<p>I'll be starting my first semester at UF in the fall and I'm thinking about taking these classes:</p>
<p>CHM 2047/2047 L-One-Semester General Chemistry & Lab
MAC 2313-Analytic Geometry & Calculus 3
CLP 3144-Abnormal Psychology
ENC 2210-Technical Writing</p>
<p>I want to go on a pre-med track, majoring in chemistry and possibly adding another major in psychology, if not, a minor. Is this too much of a course load? Should I take another class? Any suggestions?</p>
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<p>Double majoring in biology and psych is easier (some of the psych classes count as electives for bio), but chem and psych should be doable if you have enough credits and do 1 or 2 summers. </p>
<p>Make sure you are double majoring because of your own interest and not to impress the ADCOMs. They dont care about double majors. The free time from not doubling can be used to do research/volunteering/shadowing/leadership type stuff. </p>
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<p>There is no minor in psych at UF. </p>
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<p>You obviously have the background if you are starting with those classes, so it shouldnt be that bad. Abnormal is mostly reading. Calc 3 is one of the easier ones (from what I have heard). </p>
<p>Are you doing “pure” chemistry major or the chem major with biochemistry concentration?</p>
<p>I was planning on doing I guess the “pure” chemistry one, although I do need to take a biochemistry class for med school. But, yeah I have fallen in love with both subjects since the day I took their honors and AP courses at my school. That’s why I want to double major. Thanks for your input ASMAJ! It is well appreciated!</p>
<p>To me, this looks like a perfectly fine schedule - nothing too difficult but enough to keep you busy in your first semester. </p>
<p>Also, I fully agree with what ASMAJ said about double majoring.</p>
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<p>Not sure if the rules have changed, but you are required to take the one through the chem dept. However, the one through the med school is so much more relevant for medical school. I know people that take both, so if you have time in your last semester, I recommend it.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~jds2/chm3218/[/url]”>http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~jds2/chm3218/</a>
<a href=“http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~lyons/[/url]”>http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~lyons/</a>
<a href=“http://biochem.med.ufl.edu/coursetemp.php?cid=29[/url]”>http://biochem.med.ufl.edu/coursetemp.php?cid=29</a></p>
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<p>If anything it’s too little. I recall taking 18 credits a semester my first year and it wasn’t too bad. I slowed down to 12-15 when I hit my upper division courses because those were more time consuming.</p>
<p>Do the math. Assuming you didn’t come in with that many AP credits, 120 credit hours will take 5 years if you only take 12 credits a semester. Every degree at UF is 4 years, but people too often take the minimum to remain full time.</p>
<p>its alright if you take classes in summer…taking 12 credits everytime and 2 classes in summer is like taking just 15 credit semesters (and in my opinion makes life easier)</p>
<p>some people like me are actually too scared to take 18 credits a semester ;]</p>
<p>anyway i am on track …but i havent had a break longer than 2 weeks in 2 years =O
whatever floats your boat i guess.</p>
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<p>Thats fine. The most I have ever taken was 16, but I averaged 14/15 per semester.</p>
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<p>Well I know such a path in engineering would be a death sentence because you wouldn’t get any internship experience. I have two problems with this strategy though:</p>
<p>1) Bright futures doesn’t pay summers
2) Your opportunities for research/volunteering are limited to Gainesville. There are many places you can gain experience in pre-med across the country. REU’s are a fairly popular way to get research experience and schools around the country sponsor them.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was planning on taking some of the courses over the summer, as well. I guess I’ll be fine with these classes. I just felt like making sure because I’m going to Preview in July and I want to have an idea of what to pick because I have heard it is very stressful and rushed. Thanks everyone for the advice.</p>
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<p>You schedule wont go over well with the preview adviser people. They tend to recommend really easy schedules starting off. You might have to be persistent with them.</p>
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<p>…but to add, staying in a group for a long time can really pay off when its time to ask for recommendations and for publications. There are a lot of PI’s looking for the free labor. You can also do USP if you want to get paid doing it.</p>
<p>i dont think his schedule is that bad…only 2 harder classes
and he has already placed out of calc1/2 so calc3 seems like next step…and it doesnt build onto calc2 very much so no point in taking calc2 to prepare.</p>
<p>That won’t be a problem, there’s no way I’m retaking classes that I worked my butt off in high school to get 5’s on those exams. I’ll reason with them lol.</p>
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<p>They will count abnormal as an upper level class, so that would make 3. I also took a 3000 level psych fall freshmen year and they were trying to convince me not to take it.</p>
<p>My schedule is very very similar to what you want. I think the only thing they will not like at preview is calc3, but if you’re firm with them and tell them that you are confident in your ability of the subject, they can’t deny you access to the class.</p>