UCLA Psychobiology Transfer willing to give advice

MariseLLe
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:54:45 +0000

Hi SnYpaJY, thanks for taking the time to answer some questions!

This is my dilemma:

I love biology. I was focused solely on majoring in biology until I took a psychology class in my CC and was completely fascinated by it.
I even considered switching to a psychology major but I don’t want to give up biology.

How much ‘biology’ is actually in psychobiology? How much of the chemical and molecular processes of the brain do you actually learn ?
I’m not a much of a fan of biochemistry but I do enjoy challenges biology offers and from what I have read, psychobiology doesn’t seem to offer that much of a challenge in that area.

also, does it increase your chances of getting into UCLA if you complete a year of calculus-based physics before transferring ?