Wow. I'm much older--like twice your age. We never had multiple choices as undergrads. I was a double major in Biochem and English. All my STEM exams involved showing work on problems. So you got scores based not only on the right answer but the way you solved the problems! I feel like a dinosaur!
That sounds tough! Generally, the classes that had multiple choice exams were easier than the free response exams for sure. In my biomedical engineering courses, usually showing your work wasn't required, but if you got it wrong you could then get partial credit for your work. However, most of these are problems where I have no clue how you'd do it without any work!
I’m a senior Biology major and most of my stem exams have been free response too! Mainly my physics and chem courses have been 100% free response. And my biology courses have sort of been a mix. Just depends on the institution!
I don't think I'd strongly recommend for or against taking only orgo 1. I think taking orgo 2 will probably help for preparing for the MCAT, but that is definitely something where you can just self-study if you only take orgo 1. As far as helping you once you are in medical school, I don't see any reason you would need to take orgo 2. Just triple check with any schools you are interested in applying to that they don't require orgo 2.
Are these the PRE-MED courses only or combined with BME? and can you please tell me how you managed both because it seems like double majoring? and is it possible to graduate in only 3 years of studying BME and taking PRE-MED courses? how many credits have you taken from the AP? how many credits was the BME major? how many credits in the PRE-MED courses that you have taken?
Those are all my courses, both pre-med and BME. I came in with like 33 credit hours or something like that from AP, dual credit, and SAT II subject test (should be listed in the video). Plus 1 credit from a placement exam. Additionally, taking some summer classes also helped. With those two things working for me, I only took 4 classes a semester the majority of my semesters (normal is 5). Most credit hours I took in a semester was like 16 or 17. So it really wasn't too bad. I just made sure to only take Gen Ed classes that fulfilled multiple requirements at once. I graduated with 151 credits total, and only 117 of which were from actually taking a class at UNC. BME I believe was supposed to be 124 credit hours, with 96 of those actually for BME and 28 allocated to get your gen ed requirements done. At UNC at least, premed classes that don't overlap with BME are an additional 25 credits I believe as of the current BME curriculum. (maybe only 22 when I went through because I think there wasn't a dedicated BME A&P course). So if you had zero credits coming in, you would need to take 149 credits total to do both. I know of people who took 21 credits in a semester. And you also can take 12 credits per summer. So the theoretical max I can imagine being possible is 42*3 years + 12*2 summers= 150 credits. So theoretically possible without any credits coming in to undergrad. But highly, highly unlikely that the schedules would align perfectly. But I think the real problem you would run into with BME is that most courses have pre-reqs and some are offered only one semester per year either fall or spring. So ignoring any other factors, I think BME (at UNC) at least, may be impossible to do in 3 years do to pre-req timelines not lining up.
i saw that there was a section about your high school gpa? did you just put a 4.0 because you only included AP exams? or is it your actual unweighted gpa from high school?
Wow! I never even noticed the high school part. All of your final GPA things in the "Verified Grade Point Averages" are filled by the AAMC once your application is processed. If you look at the first course I input @ 0:20 in the video, it is a dual-credit course I took during high school at Waubonsee CC with the status of HS. This got filled in as my high school GPA of a 4.0, but note that there are only 3.0 hours for just the one dual-credit college course. AMCAS only cares about college courses, but since it was a college course taken during high school it gets it's own category
@@DoctorRex sounds good thank you! i was a bit worried because my high school gpa was good up until the second half of senior year... thank you again for your advice!
Do you have any studying tips? I'm struggling and I really need to bring my GPA up because I don't want to take a gap year, I was a nursing major but changed midway and freshman year I did poorly, I managed to increase my gpa spring of my freshman but it wasn't a big increase. I just want to do well on the next few years I have left. I plan to take my MCAT spring of my Junior year so I can start med school right after my undergrad.
I won't promise that I have any ground breaking study tips. I'll plan to make a video either this week or next week talking about my study tips. Are you starting sophomore year now? If so, you have time to build that GPA and an upward trend is significant!
Hi Eliza, I am not a medical student but I did pretty well in my pre-med classes. I used flashcards a lot. Also, reviewing the lecture material before lecture, taking notes during lecture, and making my own FINAL NOTES after lecture, focusing on key concepts helped me out. When I was preparing for an exam I'd make a study guide where I compiled all of my notes in one easy to read format and study from that. Also, I'd just say that you don't always have to do the reading before class. For some classes this was just too much work and I'd use the text in order to refine the notes I made in lecture etc.
@@eljamo93 I totally support all of your advice! Thanks for sharing! Also, here is the subsequent video I made on some of my tips: ruclips.net/video/XgVjYCVnZ_E/видео.html
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Remarkable -- 4.0 BCMP GPA and 522 MCAT -- rejected from 11 of 15 medical schools admitted to.
Crazy!
Accepted to 4 out of 15 also feels remarkable!
I’m in the BME program at UNC currently! I am also Pre Med and it is nice to see someone with a similar experience!
That's awesome. Hope UNC is treating you well. Good luck and go heels!
