<p>Hi All!</p>
<p>I'm currently a high school senior and (as of now) I want to major in biochem when I go to college and potentially become a doctor. However, I've heard that a lot of premed students are unable to study abroad because they have to take a lot of prereq courses plus the MCATs in junior year... is this true? or does it just depend on which college you go to?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I had a friend who went into medicine and he got to study abroad so I guess it depends if you can balance all the work it takes to get in to med school.</p>
<p>Just wondering- which school did he go to?</p>
<p>I majored in biochem and went straight to medical school from college. I had no problem doing a study abroad. There are always the summer ones if you can’t fit it otherwise. You don’t have to apply your junior year either if it comes to that.</p>
<p>thanks mmmcdowe!
how long was your study abroad? and what do you mean by “you don’t have to apply your junior year”?</p>
<p>I mean you can always apply later. For example, you could apply during your senior year and then have a year to work, do research, etc. I studied abroad for a semester.</p>
<p>Thanks!
Did you study abroad during sophomore year? and do you know if it’s more difficult to study abroad as a biochem major depending on which school you go to?</p>
<p>I imagine that it is not really harder or easier from school to school. Sure there will be some variance, but at the sophomore level you are typically still getting through the more abundant courses like O-chem and what not. I studied abroad Sophomore year yes.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Chillax, if studying abroad is important to you there is no reason why you can’t do it. If anything, it is easier for a pre-med science major to do it than a nonscience pre-med student because the pre-reqs fit into your normal courseload.</p>
<p>Sorry I’m not sure what you mean by “the more abundant courses” and “the pre-reqs fit into your normal courseload”… I’m looking into studying abroad in Japan but most of the programs don’t offer science-related courses, so how would that they help fulflil my pre-reqs?</p>
<p>You misunderstand. Sophomore year is a good time to go because you are still taking lower level courses mostly that tend to have multiple time slots. Because of this, they are easier to maneuver and/or cram into a schedule to compensate for study abroad. As far as the pre-reqs thing, I am saying that because you aren’t taking 8 additional courses (because gen chem bio etc are part of your biochemistry curriculum) like an english major would need to, being a biochemistry pre-med doesn’t really make it that much harder to study abroad than a straight up biochemistry major.</p>