<p>I feel like I may or may not be behind, so I am looking for some insight. I will have a meeting with an adviser sometime but I wanted to know what you all thought as well.</p>
<p>I am a freshman, and for my first semester the only pre-med class I have taken is biology. Next semester I will take the next biology. However, because I was not able to get into a general chemistry class this semester, I have to wait until next year to do that (or take it in the summer) since only organic chemistry is offered in the spring, not gen chem.</p>
<p>I understand that the MCAT is usually taken as a Junior(?) - Will I be behind on this schedule?</p>
<p>Sophmore:
-Gen chem 1 first semester, orgo 1 second semester</p>
<p>Junior:
-Gen chem 2 1st semester, orgo 2 second semester</p>
<p>Since I live close to my college, should I try to take gen chem 1 and orgo this summer so that I can take gen chem 2 and orgo 2 as a sophmore? Or should I use the summer to take another premed requirement (or other non-premed class) such as physics?</p>
<p>You should make sure that you can actually take Orgo 1 before completing Gen Chem 2.</p>
<p>If I’m reading your post, correctly, I’ve never seen a school who does only Gen Chem in the Fall and only Orgo in the spring. Most people will do:</p>
<p>1st year:
Fall- Gen Chem 1, Spring - Gen Chem 2
2nd year:
Fall - Orgo 1, Spring - Orgo 2</p>
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<p>But anyway, if the only way you can do it, is what you listed, then it’ll have to do. It’s generally recommended that if you do coursework over the summer that you do non-pre-med required courses. </p>
<p>However, if you plan on taking the MCAT in the Spring of your Junior year(I actually did mine in January), I would hate to be taking Orgo, Physics, and other major requirements AND studying for the MCAT all during that semester. If you can time manage all of that, then you will be fine with your current schedule. Otherwise I don’t think having one pre-med required course during the summer will be as big of a detriment as not being able to adequately prepare for the MCAT.</p>