UC Santa Cruz Pre Med program

Gumbymom
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:10:55 +0000

1. There is no Pre-Med program unless you apply to school that has a BS or BA/MD program. You can major in any subject but need to take the required courses to apply to Medical School.

The commonly accepted coursework requirements for medical school include a minimum of 1 year of:
General biology.
Physics with lab.
General chemistry (inorganic chemistry) with lab.
Organic chemistry with lab.
Calculus.
English.
New - Sociology.
New - Psychology

2. You need to maintain a high GPA, have volunteer/research or job opportunities available that are medically related and a high MCAT score to get into Medical School. Going to a “less competitive” school would help with your GPA although UCSC is still an academically competitive school.

3. I am assuming you have not applied, so why asking if you should go? Have you been accepted yet?

4. Every applicant needs to figure out what college is a good fit and the best way is visit and find out for yourself. Do not rely on other people’s opinion.

5. You have an excellent chance for admission, so worth an application. If you get accepted, then you can decide to go. Hopefully you will have already visited and decided what is best for you at that point.

6. Since Medical school is so expensive, you want to keep your undergrad costs as low as possible. If you are in-state, then UCSC should be affordable. What can you parents pay/year?

7. So is Grad school a backup if you do not get into Medical School? As long as you have a good GPA and do well on the GRE, you should have no problems getting into Grad school.

8. URM status not consider by California Public universities. Fiji Indian would not be a URM.
Underrepresented minorities (URMs) — African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Latinos— who have historically comprised a minority of the U.S. population are growing in size and influence.