<p>well I'm in the process of registering for classes for my freshman year at UGA...here's how it looks now...oh yea I'm a Psychology/pre-med major</p>
<p>MATH1113 (math is my weakness so I'm doing precal instead of cal)
PSYC1101 (intro Psychology)
Freshman Seminar
Poli Sci 1101
Portuguese1001 (I have to take 3 semesters to satisfy my Psych requirements)</p>
<p>Total: 14hrs</p>
<p>now here's what I'm thinking about changing it to</p>
<p>MATH1113
CHEM1211+lab (freshman chem...the weed-out course)
Freshman Seminar
Portuguese
PSYC1101</p>
<p>Total 15hrs</p>
<p>I didn't really want to take both chem and math 1st semester of my freshman year because I'm not so good in math...but math1113 is a corequisite/prerequisite for chem1211...so I may have to take calc over the summer to graduate on time if I choose to wait until 2nd semester to take chem...</p>
<p>help por favor...thanks...my advisor wasn't really helpful</p>
<p>A theme I've tried to emphasize throughout threads like this is that other people simply can't help you pick courses like this. But let's try to do the best we can anyway.</p>
<p>1.) You want to have 1 year of physics, biology and 2 of chemistry under your belt by the end of your junior year for MCAT purposes. There are probably several dozen different ways you could orient this.</p>
<p>Additional Complications: Math is very important in all of these subjects, so you will probably need to take at least up through Calc II to be able to do them. Physics is probably not crucial before the MCAT if you had a strong background in high school, and extra biology wouldn't be a bad idea either. Of course, you do have to take Physics at some point, and you should bear in mind that your bio courses need labs associated with them. If you can take all these classes in your first two years, it puts you in an advantageous position regarding MCAT timing, but that may change given the new MCAT test administrations. Finally, a strong compositional background in English is also a very good idea. Do you see how this is already too much information for anybody else to help you with?</p>
<p>If you have very specific questions in this area, other could perhaps be of assistance, but in terms of helping you "pick a schedule", there are simply too many variables regarding your own personality and your school's requirements.</p>
<p>2.) You don't want to do this in a manner that jeopardizes your grades, your ability to graduate, or your psychiatric stability (what BRM would call a "social life"). On this, other people simply cannot help you. We have no idea whether this is too hard for you. We have no idea whether it's too easy. We have no idea how much extra time you're going to have to spend doing this stuff. Ultimately, you are simply going to have to make this decision on your own and run the risk that you are wrong.</p>
<p>3.) Now, amidst all that chaos, I will also say this. It is extremely hard to do things wrongly. This is meant to be a comforting note. If push comes to shove, you can always take a class slightly off in terms of when it's "normally" done. You have plenty of classes in college, and plenty of time to fit these in as best as you can. Just make sure to get these classes in by the time you graduate and study well for the MCAT, and there are a plethora of different orders you can do these in and still be fine. If you discover you're in over your head, make adjustments to your future schedule - one C won't harm you.</p>
<p>someone please comment on my schedule too,...</p>
<p>Classical Archaeology (HIST):Ancient cities.
Intro to Jazz.
Intro to Psch (101)
Intro Bio + Lab.
Calc II</p>
<p>I am so confused,..Because I am mostly a math and science guy, I am not used to taking too many humanities courses...(Does this look like a too 'non sciency' schedule, or is it alright.)</p>
<p>Also, is taking too many humanities courses bad for a premed science major,..(I can't help it.,..my school has too many humanities requirements)</p>
<p>Another ques. I got a high enough score to place out of two semesters writing requirement. Now, I remember some admission reqs. for a bunch of top med schools included two semester of Expository writing, or English courses...would placing out of these basic writing courses (which my school is making me do by the way) look bad on my app?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>My goodness. Okay.</p>
<p>1.) If your school needs you to take humanities, then goodness! Take them! If you're required, then fill the requirements.</p>
<p>2.) The only reason it would be bad is if:
(a) You can't complete your premedical requirements before you graduate
(b) it makes you miserable
(c) It interferes with your ability to complete your major</p>
<p>Besides that, there's nothing wrong with humanities classes.</p>
<p>3.) Yes, medical schools require English courses, and NO, they don't take AP credit (with some exceptions). You need to take a year of English.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice lol. We're just anxious and not wanting to make some huge error that would effect med school admission...you know how competitive America has gotten...especially our generation...and it gets worse year after year</p>
<p>but yea I totally understand that it's pretty much all up to me</p>
<p>Thanks again BDM! </p>
<p>I know I can count on you experienced premed gurus.</p>