<p>I know it might vary, but what is the norm? 4 classes, 5 classes? If it helps, I am a pre-med and I do not want to take more than one science for the first two semesters. Thanks!</p>
<p>Arts & Sciences students take 4 courses most semesters, but 34 credits are needed to graduate, so either two semesters of 5 credits or some AP credits are needed.
Engineers need more credits (and the curriculum is generally harder.)</p>
<p>My son was saying that on tufts Facebook page kids were saying that even though your advisor tells you to take 4 you should still take 5 because if it’s too hard you can drop it since the drop period for freshman is very generous. This way you can see how much you can handle. Don’t know what the right answer would be. I think maybe it depends on dificulty of your classes. But they also told us that you should not take more then 1 lab course per semester. I don’t see how a premed can get all the science classes in before they have to take meats this way. When I went to college (in the stone age) I took 6 courses per semester 3 or 4 of them being lab sciences.</p>
<p>If you’re a premed non-science major, it’s fairly straightforward to do that:</p>
<p>Sem 1: Chem 1
Sem 2: Chem 2
Sem 3: Chem 51/53 (orgo + lab), Bio 13
Sem 4: Chem 52/54 (orgo + lab), Bio 14
Sem 5: Physics 1, Bio 41 (genetics)
Sem 6: Physics 2, Bio 152 (biochem)</p>
<p>That should satisfy the science prereq requirements for basically any medical school (except Texas). You’ll still have to take the math/English/other requirements too of course. It is of course just a sample; there are plenty of alterations you can make to it.</p>
<p>thankyou everyone. one more question: for someone who has taken calculus and done well in it, but not at the AP level, what math would you start off with?</p>
<p>Probably Math 36 (Applied [Engineering] Calculus II) or Math 32 (Calculus I). The former you can get into via placement test during orientation, but I don’t think you can get into the standard Calculus II (Math 34) or above classes without official AP credit.</p>
<p>Again, thank you. One last question (really): I want to take chemistry my first two semesters because I like it and haven’t taken it in a while. I have more experience in biology and applied as a biology major, but might want to put biology on hold since I’ve taken the Honors and AP level courses and anatomy over the last two years. Is this a wise option? Thanks.</p>