<p>How many units would med schools like to see you take per quarter (or semester).</p>
<p>I'm starting my freshman year this fall, and because of prereqs and course availability, i'll only be able to take 12 credits of "core" classes like chem, math, and social science. </p>
<p>I'm thinking of taking a random 4th class like Fluency in Technology to get 16 total units. Should i just take 12 units or do med schools consider that too low.</p>
<p>Depends on what's normal at your school. Less than normal is a problem.</p>
<p>Med schools are unlikely to really pay attention. Taking more is not going to earn you any extra favor. Even dropping below normal for a semester or two is not a problem if you make up those lost credits some other semester. Less than normal is problematic only when it's a repeated occurrence.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that my school didn't have "units", we just went by classes. Four was normal. </p>
<p>We have been warned very seriously that dropping from four to three ever was a pretty big deal, and that we were expected to go to five at least once or twice.</p>
<p>Now, of course, those are very large swings -- going from 16 to 12, or whatever the case may be. So who knows what 15 to 14 would do -- probably nothing. Etc.</p>
<p>So would 3 classes for a total of 12 units be okay for first semester of freshman year? Some people are taking 4 classes, whereas some others are taking 3 because older kids recommended taking 3 to slowly adjust to college life.</p>
<p>We don't know. Do whatever's normal at your school.</p>