Courses to take BEFORE med school

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I'd pay $15 a pop to hear this from people who've been through it. Thanks man.

And if you ever have trouble lighting that fire under your ass, just take a long hard look at your tuition bill.

 

[AnotherDork]

EXACTLY! I am with you, man. I'd like the people who are advising us not to learn ahead to tell us how much time they spent, on average, as undergrads studying. That'll give us an idea of whether their realities are applicable to ours.

Honestly, it's reassuring that you and nonsciencema have already developed good study habits... I had horrible study habits in college (that's why it took me 2 cycles to get accepted), and I only developed better study habits during an SMP. But since you already have good study habits and, it seems like, the dedication and work ethic, you'll be fine. Based on my own experience, only like 3 or 4 people failed out of my class of about ~140 in the first year, and I believe most of those were because of either poor study habits or psychological issues. Obviously N=1 so take with a grain of salt.

It doesn't matter to me whether or not you guys study before starting school. I'm just bored and wasting time on SDN because I have to be away from my wife until graduation. I just figured if you're posting on SDN, you want advice from those with more experience, and my experience has been: though it's commendable for you to be excited for school to start, you will learn everything you need to know once you're there and you should just relax and enjoy the summer!

 

[BlueElmo]

While we are on the subject, so I need to take either Immunology or Microbiology for my major requirement. Which one should I take? Which ones would be helpful for medical school?😛

 

[witness23]

i love immuno

 

[TMP-SMX]

While we are on the subject, so I need to take either Immunology or Microbiology for my major requirement. Which one should I take? Which ones would be helpful for medical school?😛

Micro is far more important. Though I'm biased (see my username). Probably my favorite course in medical school and I had three Micro courses in undergrad. Immunology is interesting, but it is a tough course. Half the battle in Micro in med school is knowing whether something is gram+/gram- and then figuring out what kind of metabolism it has and virulence factors. That tells you which antibiotic to use.