Associate meeting one

Welcome to AED! Meeting 1: Course Planning September 25, 2012 Please sign-in up front Help yourself to pizza, snacks & drinks! ΑΕΔ

Dr. Swadron & the Minor of Health Care Studies at USC

Learn more about the minor at:

http://dornsife.usc.edu/minor-in-health-care studies/ ΑΕΔ

AED Associate Membership • Meetings! – Everything a Pre-Med needs to know to succeed

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Interact with Upperclassmen Princeton/Kaplan Discount Online Course Help AED Southland Conference

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The Timeline Year 1: Explore Your Options

Year 3: MCAT, LOR, Primary App

Year 2: Research, Volunteer, GPA

Year 4: Secondary App, Interviews

Medical School

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Year 1 – Explore Your Options • Choose your major/minor – Consider non-science majors and minors • Meet with a pre-med advisor – Office of Pre-Health Advisement • http://dornsife.usc.edu/pre-health/

• USC Organizations – Interaxon, JEP, EMSC, PHE, Public Health Brigades, Global Medical Brigades, Trojan Health Volunteers • Clinical Volunteering, Shadowing, Research ΑΕΔ

HOW TO SUCCEED AS A PREMED • Stay caught up (homework + reading + midterms) • GPA: 3 A’s + 1 B each semester = 3.75 overall

• Always seek help when you feel overwhelmed • SI, office hours, Center for Academic Support, fellow AED members

• Get to know your professors • Work in groups ΑΕΔ

Prerequisites • 2 Semesters of General Biology – BISC 120/BISC 220 or 121/221

• 2 Semesters of General Chemistry – CHEM105ab or 115ab

• 2 Semesters of Organic Chemistry – CHEM322ab

• 2 Semesters of Physics – PHYS 135ab or 151/152 *AP credits do not count

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More Prerequisites • • • •

MATH 125 and/or MATH 208 WRIT 140 WRIT 340 Humanities and Social Sciences – Requirements vary by school

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Recommended Classes • Upper Division Biology Courses – BISC 307: Physiology – BISC 320: Molecular Biology – BISC 325: Genetics – BISC 330: Biochemistry

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Audrey’s Schedule Biology B.A. with a Public Health minor Fall 2009

Spring 2010

Fall 2010

Spring 2011

BISC 120

BISC 220

CHEM322a

CHEM322b

CHEM105a

CHEM105b

MATH 125

SPAN III

GE Cat. 5

GE Cat. 6

AMST 206

GE Cat. 1

GE Cat. 2

Writ-140

HP 200

HP 402

Fall 2011

Spring 2012

Fall 2012

Spring 2012

BISC 320

Phys135b

BISC 325

Elective

PHYS135a

BISC 307

BISC 490

BISC 330

GE Cat. 4

HP 401

WRIT 340

Elective

HP 460

MCAT class

PPD 330

Elective

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Veronica’s Schedule BA Biology & MS Global Medicine Fall 2009

Spring 2010

Fall 2010

Spring 2011

Summer 2011

BISC 120

BISC 220

PHYS 135A

CHEM322a

CHEM 105B

CHEM105a

CHEM105b

BISC 320

SPAN III

MATH 125

GE Cat. 6

GE Cat. 5

BISC 315

GE Cat. 1

Writ 140

GE Cat. 1

HP 420

BISC 369

BISC 193

THTR- 183A

Fall 2011

Spring 2012

Fall 2012

Spring 2013

Summer 2013

BISC 325

BISC 330

CORE I

PHYS 135b

GM Elective

SPAN III

WRIT 340

CORE II

MEDS 502

GM Elective

HP 442

GE: Cat 4

MEDS 500

GM Elective

GM Elective

GM Elective

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Summer Classes -

Physics 135ab CHEM 322ab BISC 120 WRIT 140 WRIT 340 MATH 125

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Other Things to Keep in Mind • Off-track classes • CHEM 322ab, PHYS 135ab

• Pass/Fail General Education Requirements • • • • •

1 of the 6 GE courses Language Requirement Diversity Requirement No minor classes 24 Units total ΑΕΔ

Online Course Help Procedure Steps: 1. Pay your dues! 2. Go to our website (www.aedusc.org) 3. Resources tab—let us know if you don’t know the username/password 4. Submit Course Help request form 5. Get tests ΑΕΔ

Questions? http://www.aedusc.org

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