<p>I'm a pre-med psychology major. spring semester, im planning on taking bio 1, chem 1, physics 1, pre-cal, and biological psychology. I have already done a couple of psychology classes but now want to get as many of the science classes done. how does my schedule sound? i know its gonna be hard.</p>
<p>Yes, it can be done. Just be sure to NEVER fall behind on work in any of the classes. If you stay on top of everything, don’t procrastinate, and attend office hours immediately if you don’t understand a concept (because one concept builds upon the next), you can do it.</p>
<p>Isn’t Calculus 1 a co-requisite for Physics 1?</p>
<p>I took three science classes at once last year - orgo, physics, and bio - and it did not work well for me. I’m going to have to re-take one quarter of orgo because I didn’t get a grade high enough to count for my major (and a C- counts for my major, so that should give you an idea of how poorly I did). Even in the classes where I did well enough to get credit for my major, they were not at all stellar grades, my GPA suffered for it, and I’m worried about what grad schools will think about it.</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, I could have worked a bit harder than I did. I fell behind in my classes, and it quickly became such an overwhelming amount of work that I became even more reluctant to jump into it.</p>
<p>But I think that even if I had put more work into it, it would have been exceedingly difficult. My orgo professor even told me that he had never heard of anyone attempting to take all three of those classes at once, and I guess this is why.</p>
<p>My school is on the quarter system instead of the semester system, though. I imagine it would be a little more doable on the semester sytem, since the quarter system is so ridiculously fast-paced.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, my advice to you would be that if you don’t have to take all these class at once, don’t do it. Why are you considering it? I get the impression it’s just because you “want” to get them all out of the way. If this is the only reason, I would seriously recommend against it. If you can spread these classes out over a couple years, do it.</p>
<p>I would recommend spreading the science classes out too, probably make one-two of the bio/chem/physics wait. </p>
<p>That would be 5+4+4+5+3=21 credits at my school, semester system, so I wouldn’t even consider it. Your school must be different. </p>
<p>^BCEagle, my intro physics was calc-based, but there is a different intro level physics that is not, for non-science/engineering majors.</p>
<p>Do those classes include labs too?
I personally wouldn’t do it. It’s a lot of work to stay on top of and can be very time consuming.</p>
<p>It won’t impress med schools. If you do badly, you may not even get that far. If you do OK, you’ll sound like someone with no personality or interests except studying to get into med school. Admissions committees tend to flee from such applicants.</p>
<p>If you need to do it to graduate on time, do it. My girlfriend is taking 19 units because she could not fit these classes in at any other point in her college career. You gotta do what you gotta do.</p>
<p>Pre-meds are nearly always put on a track to take Calc 1/2, Bio 1/2, and Chem 1/2 freshman year. Sophomore year is for Physics, Ochem. the ideal time to take the MCAT is right before Junior year begins. However- with the changing MCAT and the fact that some students are not capable of taking all of those classes at those times (for whatever reason) means that there is a big discrepancy between what’s supposed to happen and what actually happens. Go to your adviser and figure out what’s best for you.</p>
<p>I’m also a science major, so your schedule doesn’t sound difficult to me, but you’re going to need to work. Hard.</p>