<p>i’m definitely ■■■■■■■■ when it comes to college academics stuff, so please explain the following to me:</p>
<li><p>we need 120 hours for wustl. so that’s about 30 hours a year, 15 a semester. does that mean most students take about 5 classes a semester, given that each course grants 3 credits? </p></li>
<li><p>speaking of courses, they’re semester long right? not the highschool year long courses?</p></li>
<li><p>is/has anyone in/been in the medicine/society program? i want to study medicine, and i was wondering if this program will be beneficial in terms of learning a lot about health policy and getting me into med. school.</p></li>
<li><p>is double/triple/quadruple…majoring/minoring worth it in terms of getting into medical school? i’ve always been interested in natural sciences, economics, and spanish, and i just want to know if majoring in all three is necessary to present an attractive resume to a med school.</p></li>
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<p>if you are going to do a dual-degree program--not as same as double majoring--you have to have 90/150 credits from the artsci and fulfill the requirements for the other major. This usually takes about five years, depending on the number of AP and/or transfer credits u get.
(you get two bachelars degrees)
double majoring, you just need to do 120 units and fulfill the req. for both majors.</p>
<p>-most classes are 3 units, some like physics and bio are 4 unit credits.</p>
<p>-plus, you can take up to one class per semester as Pass/Fail</p>
<p>For pre-med at WashU, in fact it'd probably be better not to triple major...it'd be very hard to fit all those courses in plus the pre-med classes (unless one of your majors is biology), and it'd likely be extremely challenging, as WashU pre-med courses are notoriously difficult. A double major might be more manageable, but even then, a single major is just fine for those wanting to go to medical school.</p>
<p>yes, i was absolutely joking when i went up to the triple/quadruples. i wasn't even planning on double majoring. but thanks for the input about pre-med courses being "notoriously difficult." i think i have a skewed view of the laidbackness of washu, so i should probably be more realistic.</p>