<p>I would not play football and be premed. </p>
<p>I have only known one football player who went to med school, and he rarely had play time (so no “recovery time”), and he had to do a Glide Year, since he couldn’t interview during senior year. </p>
<p>I don’t think that there is some huge semester vs quarter system advantage. Quarter system classes are “faster” which could mean doing poorly in those semesters. You can’t take all easy classes during fall quarters unless your chosen major is a light one. </p>
<p>What would your major be?</p>
<p>What are football players expected to do during the “off season”? How much time is required for weightlifting and conditioning? How many hours per day/week does all that take? </p>
<p>During the year that my son took OChem, he only worked TWO hours a week…and that was on Friday afternoons. He wanted to make sure that he could focus on those classes and get A’s, which he did. He graduated from college with a 3.99 GPA (one A- in Spanish) and a 4.0 BCMP GPA. He was a high stats high school student with an excellent foundation.</p>
<p>My son loves sports and did do intramurals to fill that “love”, but obviously, that anywhere close to being demanding like playing a D1, 2, or 3 sport.</p>
<p>Being a premed student is tough. It is especially tough if you’re at a school where your test scores are below most of your premed classmates. Those students will be much stronger than you are and are more likely going to grab the A’s. </p>