Gap Year?

<p>I am almost finished with my freshman year of college, and have decided that i definitely want to apply to med school, as a nutrition major. I did not, however, take any pre-req science courses this year since I was unsure if I would pursue a pre-health track. My main reason for not wanting to originally was the restricting nature of the premed track (Not being able to go abroad, take a variety of non-science liberal arts classes...)
I have tried to work out several possibilities for graduating on time and this seems to be the best option:</p>

<p>Sophomore year: Gen Bio, Gen Chem, calculus summer :physics
Junior Year: Organic Chem, Mcats (Go abroad to Australia during winter session)
* winter session= 3 weeks (could interfere with MCAT prep)
Senior Year - Nutrition major reqs</p>

<p>My other option is to take a gap year and spend a semester in Australia, as opposed to the winter session. Then my plan would be:
Sophomore year: Gen Bio, Gen Chem summer: physics
Junior year fall:Australia (some nutrition reqs)
Junior spring: calc, Gen eds
Senior year: organic chem
Gap Year: Mcats</p>

<p>Any opinions on which plan is preferable to Medical schools or which is more logical?
Is my dream of going to Australia not feasible with the late start on premed?</p>