PRE MED REQS
This standardized test, usually taken in junior year, takes about 7.5 hours to complete and is the biggest hurdle for med school admission.
what is the MCAT
If you need a coffee, a scantron, or to catch a bus, you'll likely end up at this central campus hub.
What is the Memorial Union?
This four-chambered muscular organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the circulatory system.
what is the Heart?
In this clinical role, you write down notes and document patient encounters in the electronic health record alongside the physician.
what is medical scribe?
What Aggies are short for
What is agriculture?
What is 2 from Science Professor, 1 from Humanities Professor?
This massive, multi-level building is where you'd go to work out, play intramural sports, or climb the rock wall. (give full name)
What is the Activities and Recreation Center?
This part of the brain, located at the back of the skull, is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
Earning this specific certification allows you to draw blood from patients, providing excellent hands-on clinical hours.
What is a Phlebotomist (or Phlebotomy Technician / CPT)?
UC Davis's famous cat
Who is Cheeto?
The MCAT has an entire section dedicated to this social science, which studies human behavior, mind, and social interactions.
What is Psychology?
These large ceramic sculptures are colloquially named after the facial features they resemble.
What are the Eggheads?
This is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
When applying to medical schools, the AMCAS application allows you to write extended essays for up to three of your extracurriculars by designating them as this.
What are "Most Meaningful" experiences?
This brilliant TV diagnostician, played by Hugh Laurie, frequently reminds his team of fellows that "It's never lupus."
Who is Dr. Gregory House (House, M.D.)?
What math course (not calc based) is required by most medical schools?
What is Stats?
This 100-acre waterway and botanical garden runs through the southern edge of the UC Davis campus. *
What is the Arboretum?
The adult human skeleton is typically composed of exactly this many bones.
What is 206?
This federally supported network places volunteers in underserved communities across the US; completing a gap year here is highly prized by medical schools for demonstrating a commitment to service.
What is AmeriCorps?
Dating back to 1912, this homecoming tradition involves students sneaking out of their dorms in their sleepwear to march through downtown Davis and welcome returning alumni.
What is Pajamarino?
A year long humanities class required for med school admissions
What is a years worth of English?
This iconic red double-decker transportation system is a hallmark of the UC Davis campus.
What is the Unitrans?
These blood vessels are responsible for carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are the arteries?
The AAMC lists 15 of these grouped into Pre-Professional, Thinking and Reasoning, and Science categories which medical schools expect you to demonstrate through your extracurriculars.
What are the Core Competencies?
The boy from Dead Poet's Society who's father wanted him to become a doctor.
Who is Neil Perry?