<p>Heres what I plan to do, hows it sound? </p>
<p>Soph Fall
Bio
Calc
Chem
+other course</p>
<p>Soph Spring
Bio 2
Calc 2
Chem 2
+other course</p>
<p>Junior Fall
Organic Chem</p>
<p>Junior Spring
Organic Chem 2</p>
<p>Senior Fall
Physics</p>
<p>Senior Spring
Physics 2</p>
<p>So thats my plan for now. I'm trying to catch up to speed with the premed reqs. What do you guys/girls think?</p>
<p>When you do plan to take the MCAT?</p>
<p>i was thinking after senior year but that may be a bad idea...Maybe I could take orgo and physics both my junior year? then take mcats senior year?</p>
<p>I think almost everyone takes the MCAT like the spring and summer before senior year. They actually apply the summer before senior year and attend interviews and such during the senior year.</p>
<p>take the MCAT on your junior year</p>
<p>by the way, IDK if u know this, but START reading MEDICAL BOOKS</p>
<p>go get yourself the MEDICAL BIBLES:</p>
<p>Guyton's Medical Physyology
Ketzung's Pharmacology
Persaud's Embriology
Harper's Biochem (TAKE BIOCHEM, IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR MED!)
Pathology by Kumar
Harrison's Principles on Internal Medicine
Mosby's Guide To Medical Diagnosis</p>
<p>You probably don't need calc 2- it's not required by most schools, and it's damn near useless once you get to medical school.</p>
<p>Take the MCAT 12-18 months before you plan to enroll. For people planning to go straight to medical school after college, that's usually spring of junior year- maybe summer.</p>
<p>No need to read any medical textbooks if they're not used in your college classes. Reading the stuff ahead of time isn't that much fun, and also not helpful for the MCAT. First things first. There will be plenty of time to read medical texts in medical school.</p>
<p>Do NOT start reading medical textbooks. You are going to get all you need to prepare for the MCATs from your science/med school prerequisite classes.</p>
<p>Biochem is NOT essential for premed. The Biochem class you will take in med school will cover the majority of material found in a college class in about 2-4 weeks. Biochem in Med school is far more accelerated and focused than undergrad Biochem. The only reason to take it would be if a specific med school you are interested in "strongly" recommends or requires taking it as an undergrad. My S is an MS1 at a top ten med school and did not take Biochem as an undergrad. He was not in any way disadvantaged as a result.</p>
<p>Unless you are planning to take a year off, you need to take the MCAT in the Spring of your junior year.....like April or May because you need to have your applications complete and sent in by the end of June at the latest if you plan to apply to any school with rolling admissions or any of the top 25-50 med schools. There is a significant amount of physics on the MCAT which you might be able to prepare for with a good MCAT prep course like Kaplan during Spring of junior year just prior to taking the MCAT. You'll just have to list physics as classes that you are taking senior year on your applications and then of course, take the two classes.</p>
<p>Same goes for undergrad anatomy... nearly useless for med school.</p>
<p>Hmm, you didn't take any bio, chem classes in freshman year? You might want to take:</p>
<p>Junior Fall
Organic Chem
Physics</p>
<p>Junior Spring
Organic Chem 2
Physics 2</p>
<p>and take MCAT in June right after Junior year. Apply for med school in June of Junior year as well.</p>
<p>i'm also considering taking a year off to </p>
<p>a. get some money for med school
b. build on my resume w/ volunteering and research
-getting my emt-b cert this summer YAY</p>
<p>thanks for all the help everyone. starting premed late can be stressful!</p>