<p>I took all of those classes last semester (fall of sophomore year), except for the bio lab. Ogro I + lab, intro Phys + lab, and Cell & Molec. It was alright, certainly "doable", at least at my school.</p>
<p>SEMESTER 1
Anthropology
Medieval Civilization
German
Biology I
Calculus</p>
<p>SEMESTER 2
Chemistry I + lab
Bio Lab
German
Russian Literature
History Class</p>
<p>SEMESTER 3
Molecular bio
Physics I + lab
Orgo I
History
German</p>
<p>SEMESTER 4
Orgo II
Orgo lab
Physics II + lab
History
Genetics</p>
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Hey guys and gals, it's that time to select classes again
i was wondering how doable is this schedule</p>
<p>1st sem sophomore year
ochem1 w/ lab
physic w/ lab
molec biology w/ lab
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Nobody can tell you if it's "doable" or not, only you can know that.</p>
<p>I had a harder schedule the previous two semesters and I managed. Most schedules are "doable" by somebody's standards, only you know if that schedule is doable based on your abilities.</p>
<p>yah i know doable is such a relative term; just wondering if any of you guys did something similar too, which would give me more assurance.
thanks.. i think ill probably do that</p>
<p>Biochem Major</p>
<p>1st Semester
Gen Chem/Lab
Gen Bio/Lab
Great Books (Honors English Course)
Intro to Computer Programming-Basic
Multivariate Calculus</p>
<p>2nd Semester
Gen Chem/Lab
Gen Bio/Lab
Great Ideas (Honors English Course)
Statistics
Weight Lifting</p>
<p>hey i have a quick question, is it necessary to take a full 4 classes per semester?
because i am taking 3 upper div classes (ochem, phys, molbio) all with lab, but i dont know why premed advisor was telling me that i should take one more class?
Any ideas</p>
<p>Yeah, my premed advisor has plenty of horror stories in the same vein. Find a fourth.</p>
<p>but i mean if it's only for one semester, can it still be ok
i know next semester after this one, i will doing full course load or maybe 5</p>
<p>Even for just one semester, my premed office always warned us very severely.</p>
<p>That some of you take six classes a term blows my mind. I must be terribly dumb or terribly bad at time management because I feel like I am constantly studying in order to stay on top of three math/science type classes + one humanities class, which is my usual schedule (12-14 credits, semester system). I applaud you.</p>
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Even for just one semester, my premed office always warned us very severely.
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<p>Then are people who took less than 15 credit hours for 1st and 2nd year done for med school (the top ones)? Can't you just make up for it by overloading yourself with 18+ hours in 3rd and 4th year and getting a 3.8+ BCPM and overall GPA?</p>
<p>I think it's unfair to put those who took a light courseload at a disadvantage, because they might not have done that on purpose (some people don't know that a light courseload is bad, and others do not consider medicine until 2nd or 3rd year and not all premeds are aware of "full-courseload-or-you're-done" rule early in the game.
If you don't mind, could you tell us your horror stories about people who took less than 15 hours in even one semester?</p>
<p>I doubt they're completely done. One admissions office actually called our premed advisor to tell her they wanted to admit a student, but they were concerned about one semester where she'd only taken three classes. My advisor looked it over and told the committee truthfully that there was one very difficult class and two quite-difficult ones. They opted not to admit this girl.</p>
<p>How does it look if you have 2 really hard science classes (4 credits each), one normal or blow off class (3-4 credits), and are doing research for 3 credits for a total of 13-15 credits? Does that put me in the same "dangerous" situation. Full time at my school is 12-18 btw.</p>
<p>advice anybody?</p>
<p>I'm of the opinion that you should take at least four courses, even if they're only 3 credits each. Research doesn't count. Most of us do research, whether for credit or not. Essentially, you still have just 3 academic classes and a research extracurricular.</p>
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One admissions office actually called our premed advisor to tell her they wanted to admit a student, but they were concerned about one semester where she'd only taken three classes. My advisor looked it over and told the committee truthfully that there was one very difficult class and two quite-difficult ones. They opted not to admit this girl.
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It's remarkable how even one semester of less than 15 hours can concern adcoms. How unfortunate it is for those who took less than 15 for one or more semesters or years without knowing that it's bad!</p>
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wow that's pretty harsh, just because she only took 3 classes</p>
<p>It just goes to show that there is such little difference between applicants that admission has to decide on such small details such as only taking 3 classes. Even with that I don't understand why it would matter because everyone needs certain number of credits to graduate, so if she took too few one semester she has to load up in the next, with the GPA being cumlative, it shouldn't matter.</p>
<p>... but most people exceed the credits needed to graduate.</p>
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... but most people exceed the credits needed to graduate.
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But even if you take less than 15 one or two semesters or years, you can still exceed the credits needed to graduate by overloading yourself in other semesters or years, can't you?</p>