in regards to the other thread about engineering majors

[5489]

do pre-med/dental people spend alot of time studying just like engineering majors? will my college life consist of hours in the library and not much partying?

 

[rocadelpunk]

i say it's all about time managment.

 

[5489]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i say it's all about time managment.

but from the other thread, it says something like spending more time in the library than their dorm rooms. does the pre-med route have this stereotype?

 

[Rainsford]

I think pre-med is just as bad, if not worse. And med-school is MUCH worse than either of the two undergraduate programs.

People who pick their majors based in a significant way based on how much partying they will be able to do should maybe tackle something a little less mentally challenging than college first. If you manage your time well you'll have enough time to party, I'm doing very well in computer engineering as a senior and I think I get enough partying in.

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: 5489

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i say it's all about time managment.

but from the other thread, it says something like spending more time in the library than their dorm rooms. does the pre-med route have this stereotype?

How smart you are plays a role in how much you have to study. As an engineering student I rarely studied and never read a text book much less spent more than 5 minutes in the library and I had 3 C's my entire 4 years. Asking what the stereotype is will have almost no bearing on what YOU will have to do.

 

[jaybert]

where do you goto school? I think that has alot to do with it as well. My school probably has one of the toughest Engineering programs anywhere....I personally dont know anyone who does not study and does well, even decent really.

(I goto Cornell btw)

 

[5489]

i'll be going to UC Davis

 

[CrazyDe1]

I averaged less than 40 minutes a night of HW in engineering....I'd basically do 0 homework for about 2 weeks and then spend 5 or 6 hours the night before tests memorizing HWs. Also, keep in mind that before I took a class I'd look up FCQs for the easiest professors and also download all the homework solutions for all future classes I was taking so I didn't have to figure out how to do the HW.

Drank 3 or 4 nights a week. Not that I'm a good example, I got below a 3.5 but given the choice between having a life and getting worse grades or having no life and getting above a 3.5 I chose to have a life.

Now, senior year I spent about 50 hours a week in my senior lab but it was with a bunch of friends and we'd sit and drink and joke around while working so it wasn't like we only did work.

 

[EvilYoda]

nah...I went to U. of Michigan, which has one of the best engin and med programs...sure, engin nerds don't have quite the life as an LSA student, but I think that those people went into the school like that. I was an engin guy and I had just as much fun as the next guy...and to be honest, pre-med is relatively easy until the very end.

I'll stop there, since it'll probably piss some people off

 

[RabidMongoose]

It depends on what your undergraduate major is...you can be engineering and be pre-med just like you can be biology and pre-med.

You just have to make sure you do well.

 

[5489]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
nah...I went to U. of Michigan, which has one of the best engin and med programs...sure, engin nerds don't have quite the life as an LSA student, but I think that those people went into the school like that. I was an engin guy and I had just as much fun as the next guy...and to be honest, pre-med is relatively easy until the very end.

I'll stop there, since it'll probably piss some people off

so pre-med is relatively easy until the end? so are the first 2 or 3 years relatively not as time consuming and easy?

 

[5489]

and another thing, Davis is pretty well known for pre-med

 

[SportSC4]

pre-med means that you're working on the med school class requirements. There are liberal arts majors who are pre-med (in fact, they like to see people who have a different background, I wish I would have known that, hehe). As long as you have a good MCAT score, are proficient in the medical school class requirements, and show that you want to be in med school, you should be good.

I'm a Bio major (and working on a 2nd degree from another college that I had previously attended, only a couple semesters left on that). Off the top of my head, most schools require the basic bio and chem courses, o chem 1 and 2, physics 1 and 2. Some others require a year of inorganic chem and/or statistics. There's a book on admission requirements from the aamc.org website. I checked my book and UC Davis does not list an official requirements list: ~3500 applicants, 376 interviews granted and 93 people accepted. Seems competitive to say the least.

As far as studying, it totally depends on you. O chem was very difficult for me whereas Bio is relatively easy. One guy I studied with was a natural with O chem whereas he had difficulty w/ Bio courses.

 

[shopbruin]

most premeds i met were the psycho variety, i.e. hyperventilating over every last grade point, some would argue with profs to bump their a- to an a, etc.

they all studied a lot, but that had to do with the curve in some of the classes and their need to get a's.

getting into med school is not easy. it is much easier to get into a crappy law school than a crappy med school.

 

[alphatarget1]

that is fvcking bullshit.

I'm taking 20 units right now. Strength of materials, materials engineering, elementary differential equations, physical geology, US history and German. I manage to squeeze time for a roller hockey league, volunteer for my school's steel bridge project, finish all my homework on time and still go out at least 2x a week. It's all about time management.

EDIT: my GPA is about 3.3

 

[5489]

Originally posted by: SportSC4
pre-med means that you're working on the med school class requirements. There are liberal arts majors who are pre-med (in fact, they like to see people who have a different background, I wish I would have known that, hehe). As long as you have a good MCAT score, are proficient in the medical school class requirements, and show that you want to be in med school, you should be good.

I'm a Bio major (and working on a 2nd degree from another college that I had previously attended, only a couple semesters left on that). Off the top of my head, most schools require the basic bio and chem courses, o chem 1 and 2, physics 1 and 2. Some others require a year of inorganic chem and/or statistics. There's a book on admission requirements from the aamc.org website. I checked my book and UC Davis does not list an official requirements list: ~3500 applicants, 376 interviews granted and 93 people accepted. Seems competitive to say the least.

As far as studying, it totally depends on you. O chem was very difficult for me whereas Bio is relatively easy. One guy I studied with was a natural with O chem whereas he had difficulty w/ Bio courses.

I realize this, but the pre-med course does consist of certain classes. I was asking if these courses are very time consuming. I say pre-med, but I actually want to go to dental school. The courses for med and dental school are just very similar.

Originally posted by: freesia39
most premeds i met were the psycho variety, i.e. hyperventilating over every last grade point, some would argue with profs to bump their a- to an a, etc.

they all studied a lot, but that had to do with the curve in some of the classes and their need to get a's.

getting into med school is not easy. it is much easier to get into a crappy law school than a crappy med school.

yea, i realize how tough the competition is, but I am actually going the pre-dental route.