<p>Heya, I am a incoming freshman and fall will be my 1st semester (not summer or anything). I was wondering how my course load looked. I am a biology/business major on a pre-med track. I am a biology/business major because.....I have no idea what I want to do with my life haha. Anyway, are these courses like on the right track for what I need for pre-med? Also, are any of these courses really hard? Basically am I going to be able to get pretty decent grades? Cause I know I need a good starting gpa for med school. I am a very hard worker when I need to be, but I also would like a little bit of an easier schedule so I can get acclimated to UF and get into clubs and stuff. </p>
<p>Any particular reason you’re taking first year florida? I found it an absolute total waste of time.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I’d say your courseload looks adequate. If you can’t handle it, you’ll probably want to re-evaluate the whole med school thing. Intro Psych is a breeze and if you find CHM2045 hard you’ll never survive the whole premed track. It’s best not to lollygag too much on premed, so that you can have a more flexible schedule later in your career so you have time to research and do other things good to get into medschool. I totally regret not having taken better schedules my first year.</p>
<p>I have no experience about that ancient myth class, it sounds interesting though. I assume you need the Gen Eds.</p>
<p>Thanks for the post! I’ve been away from the internet for awhile. I was just taking first year Florida because my advisor said it would be good for seeing if I wanted to do business, and my girlfriend said it would be an easy A for my gpa, and it would fit me at 15 credits haha. But you think my schedule is pretty good then? Like…if you could go back would you take a schedule like mine…or something harder? I am a pretty hard worker and I am pretty good at the sciences. More at biology then chemistry, but I did well in chemistry in high school (not spectacular, but I pulled off a mid-A). And ya I need a few gen eds, and I am pretty sure the myth one would give me 3 in one of them, I just hope its a easier class. Ya know, not like 100 papers about each myth class haha. I’m pretty clueless when it comes to classes in college. </p>
<p>That’s the magic of drop/add, if you get there and the syllabus makes it seem bad, just drop it and take something less intensive. I registered for cultural anthropology for a diversity credit one semester, showed up the first day and the professor was like “we’re gonna have 5-6 papers and an in depth cultural study with presentations.” As soon as I heard that, I put my notebook in my bag, walked out of the class, and dropped it that evening (My friend took the class, and he had 3 online tests as his only grades).</p>
<p>Ended up in something much nicer.</p>
<p>2045L is the easiest lab at UF in my opinion, it’s 100% follow the directions and get an A. 2045 were all general chemistry concepts which I learned taking 1 year of chem in highschool, easy A while barely attending. I would probably take the schedule you have up there, going above 15 can get stressful. I don’t think Warrington Welcome will really help you decide, but to each his own.</p>
<p>Ooo dang thats true. Ya I want to try and get a earlier chem class during drop/ass cause mine is form 5-6. And I still have to find the lab to add, cause they were all filled (im in the class but not the lab, which I hear is common). and ya i am gonna see how many paper’s the greeks class is, I dont mind writing a lot of papers just…not long papers haha. Ill check out warrington welcome, if its a BS class i just have to sit threw I may as well just knock it out for a easy credit, but if it doesent interest me Ill just switch to the normal UF welcome or something just so I can get that 15. </p>
<p>If you have any other advice its always appreciated. But you’ve given me a lot already! Thanks a lot! I’m moving in the 18th…along with every other freshman haha, and I am gonna try and get ahead of the game as soon as I am up there.</p>
<p>I think if you are a business major you MUST take warrington welcome? or its advised? I teach first year florida classes and depending on the people who teach it, it will be easy! Just some busy work but nothing terrible. its pretty good for networking. especially if youre in a more specific section (like warrington welcome). </p>
<p>You could always take Science for Life (1 credit) if youre interested in research? </p>
<p>May be not your 1st semester if you want to test the waters as to how youll handle UF but it doesnt seem like that difficult of a course. </p>
<p>Its a great program and from what I have heard from my fellow pre-health friends who took the class it’s very doable. You can even end up getting a research assistantship with a Prof! And later on do your own research under the profs supervision and win awards, etc. </p>
<p>Also, as someone who is applyign to professional schools now I would recommend taking Gen eds that are easy but will also fulfill any of the needed courses for med school.<br>
Psych is great! Keep that for sure.
May be a Sociology course? I would recommend Medical Sociology (SO easy if Chuck Peek teaches it)
How about your english courses? If you APed out of them I would still talk to a Prehealth advisor or contact a med school you might want to attend in the future to see if they’ll be ok with you APing out of those english comp courses. </p>
<p>Good luck with your pre-health career or w/e you choose! =)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice sobe! I’m going to try to meet an advisor when I get up to Gainesville to talk about what I still need to do for medical schools. That’s definitely a course I will consider too! If not the first semester, probably later on. But ya, I have a lot of work to do when I get up there figuring out what gen eds I should look into more thoroughly for professional schools. I will probably keep psych, i’ve heard from a few people it would be a good course for me. Thanks for all the info!</p>
<p>And sorry sunstriker! haha. I have been so lazy this summer, I am just starting to get back into school mode.</p>
<p>professors tend to be much better advisors than the advisors in advising. i’m not sure if that applies for medical school because you’re probably not going to meet any doctors your first year.</p>
<p>if you have any other professors you like who might know something, dont hesitate to approach them.</p>
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