<p>SEW, there's no possible way any of us could know whether you're able to handle it. That depends wildly on what your school is like, what your high school was like, and how smart/capable you are - none of which any of us can really know, even if you tell us. That's why these threads are getting so few useful responses: because they're impossible to really answer.</p>
<p>NCG can tell you what's normal, and people can go back and forth about it, but when push comes to shove, the question is, "What can you handle?" And there's simply no way for anybody else to know that.</p>
<p>For whatever it's worth, by the way, NCG, kids at my school tend to be in between what you describe and what the OP has listed - one semester of bio during freshman year.</p>
<p>I think that looks okay. Is there any way you can talk to other older pre-meds at your school and see what they took freshman year, to see what the norm is for your school? Because it varies from school to school.</p>
<p>Chemistry I with Lab - 4 cr
Biology I with Lab - 4 cr
English - 3 cr
Calculus I - 4 cr</p>
<p>My question is can YOU handle it?
Im going to try to finish my premed courses as soon as possible and push out the easy but time consuming classes like art and PE until my junior/senior year.</p>
<p>what's a typical schedule for pre-meds over 3 years?
I'm thinking something along the lines of... </p>
<p>Frosh:
Chem I and II
Calc I and II (though only 16 medical schools require Calculus, and even fewer require 2 semesters; Harvard med school requires 2 semesters)
Bio I and II</p>
<p>Soph:
English course I (required by 80 medical schools)
Organic Chem I and II</p>
<p>Junior:
English course II
Biochem (required by 12 medical schools)
Physics I and II</p>
<p>Does this look swell to everyone else? I personally plan to finish the pre-med requirements in 3 years, rather that squeeze it into 2 or 2.5, especially since the MCAT is going to be computerized and offered more in the coming year.</p>
<p>Dazed: we're in the same boat, except I'm still trying to figure out if I should go for law school or medical school. Isn't the amount of time eaten up by the lab annoying? I had the biggest headache trying to fit it in.</p>
<p>Since everyone is so schedule crazed I will post the one I just had for frosh year. It was hell, I had no time for anything and thought many times of quitting</p>
<p>1st Sem:
Academic Writing (4 credits)
Calculus I (4 Credits)
Chemistry I w/Lab (4 Credits)
Biology I w/Lab (4 Credits)
Orientation to Engineering (1 credit)
Computer Programming w/Lab (2 Credits) (This course took more time than any other course and it was definitely not worth it)</p>
<p>2nd Sem
Calculus II (4 credits)
Biology II w/ Lab (4 Credits)
Chemistry II w/Lab (4 Credits) (This class was very hard since my university is known for making chemistry II the weed out class for pre-med, it killed my gpa since I could barely pull a B-)
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (3 credits) (This class is engineering hence the problems set due each week took about 20 hours total to do, oh what fun) </p>
<p>So as you can see this schedule was packed. Although second semester looked lighter, it was much much harder. I had no time both semesters for much of anything other than studying and watching basketball, thats it. My recommendation is this, if you don't have to bunch things don't, spread it all out.</p>
<p>The worse part next year I have an even more packed schedule all because my major requires that I complete my pre-med stuff in 2 year in addition to doing my other classes.</p>
<p>Ok, so I'm going to UCSD and I was scared that I might want to take minimum class units first quarter after I heard average GPA after freshman year is 2.85. But after looking at these.. Maybe not!</p>
<p>Frosh:
Chem 6A, 6B, 6C+Lab (Quarter system, remember?)
Calc 20C+??? (Exempt out of A+B)
English 40, 50 (GE requirement / first two quarters)
Bio 1 (third quarter)
GE A, B, C</p>
<p>Soph:
Bio 2, 3, ? (+Lab)
Organic Chem 140A, 140B, 143
Physics 1A (+Lab), 1B (+Lab), 1C (+Lab) -- Yeck!
GE A, B, C</p>
<p>Junior:
Biology 2x/quarter? -- Include Biochem (required by 12 medical schools)
+ Etc</p>
<p>Should I push the GEs off 'til later, and work on the requirements earlier? :</p>
<p>And question. I was exempt out of Calc 20A + 20B due to IB credits. Does med school still want to see a year of math <em>not</em> counting those IB credit-waived classes?</p>
<p>Like I posted earlier, 16 of the medical schools in the US require some calculus. Of the schools I know of, Harvard Med requires 2 semesters. Also, 33 medical schools want "college mathematics" whatever that is...I'm pretty sure calculus counts for that, and most likely statistics does as well.</p>
<p>Yea, after some thinking, I think I place more value on getting a good GPA than cramming everything into 2 years. I would like a good undergraduate experience too, not an incredibly stressful one. :)</p>
<p>any comments about my freshmen yr schedule, is that fine?
NOT a big name school
I took AP chem, AP Calculus BC in my senior year. A lot of it should be repeated. So I add an extra ethics and health care class.</p>
<p>1st semseter - 18 units
4 - intro biology with lab (animal kingdom) - AP Bio placed out plant kingdom
4 - Chem 101 with lab
4 - Calculus II - AP Cal BC placed out Calculus I
3 - English Literature
3 - Ethics and health care</p>
<p>2nd semseter - 17 units
3 - cell biology
4 - Chem 102 with lab
5 - General Physics
3 - Statistics
2 - misc module</p>