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Explain under grad and what it is?
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Erik’s Answer
Hey Daniela,
So, undergrad is the common next step after high-school. Students usually go there to learn more about his/her desired career. The individual usually chooses a major/minor, which is the route that he/she will be focusing on. Depending on the college/university that you enroll in, there will be a variety of other courses that you will have to take (they will not necessarily correlate to your major/minor). There will be a set amount of credit hours (achieved by completing courses, which each are worth a certain amount of credit hours) required to graduate. You can obviously add majors/minors depending on how heavy/light you think your course load is. If you are also wondering whether or not an undergraduate degree is worth it; the answer is, it depends. Typically, the more complex the career you are looking for is, the higher the degree they are looking for in their employees (a doctor needs another ~decade of studying about high-school, for example). On the other hand, if you want to become a hair dresser, college would just be a waste of your money. I hope that this helped you out.
Sincerely,
Erik Melekh.
So, undergrad is the common next step after high-school. Students usually go there to learn more about his/her desired career. The individual usually chooses a major/minor, which is the route that he/she will be focusing on. Depending on the college/university that you enroll in, there will be a variety of other courses that you will have to take (they will not necessarily correlate to your major/minor). There will be a set amount of credit hours (achieved by completing courses, which each are worth a certain amount of credit hours) required to graduate. You can obviously add majors/minors depending on how heavy/light you think your course load is. If you are also wondering whether or not an undergraduate degree is worth it; the answer is, it depends. Typically, the more complex the career you are looking for is, the higher the degree they are looking for in their employees (a doctor needs another ~decade of studying about high-school, for example). On the other hand, if you want to become a hair dresser, college would just be a waste of your money. I hope that this helped you out.
Sincerely,
Erik Melekh.
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Yasemin’s Answer
Hi Daniela! So undergrad, short for undergraduate is defined as a student who attends a university after completion of high school. You select a major in the college/university you attend and take classes in that major. If someone says they are an undergrad, it means they are attending a university/college and attaining a bachelor's in a specific major of their choice. For someone who wants to pursue the medical field, you usually select a major in the sciences, like biology, biochemistry, psychology, or chemistry but honestly you can be any major and apply to medical school. The key difference is that you are undergrad but also a premedical student and will take certain courses required for the MCAT (medical college admissions tests for medical schools, like SAT for college) and for medical school. You must complete them before graduating from university.
Best of luck!
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