Wow. I'm much older--like twice your age. We never had multiple choices as undergrads. I was a double major in Biochem and English. All my STEM exams involved showing work on problems. So you got scores based not only on the right answer but the way you solved the problems! I feel like a dinosaur!
That sounds tough! Generally, the classes that had multiple choice exams were easier than the free response exams for sure. In my biomedical engineering courses, usually showing your work wasn't required, but if you got it wrong you could then get partial credit for your work. However, most of these are problems where I have no clue how you'd do it without any work!
I’m a senior Biology major and most of my stem exams have been free response too! Mainly my physics and chem courses have been 100% free response. And my biology courses have sort of been a mix. Just depends on the institution!
to study an hour for shemer's test and get a 96 is ridiculous
What was your undergrad college? Your videos help me a lot!
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
That is a really nice school! I will be attending Texas Christian University. I am choosing my major now. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you!
Best vlog to date!!
Thanks Sunshine Kane, I appreciate you saying so!
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do you recommend taking only orgo 1 since many or most of med school now accept 1 sem of orgo and 1 of biochem?
I don't think I'd strongly recommend for or against taking only orgo 1. I think taking orgo 2 will probably help for preparing for the MCAT, but that is definitely something where you can just self-study if you only take orgo 1. As far as helping you once you are in medical school, I don't see any reason you would need to take orgo 2. Just triple check with any schools you are interested in applying to that they don't require orgo 2.
Are these the PRE-MED courses only or combined with BME? and can you please tell me how you managed both because it seems like double majoring? and is it possible to graduate in only 3 years of studying BME and taking PRE-MED courses? how many credits have you taken from the AP? how many credits was the BME major? how many credits in the PRE-MED courses that you have taken?
Those are all my courses, both pre-med and BME.
I came in with like 33 credit hours or something like that from AP, dual credit, and SAT II subject test (should be listed in the video). Plus 1 credit from a placement exam. Additionally, taking some summer classes also helped. With those two things working for me, I only took 4 classes a semester the majority of my semesters (normal is 5). Most credit hours I took in a semester was like 16 or 17. So it really wasn't too bad. I just made sure to only take Gen Ed classes that fulfilled multiple requirements at once. I graduated with 151 credits total, and only 117 of which were from actually taking a class at UNC.
BME I believe was supposed to be 124 credit hours, with 96 of those actually for BME and 28 allocated to get your gen ed requirements done. At UNC at least, premed classes that don't overlap with BME are an additional 25 credits I believe as of the current BME curriculum. (maybe only 22 when I went through because I think there wasn't a dedicated BME A&P course).
So if you had zero credits coming in, you would need to take 149 credits total to do both. I know of people who took 21 credits in a semester. And you also can take 12 credits per summer. So the theoretical max I can imagine being possible is 42*3 years + 12*2 summers= 150 credits. So theoretically possible without any credits coming in to undergrad. But highly, highly unlikely that the schedules would align perfectly. But I think the real problem you would run into with BME is that most courses have pre-reqs and some are offered only one semester per year either fall or spring. So ignoring any other factors, I think BME (at UNC) at least, may be impossible to do in 3 years do to pre-req timelines not lining up.
i saw that there was a section about your high school gpa? did you just put a 4.0 because you only included AP exams? or is it your actual unweighted gpa from high school?
Wow! I never even noticed the high school part. All of your final GPA things in the "Verified Grade Point Averages" are filled by the AAMC once your application is processed. If you look at the first course I input @ 0:20 in the video, it is a dual-credit course I took during high school at Waubonsee CC with the status of HS. This got filled in as my high school GPA of a 4.0, but note that there are only 3.0 hours for just the one dual-credit college course. AMCAS only cares about college courses, but since it was a college course taken during high school it gets it's own category
@@DoctorRex sounds good thank you! i was a bit worried because my high school gpa was good up until the second half of senior year... thank you again for your advice!
@@rishapatel5638 what’s your gpa
Do you have any studying tips? I'm struggling and I really need to bring my GPA up because I don't want to take a gap year, I was a nursing major but changed midway and freshman year I did poorly, I managed to increase my gpa spring of my freshman but it wasn't a big increase. I just want to do well on the next few years I have left. I plan to take my MCAT spring of my Junior year so I can start med school right after my undergrad.
I won't promise that I have any ground breaking study tips. I'll plan to make a video either this week or next week talking about my study tips.
Are you starting sophomore year now? If so, you have time to build that GPA and an upward trend is significant!
Hi Eliza, I am not a medical student but I did pretty well in my pre-med classes. I used flashcards a lot. Also, reviewing the lecture material before lecture, taking notes during lecture, and making my own FINAL NOTES after lecture, focusing on key concepts helped me out. When I was preparing for an exam I'd make a study guide where I compiled all of my notes in one easy to read format and study from that. Also, I'd just say that you don't always have to do the reading before class. For some classes this was just too much work and I'd use the text in order to refine the notes I made in lecture etc.
@@eljamo93 I totally support all of your advice! Thanks for sharing! Also, here is the subsequent video I made on some of my tips: ruclips.net/video/XgVjYCVnZ_E/видео.html