How to take all of my prereqs?

[Superfoil]

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I will try to be concise:

- I am a community college student planning on transferring to UF in fall 2016.
- I am a Psychology major.
- I only have one semester of prereqs finished (Bio).
- I dropped out of high school before finishing Chemistry, thus I have to take an introductory course before taking General Chemistry.

Considering that information, it is fair to say that I am somewhat behind the traditional student. Additionally, I understand that the MCAT has undergone changes this year. So, I would really appreciate some advice on how I can go about getting all of my prereqs finished and my MCAT taken before I graduate.

My preliminary plan is as follows:

Semester 4 (next semester) - Take Bio II and Intro to Chem
Semester 5 - Take Chem I
Summer - Chem II

Transfer to UF

Semester 6 - O-Chem I and Physics I
Semester 7 - O-Chem II, Physics II, and Biochem(?).

MCAT

Semesters 8 and 9 - Finish major and graduate

How does this looks so far? If any of you have questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to ask; I am an open book. Any advice is appreciated.

- Superfoil

 

[chewy2008]

I will try to be concise:

- I am a community college student planning on transferring to UF in fall 2016.
- I am a Psychology major.
- I only have one semester of prereqs finished (Bio).
- I dropped out of high school before finishing Chemistry, thus I have to take an introductory course before taking General Chemistry.

Considering that information, it is fair to say that I am somewhat behind the traditional student. Additionally, I understand that the MCAT has undergone changes this year. So, I would really appreciate some advice on how I can go about getting all of my prereqs finished and my MCAT taken before I graduate.

My preliminary plan is as follows:

Semester 4 (next semester) - Take Bio II and Intro to Chem
Semester 5 - Take Chem I
Summer - Chem II

Transfer to UF

Semester 6 - O-Chem I and Physics I
Semester 7 - O-Chem II, Physics II, and Biochem(?).

MCAT

Semesters 8 and 9 - Finish major and graduate

How does this looks so far? If any of you have questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to ask; I am an open book. Any advice is appreciated.

- Superfoil

That schedule looks doable. If you want, you could take an upper division biology class or two during semester 5 or after you take the MCAT. Some people say that courses like physiology helped them on the MCAT Biology section, but then again that was when the MCAT was still out of 45 points.
In the meantime, do your best to get As and understand the material well for the MCAT and med school app cycle. Remember to enjoy your college life as well.

 

[bengirlxD]

This actually looks pretty good. I would recommend that you do not take other hard sciences the summer you are taking chem II. At my school, Chem II was a tremendous leap from chem I so just be ready.