it now. According to @MYOS1634 's point no.4, you can always marry Americain(e), but of course, it has to be legitimate. They have an emo-detector to check if it’s not real. j/k… I didn’t get that you wanted to attend undergrad in the US and attend med school back home according to what gumbymom stated?
Is it that you’re worried about your English, that you’re not wanting to take the SAT? There are actually ~15% of California community-college transfers that are International who xfer into UCLA per year, and these colleges are open admissions, and by transferring in there are no SAT or ACT tests.
Many of the students need to improve their English skills which is why they attend them. However, I’m not sure how they work out the living situation. And some community colleges have an even larger International set and cater to them like Santa Monica College, which is just six miles from UCLA. Just some thoughts …
And all the best; I’ll be rooting for you.
Anthropology major with Biochemistry minor would cover all/most pre-med pre-reqs. Just saying.
@mimmi123 . . . per your quote in #26 in which I responded in #29 without reading a little better:
Per the bold, I thought the idea was to try to get into a US college, UCLA or UC in general or Cornell, in 2021-22 without taking the SAT, because these colleges among others have removed its requirement for that academic year?