<p>This fall I will be a first-year student at Penn State-University Park. I am majoring in pre-medical studies and I am set on a career as a doctor.</p>
<p>I was wondering if any of you had any experience with Penn State in terms of pre-med/med. Does anyone have any advice on what classes to take, what classes to avoid etc.</p>
<p>My first semester will probably be general chem, general bio, calc, freshman seminal, and an arts/humanties/social science course which I most likely will choose from the Middle Eastern history department.</p>
<p>I plan on contacting a local hospital at Penn State and seeing if I could come in a few times a month and over the course of four years shadow physicians. Is there anything else I should be doing?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for all of your help. I am posting the same question in the Penn State forum because I am looking first for answers that are specific to Penn State</p>