3 Labs/1 Semester?

[ash_k]

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Hello!
I am currently finishing up my second semester and am trying to figure out my schedule for next year. I am a Cell and Molecular Bio and Biomedical Science major with a chemistry minor. (Sounds like more than it is because a lot of the classes overlap). Next winter I have BIO 375/376 (Genetics with lab), BMS 290/291 (Human Physiology with lab), CHM 242 (Orgo 2 with lab), and MTH 125 (survey of calc), 15 credits total. I am not concerned with the math class as much as the the three sciences with three labs. I was just wondering if anyone has taken similar classes at the same time and has any advice to offer about taking 3 labs in one semester. The most I have taken at once is two labs and it wasn't to bad.
Thanks in advance!!

 

[eteshoe]

I would not recommend that combo since all those labs are time sinks and you only have so much time in a week to keep up with your other courses. Can you take the lab components in a different semester? If so I would recommend pushing back the physio lab

 

[Hospitalized]

I did 3 labs at once last semester and it was absolutely awful. It was one of my easier semesters, but it was undoubtedly the most boring.

 

[ash_k]

I can push physiology back and I would be taking it the same semester as Orgo 1, and then I would take genetics, orgo 2 and cadaver lab the next semester. It is still three labs but the cadaver lab is much less pressure/workload than physiology/lab and it is only one credit vs physiology and lab which is 4! Thank you so much for your reply!!

 

[Verity]

Depending on how hard you want to push yourself and how much/little free time you want, you'll be fine. Because you asked about taking three labs, I will offer up my schedule for last semester: I did pchem with lab, achem with lab, anatomy with lab, an upper-level chem course, and an upper-level bio course (17 credits) along with TAing an organic lab, ~10 hrs research/week, and sorority. Like, I'm not here to advocate that it was the best life decision, but I will say that it was doable, I did manage to pull a 4.0 that semester, and I still had a fairly okay social life with the (few hours I had) each week. I just had to make them count... because I do mean just about 3 hours each week. I generally arrived at campus at 9-10am and left by 10-12 each night, and spent most of Saturday in the library.

 

[frosted_flake]

Labs aren't hard (usually) but for some reason they are a major time suck. I would not recommend 3 labs/1 semester... yikes.