<p>i am thinking of my pre med schedule for freshmen year in college. </p>
<p>for some reason, looks like i have to put these 3 courses together, so i will have room for other classes later. </p>
<p>But, i am afraid of the heavy course load: 3 classes same time!!</p>
<p>well, anyone care to share experience/advice?? is it doable??</p>
<p>and another side question: how usual for pre med students to take 6 classes a semester?? </p>
<p>thanks loads!! :)</p>
<p>Somebody may say that it all depends on your own capability. But I am a big fan of spreading the workload relatively evenly among multiple years (maybe somewhat too extreme on this ;-)), unless you are going to get BS/MS in 4 years or something like that.</p>
<p>Also it depends on the caliber of your academic strength as compared to your fellow premed students. For many students, it was advised by many CC members here to be on the safe side, especially in freshmen. </p>
<p>Always remember this: Suppose that all the students in your class in college are from the top 2 percent of their high school class. At the end of your first year, some students who used to be the top 2 percents of his/her HS class have to be in the bottom 20 percents of your class in college. It is a virtue to be on the “humble” side at the beginning of your college career.</p>
<p>this topic is kind of beating a dead horse. But, some people can do it, some people wouldn’t be able to handle it. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend it as a freshman. You don’t really know how well you’ll manage college courseloads. And there’s not much reason to rush. Why not do bio + chem as a freshman and organic + physics the next year? </p>
<p>SIX classes a semester? It depends on the school… at my school, where classes are 4 credits each (a lab is 1), we can only take 4 classes. Taking 5 would be slow painful death, 6 would just not be possible (not only for personal sanity, but it would also create scheduling conflict). So that really depends on if you go to a school where taking more than 4 is the norm.</p>
<p>You just have to be careful not to take on too much. Give yourself a semester to adapt and adjust. mcat2 is exactly right–you are in a much bigger pond in college. Sure, maybe it will be a breeze for you. But at least give yourself time to figure that out. Last thing you want is to crash&burn.</p>
<p>Plus, there are other aspects of college beside classes. You want time to join clubs, explore interests, do volunteering/clinical/med school related ECs. And, you know, MAYBE have a social life?</p>