<p>I am planning directly starting as a sophomore next year, but I want to go to medical school...do med schools look down on you when you only graduate in three years?</p>
<p>And is it possible to take Physics, ORgo and Bio in the same year and still have a 4.0?</p>
<p>Aikomidori, it is possible to graduate in three years if you have sufficient AP credits. A student can easily take 32 credits/year and 120 are required to graduate. If you come in with 20 credits for AP Math BC, Physics C etc..., you only need to take 100 credits in 3 years, which is manageable. </p>
<p>As for taking Physics, Orgo and Bio in the same year, why not? Just make sure you don't take them all in the same semester. Pace yourself young lady! Remember, college should be fun too. I recommend taking two tough classes at the most each semester and always take at least one easy class each semester to offset the tough ones.</p>
<p>Oh okay then thanks!!! I have about 38 credits according to the website (12 Ap's)</p>
<p>but wait, will med schools look down on you if you do that????? and how many classes can you take in a semester anyway???</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Holy shnikies! Well, that would mean that you need to average slightly under 14 credits per semester to graduate in 3 years. I seriously recommend you stick to that and maintain as high a GPA as possible. Take one or two challenging course(s) each term, but you have the luxury of not having to cram too much all at once. Since you are premed, you obviously want to ace your Biology and Chemistry classes, so when it comes to Orgo (or any other notoriously tough class) take it with three other easy classes that way you can do well.</p>
<p>can I take all the pre-med and MCAT (indirectly) courses in my sophomore year...and still have a 4.0</p>
<p>and will med schools not like my graduating in three years???</p>
<p>Why would you want to take all your MCAT courses in your Sophomore year? Why not spread them out over your Sophomore and Junior years? </p>
<p>Medical schools will not mind whether you graduate in three or four years. However, it helps if you work a little, either in research or in a hospital while you are in college.</p>
<p>^okay thanks!!!</p>
<p>I wanted to do it in the sophomore year because I want to take the MCAT's before junior year starts....</p>
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Oh okay then thanks!!! I have about 38 credits according to the website (12 Ap's)</p>
<p>but wait, will med schools look down on you if you do that????? and how many classes can you take in a semester anyway???</p>
<p>thanks
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<p>Unfortunately it's not as simple as that. Just having x credits doesn't necessarily mean they're going to be useful toward your major. It's likely that some of them are just meaningless 'departamental' credit. I suggest you look at the requirements necessary for the major and see if it's possible to meet them in 3 years, and how many credits that translates to per semester.</p>
<p>You're very, very likely to be taking at least about 17 credits per semester, however.</p>
<p>^ is that a good thing or a bad thing..I can't tell from your post :o</p>
<p>i assume you are planning to do this at Umich</p>
<p>Graduating in 3 years and applying to medical school to start right after college will be quite difficult, for reasons other than the ability to graduate with all the prerequisites. Consider:
1. Under that scheme, you will need to take the MCAT in April or May just after your second year (you start the applications during the summer before your final year), so you will have to have had a year of bio, ogranic chem and physics done by then to be ready.
2. You will be applying with only two years of college grades to show the medical schools. Some may not see that as enough.
3. In addition to all the courses in your first two years, you'll need some physician shadowing, research, and volunteering to round out your application. You'll have to do that in those first two years, while taking quite a course load.
4. You'll be interviewing (hopefully) in the fall of your third year. You won't be quite as mature as the other candidates. Will you interview well? Also, the interview semester involves a lot of days away from school, and you'll be in the midst of a very rigorous schedule. </p>
<p>My suggestion (having watched my son go through the application process): Either take four years and spread this all out, or graduate in three, but take a year off to do some research or medical related job and apply during that year off. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I am going to be living with my parents and my father knows a lot of physicians that I could shadow :D</p>
<p>whats the rush?
enjoy life and do it in 4.</p>
<p>I agree with blackpen, what's the rush? Man I wish I could go back to college! LOL!</p>
<p>my father is making me :o</p>
<p>I see. Well, that's ok. He will lose track of time. You just attend to your classes and do the best you can. If it takes you an extra term or two, so be it.</p>
<p>I am really considering not doing after seeing the long posting here....:(...</p>
<p>What do you mean?</p>
<p>the post by Mythreesons...</p>
<p>Aikomidori:</p>
<p>The point of my post was just to alert to to the fact that applying to medical school is a complex process, and trying to get everything ready to apply after two years, so you can go to medical school after graduating in three years, involves more than just taking the necessary classes to graduate. I'm sure people have done it successfully, but it's not easy. </p>
<p>Keep an open mind. When to get to campus, search out the pre-medical advisors and talk to one about this. They will know more than posters here. Also, when you get to campus, you could even contact the admissions staff at U of M medical school and see if they have any advice on graduating in 3 years. Some admissions staff people will talk to undergraduates, some won't.
Just keep an open mind and keep asking questions!</p>