Advice?

[Tyrone.]

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Anyone wanna take a look at my remaining schedule and tell me yay or nay? Thoughts and advice? Also my university does two 5 week summer sessions, so that is something to consider. Thanks in advance! I'll attach the spreadsheet of classes. I'm a bio major, so that's why there's so much excess bio.

chem 1251/1252 is gen chem 1&2 by the way
and bio 2120 and 2130 are gen bio 1&2 with a lab (2140) to clarify

I would plan on taking the MCAT after Fall of 2019, so intense studying of winter break, and occasional studying throughout spring 2020 semester and take it before AMCAS opens in June (correct time frame? feel free to correct me if wrong)

I should mention I'm 27 as of September 2017, so I'll be 30 around applying time.

 

[Spectar]

Just so you know everybody can see which school you go to (if that's a thing you are concerned about)

Also doesn't your school have any advisors? They may be a good way to get more specific advice in terms of scheduling

 

[Tyrone.]

Just so you know everybody can see which school you go to (if that's a thing you are concerned about)

Also doesn't your school have any advisors? They may be a good way to get more specific advice in terms of scheduling

I fixed that. I wasn't necessarily concerned but I did take it down. Thanks for informing me. We do have advisors that can help but it seems like as long as it fits under 18 credits/semester they could care less. "Yea, that will work" seems to be a common response, as long as things don't conflict in the schedule. The advisors leave it up to the student to see how much they can handle, for the most part. I figure students that have gone through these classes might be able to give me a more definitive reasoning of if it seems like a good idea or if I'm shooting myself in the foot by trying to take on too much at any certain time.

 

[mistafab]

100% you can do this. Plus - you are 27. So the question really is, do you want this or not?

My final 2 years of undergrad looked like this sort of - I may have had an additional class here and there but the main science-heavy load was definitely doable. You can do this if you care about it. At this age you should be fine in the maturity sector - maybe not - you probably know by now. This is a matter of being mature enough to work at what you put yourself to, and smart enough to not over-extend by letting stupid jobs (like foot locker) detract from your personal investment.

 

[Tyrone.]

100% you can do this. Plus - you are 27. So the question really is, do you want this or not?

My final 2 years of undergrad looked like this sort of - I may have had an additional class here and there but the main science-heavy load was definitely doable. You can do this if you care about it. At this age you should be fine in the maturity sector - maybe not - you probably know by now. This is a matter of being mature enough to work at what you put yourself to, and smart enough to not over-extend by letting stupid jobs (like foot locker) detract from your personal investment.

Thanks! I was a little reluctant when I put chem 2 in the summer but it'd push me back a whole cycle because of pre-reqs for other classes and how my school has things set up, and I figured I should challenge myself in these ways anyway. I am an EMT but since it's a full-time only agency I will have to leave because I don't want my grades to suffer. My agency would never settle for a person wanting to work just weekends because it's a HUGE agency that covers a HUGE city and that would involve everyone willing to cover shifts they're not used to working and I know that wouldn't happen. I will just have to pick up in my volunteering and actual clinical experience, not just pre-hospital care. Thanks for the encouragement!