<p>preliminarily speaking, i guess i'll go w/ chem&math (frosh), then bio/orgo, and probably physics, since the level on MCATs isn't that hard and there's many times when i can take the test</p>
<p>when is it a good idea to get your english class in? or do u have to take it frosh yr?</p>
<p>(!) Medical schools do not force you to take anything in any given year. Have we not made this clear?</p>
<p>Okay, BDM, I'm impressed with your patience so far...but I'm getting frustrated just reading this. So...</p>
<p>Sports - this is directed at you.</p>
<p>1) College courses are a SINGLE TERM (whether that term is a semester/quarter/trimester/summer session depends on your school) in length, period (with a very, very few exceptions that are completely beyond the scope of this discussion). If you need a year (like you do for pre-med courses) you must take another semester. But that semester does not have to be continuous. You could take one bio course as a first semester frosh and the second as a second semester 5th year senior. </p>
<p>2) Colleges don't make you take ANY course at any specific time. This isn't HS where you have to make sure you have a math class, a science, an english class etc. </p>
<p>3) This however doesn't mean you can pick whatever you want. Courses in your major may certainly have a sequence in which they should be taken.</p>
<p>4) Other courses outside of your major, may still have pre-requisites. For example - Organic chemistry typically requires passing grades in General Chemistry before you can enroll in the class. </p>
<p>5) Most, but not all colleges use a credit hour system rather than weight every course as a single unit. Typically, 12 hours (or 4, 3-hour courses) is consider "full-time". However the traditional credit hour load is usually 15. Taking classes worth more or less than 3 credit hours may mean you take more or less than 5 classes at anyone time.</p>
<p>6) Unlike HS, you'll spend way more time outside of class than it. Many people split their 5 classes evenly between MWF and T/Th. So you may only spend 3 hours in class a day. Or you can even schedule a pure MWF schedule, and never go to class on T/Th. </p>
<p>Again this isn't to be mean...but hopefully this will help you...</p>