Pre-medical requirement pickle

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>I am in a bit of a pickle currently. </p>

<p>I am at Rutgers University just trying to graduate on time while trying to keep my course load rigorous.</p>

<p>Heres the pickle. I'm struggling to complete the premedical requirements in a timely manner and graduate at the same time. I am off sequence with my chemistry sequence, meaning that I took the first semester in the spring leaving me a semester off kind of deal. My university has been offering the first semester of organic chemistry off season for the past couple of years as an experiment. I have been told it is unlikely that they will offer it again this spring. I could take the second semester of general chemistry over the summer and be caught up and take organic chemistry in the fall, both would require getting a special permission number which is kind of hard to do. Or I could take my chances and wait to see if they offer it(the department does not know yet I have contacted them), if I do this I will have to take the 2nd half over the summer because that is the only other time they offer it besides the regular sequence. The teacher that teaches it off season is AMAZING he makes the class much easier to succeed in that the teacher that teaches it on season. OR I could transfer to another school possible University of Wisconsin, Madison or something and not have to deal with taking a summer class at all. I understand taking a summer class is looked down upon but I don't really have any other options.</p>

<p>Quick summary
Option one: Continue with my sequence normally take the second half of general chem in the fall, take the first semester of orgo in the spring and take the 2nd half in the summer both with an amazing teacher
Option two: Get special permission numbers. Take the second half of general chemistry over the summer and continue with the orgo sequence as it would be normally.
Option three: Take gen chem in the fall if they don't offer it, transfer to another university or take the whole organic chemistry sequence in the summer.</p>

<p>I just want to get into medical school. I am looking for the option that will look the best on my transcripts. I am aware that none of them look very good.</p>

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<p>You’re being overly dramatic.</p>

<p>Unless there’s something else you haven’t explained, why you think transferring is ANY sort of option is beyond me. </p>

<p>Summer classes aren’t that big of deal in the grand scheme of things. You likely have significantly larger flaws in your application already.</p>

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<p>Your best option is taking your time. If you have to stay an extra semester or two to finish the pre med requirement, so be it. Taking longer than four years to finish college does not look bad on your application.</p>

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<p>paying OOS rates to transfer to Rutgers is foolish. If I were you, I’d high tail it back to California and reapply to UC as a transfer, after taking a year off.</p>

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<p>I wish I could bluebayou. I did not do proper research when transferring. There is a unit cap once you attend a 4 yr. The only university I will be able to attend is UCI which is still extremely impacted for bio. Plus I don’t have all of the pre-reqs complete yet. I am actually considering applying to UCI once I finish all of the pre-reqs.I want to finish my pre-med requirements at a university not a CC, thats why I haven’t gone back. why the year off btw?</p>

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<p>most UCs only accept Fall transfers.</p>

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<p>ahhh, since you mentioned coming back I’ve been considering just taking the summer class to speed it up so I could possibly come home and save some money. Thanks for the suggestion.</p>