<p>It's a tradeoff. If you really want to do it, then do it.</p>
<p>But its a forgiveable or understandble tradeoff correct?</p>
<p>That is correct: it is not the case that medical schools automatically reject any candidate who has ever taken a summer course.</p>
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<p>I need to say thank you so much this thread helped me a lot! a lot! a lot!</p>
<p>If a medical school requires 1 year of a subject and the college you are attending is on a quarter system, how many quarters are you required to take of that subject? Thanks!</p>
<p>3 quarters=1 year</p>
<p>thank you!!!</p>
<p>One question, how many hours a day does a typical premed have to study ?</p>
<p>That's like asking "how do you prefer your meat cooked?" Some like medium, some want medium-rare, some prefer well-done, and others don't even eat meat.</p>
<p>It's very variable, but it's generally safe to say you'll be studying more than your business or psych major friends, and more than a good chunk of students in your science classes.</p>
<p>I think its a fair question. Let me go more into detail. How many hours does a student who wants to get into a medical school and who is not a genius have to study ? I dont know how many hours is it is. But do people study like 6 hours a day ?</p>
<p>Same answer.</p>
<p>If you're studying all the time, however, you're doing something wrong.</p>
<p>BDM could you also answer my question. Also how many months of prep for the MCAT is necessary if you did well in your premed classes</p>
<p>GoldShadow's response is 100% correct and totally adequate.</p>
<p>Also, from the very first post on this VERY thread:</p>
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Whether it's too hard: We get a lot of threads on this, and I am afraid that the answer is very simple: nobody else can help you. This varies a great deal from school to school, but more importantly, from person to person. How smart are you? How good was your high school? How good are your study habits now? How good will they be when you enter college? If you think you don't know the answers - and you probably don't - then there is certainly no way any of us could know the answers. Simply put, the members on this board cannot compose a reasonable answer for you.
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<p>do med schools care if you use AP credits to take care of general ed requirements/electives? like ap psych, etc.</p>
<p>Question: I took IB Bio in HS (got a 6 HL) but don't receive credit for it in college. I've already taken the cell biology requirement for premed but I'd rather take a higher level bio course (e.g. genetics) instead of repeating the other semester of intro bio. It's not a prereq course for anything. Would med schools look down on my not taking the two official intro bio courses but instead taking one intro course and one upper-level? Thanks!</p>
<p>You can search this site and find a lot on this subject, The consensus seems to be that you cannot skip a requirement using AP, but you can usually substitute a higher level course for the lower one, mainly when it is your major.</p>
<p>For example, do not skip intro bio and lab and take instead 1 term or botany and 1 term of oceans. Not going to work. As a bio major, skip intro, end up taking anatomy, endocrinology, immunology, and other similar classes and you should be fine, because you are proving you have that lower div course knowledge already.</p>
<p>Will "W's" be calculated in the AMCAS GPA? How severe is a W that I received not because I dropped out but because I CLEPed it? Do med schools see both the AMCAS GPA and your undergrad school calculated GpA or just the AMCAS one?</p>
<p>^ With a "W", there is nothing to be "calculated" into a GPA. It will show up on your AMCAS application, yes, but it doesn't affect your GPA at all. And I'm not sure what CLEP is?</p>
<p>I believe on the first page someone asked if it was wise to take biochem before the MCAT and your reply was that it was not on the MCAT and therefore it would mean rushing through organic chem and general chemistry. I heard that chemistry majors and biochemistry majors hve a higher chance going to Med school, considering that biology is such a large field and is so competitive. My major concentration (though only proposed) is biochemistry, and I was wondering if that is a benefit or a disadvantage. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
-kendra <3</p>
<p>As a chem major, I did everything I could to not take biochem. It didn't hurt me in the least come time for the MCAT.</p>