<p>...instead of four. Is anyone doing this or has thought of it? Is finishing one year earlier really worth all of the work and stress it would cause? </p>
<p>--thanks</p>
<p>i'm finishing my math major in 3 years hopefully. it's definitely worth the 25,000 i'm going to save. but i have a LOT of my math done already and many ap credits, so it's pretty easy for me.</p>
<p>How will you save 25,000 by finishing in 3 years? I mean you'll save a year of living expenses (food, housing, etc) but wouldn't you still be paying the same amount of tuition?</p>
<p>no. you pay tuition by year. so i just don't have to pay for a fourth year.</p>
<p>It is worth the money saved since medical school tuition fees are high. But this question depends on your major. Pre-med is not a major, so just because you finished your pre-requisites, it doesn't mean you can graduate. You have to finish your major requirements before you graduate.</p>
<p>So, if you can finish your major requirements and med school requirements in three years, it's well worth the money saved. Of course, this is based on the assumption that you get into medical school and the money you save will be used to pay for med school.</p>
<p>go to school year round and it can be done. TheRighteous is right, pre-med only applies to the requirements to apply to med school. so as long as you finish those prerequisites, you can apply to med school, no matter what major you are (math, english, art, or the ever popular bio/chem major).</p>
<p>sorry for my wording, but i said pre-med just to make it more clear that one would be going to med school after. by pre-med i mean both pre-med prereqs and major reqs. i know it can be done in 3 years, but will it be really stressful? i know pre-med is already stressful as it is, but trying to cram it all in 3 years seems like an early death....i've always said i'd be doing that but now i'm reconsidering sticking to the four-year plan</p>
<p>as a freshman bio major, i'm just going to say that starting at ground zero, if you're willing to work hard (aka no social life type of working hard), i think it can be done. i came in with very little units, started at the beginning of all pre-med requirements (aka, general chem, calculus I, etc.)...i should be done with those at the end of next year since i'm doubling and tripling up on sciences every quarter. i haven't gone out much (and consequently my social life sucks) but everyone is envious of my grades. and if all goes well, i can graduate in 3 years. because of inevitable scheduling issues, accounting for those, it'll be 3 years and 1-2 quarters. but this also means i'm taking some GEs over the summer too...</p>
<p>main point: if you're premed and want to graduate in 3 years but start out with few AP credits, prepare to have no social life. no social life meaning, you go watch a movie or two a week and that's it.</p>
<p>It helps a lot to have AP/IB/CC credit and also to be in an easy college (Muir/Warren).</p>
<p>ucsdhopeful...which college are you in?</p>
<p>thanks to all who replied! i'm going to muir and i don't have many AP classes going into it so i think i may take some cc courses this summer and still try 3 years...it does mean saving money and also one year of salary..thanks for the input :)</p>
<p>yeahh i think you shouldnt have any problem, especially since you are in MUIR...i envy you...im in ERC</p>
<p>I'm in Muir and I tried making a three-year schedule and managed to fit all GE/major reqs into it, but I counted the units and it amounts to 151 units. </p>
<p>Doesn't Muir require at least 180 units to graduate?
Do I have to take electives to fulfill those units and graduate even though I've finished my major and GE requirements? My major is general bio.</p>
<p>Well...you probably won't have a live in college, and then no life after college...and then you'll be old and pruny when you finish school ^_^.</p>
<p>These are times to enjoy life and a new sense of freedom!</p>
<p>eh...that's just my outlook on it, though...</p>
<p>The negative side of graduating early is that you will have one less year to do research and participate in anything else you want. If you feel satisfied with your volunteering and research at the end of your second year...No problem, graduate early. But you have to understand you will be competing with people who have an extra year to pad their application.</p>
<p>"Doesn't Muir require at least 180 units to graduate?
Do I have to take electives to fulfill those units and graduate even though I've finished my major and GE requirements? My major is general bio."</p>
<p>Yes. I might need to take one or two classes extra to meet the unit requirement.</p>
<p>to answer the question above, I'm in Muir.</p>
<p>It's almost impossible for me to graduate in 3 years and expect to go to med school, as I'd be studying all day and all night with no extracurriculars and no "personal development" if you know what I mean. I'd also have to take my MCATs by next summer, reducing the time for summer internships/jobs/research and the opportunity to get great LoRs, as roflkeke mentions. 3.5 years + half year of work/research may be more beneficial, if you want to save money on tuition</p>
<p>ohhh okay so 3 years is out of the questions...thanks you guys</p>
<p>but the 180 req. means that I will have to take 7 extra classes??
Ucsdhopeful, are you experiencing this since you're in Muir? thanks</p>
<p>don't know about that.</p>
<p>i just need to average 15-16 units/quarter for a while. i'll throw in some random classes to make that requirement like i think i have to. there's some upper division class requirement too so looks like the "random classes" i have to take will have to be UD</p>
<p>yeah, I read that as well. 18 units, but my major is only 13 UD >_< thanks!</p>
<p>Could anyone give a guideline on how exactly you can finish pre-med in 3 years? I'm interested in pre-dental but would also like to look at pre-med.</p>