<p>I'm a freshman pre-vet major, and the school I go to has a recommended schedule of courses to take for all four years of every major. For my sophomore year, I'm supposed to take Clinical Veterinary Experience, Anatomy and Physiology for Domestic Animals, Organic Chem, and two electives.</p>
<p>Now, I've heard horror stories about Organic Chem, and judging by how much I'm struggling in Chem II right now, I'm guessing it's not going to be an easy class. The vet tech/vet science majors here are CONSTANTLY complaining about Clinical and A&P, because apparently they're insanely hard (A LOT of studying and memorization). Also, one of the professors for A&P is hard--she'll make an offhand comment during lecture one day, and that comment will be a question on the next quiz (which are weekly).</p>
<p>So that's three labs. I'm taking two right now, and 3 other courses, but two of those other courses are ridiculously easy. They're college requirements, and they're pretty much a joke. But the electives and labs I'll have to take next year aren't a joke.</p>
<p>Is it possible to do 3 really hard labs at once? My schedule's crazy enough this semester as it is, and that's only with 5 classes/2 labs.</p>
<p>That schedule is awful. I guess if you’re prepared to have zero free-time, then do it. I see that taking a toll on you once mid-semester hits. You’re already struggling with 2 labs. Common sense would tell you that an additional one isn’t a good idea.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know, but i’ve looked at the courses i’ll take later on, and there are 3 labs per semester junior year and 2 per semester in my senior year. It seems like no matter where I put organic chem i’ll still struggle with it (surgery and radiology are supposed to be two of the hardest pre-vet classes, both of which are junior year), and I can’t take any upper level science courses until I finish the 1000 courses in vet science.</p>
<p>My school’s known for its pre-vet/vet tech/vet sci programs, so it throws really hard classes at us. I think I’m going to pay a visit to my advisor and see if most pre-vet majors follow the soph year schedule.</p>
<p>Your proposed schedule sounds very time consuming and stressful, esp if you’re having trouble with Chem II. </p>
<p>Could you possibly attend summer school and get one of these lab sciences out of the way? Or take it at a community college near your home this summer and transfer it back to your school?</p>
<p>Summer school at CC is probably a good idea. I’ve had a schedule worse than this, but it always depends on the profs, and on how motivated / crazy you are. Prepare for a reduction of your social life . (a.k.a anything is possible. But some things are not funny any more…)</p>
<p>I always try to find out how much time I get for assignments, the more, the better, because with a hard schedule you need spaces to buffer.</p>