Course Load Question

[Canadian IB]

Do med schools prefer if students have a full course load every year ie 5 courses a year.?

At my school 1 course/credit is a 3 or 4 hour class for the entire year.

I am thinking of dropping one of my courses so I would have 3.5 courses would this be frowned upon?

I also have 2 AP credits so technically I could argue that is why I am taking a lower course load

I would like to know since some med schools in Canada do not care so much about the course load, they just care about the GPA. I don't know think that this is the case in the US but I am not sure.

Any response would be greatly appreciated!!

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[Marcus Brody]

They generally prefer a full course load, usually between 13-18 credits, though I never took fewer than 15. It helps demonstrate you can survive med school.

not the case in Canada, just lower standards I guess.