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[Alve24]

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I posted a question asking if it was cool if i took orgo chem II my junior year and everybody was extremely helpful and said it is cool, but when i looked at the new MCAT for 2015 it says that they now add more biochemistry into it. I am confused now. I want to take the MCAT my junior year in april, but now that i see they are going to include more biochemistry i'm going to take the class now. However, does that mean i should take the MCAT in the summer so i can study for it better or can i still take it in april. Note: Im planning to take orgo chem II and biochem in the fall.

 

[Poro]

Depends on your self study skills. If you know yourself to be responsible to study and self learn then take it. Otherwise consider taking it after organic and biochem.


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[eteshoe]

Are you actually able to take ochem and biochem concurrently? Even if you could, I would suggest you don't. Take the courses and push back your MCAT. Literally, there is no rush in this process. Take the time to do things right and not be a reapplicant.

 

[eteshoe]

Taking the MCAT Biochem is foolhardy. Taking it late in the summer pushes your timing back. You get into medical school doing well on the MCAT, not by prepping for in a less than optimal way.

Just to clarify, I wanted the OP to finish taking at least biochem before doing the MCAT. Which could mean a gap year from the sound of it.

 

[taco152]

I tried to teach myself physics for the MCAT so I could take it at the end of junior year. It was a mistake. I put off my MCAT so I could take the class and take the proper time to study. do it once and do it right.

 

[Ismet]

I posted a question asking if it was cool if i took orgo chem II my junior year and everybody was extremely helpful and said it is cool, but when i looked at the new MCAT for 2015 it says that they now add more biochemistry into it. I am confused now. I want to take the MCAT my junior year in april, but now that i see they are going to include more biochemistry i'm going to take the class now. However, does that mean i should take the MCAT in the summer so i can study for it better or can i still take it in april. Note: Im planning to take orgo chem II and biochem in the fall.

You got those responses in your other thread because you didn't state a timeline/deadline that you were considering following, just that you were transferring schools, no mention of MCAT. You don't NEED to go straight through from undergrad to med school, plenty of people take 1+ years off. Some people don't even do their pre-reqs while in undergrad, decide later that they want to do medicine, and go back to college as a post-bacc and take those classes. It's never too late to take the classes, which is why it is fine if you take orgo in your junior year.

What's more important than applying right after your junior year is applying correctly, which means having done the appropriate classes for the MCAT, taking time to study for the MCAT, and applying early. If you have to apply after senior year and set up a gap year in order to accomplish those things and put your best application forward, then you can plan for that.

Also I don't think you'll be able to take organic and biochem at the same time - at least at my school, organic is a pre-req and rightly so.

 

[eteshoe]

My error for not saying I strongly agreed with you

Got it

 

[Hopeful_vet]

You got those responses in your other thread because you didn't state a timeline/deadline that you were considering following, just that you were transferring schools, no mention of MCAT. You don't NEED to go straight through from undergrad to med school, plenty of people take 1+ years off. Some people don't even do their pre-reqs while in undergrad, decide later that they want to do medicine, and go back to college as a post-bacc and take those classes. It's never too late to take the classes, which is why it is fine if you take orgo in your junior year.

What's more important than applying right after your junior year is applying correctly, which means having done the appropriate classes for the MCAT, taking time to study for the MCAT, and applying early. If you have to apply after senior year and set up a gap year in order to accomplish those things and put your best application forward, then you can plan for that.

Also I don't think you'll be able to take organic and biochem at the same time - at least at my school, organic is a pre-req and rightly so.

I took organic II and biochem at the same time. 1/10 would not recommend.


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[ed*26]

If you take ochem II in the fall and biochem in the spring of your junior year, you can take the MCAT may/june and be on track with the majority of pre-meds. 100% would recommend completing biochem before taking it. Most biochem classes seem to end with metabolism, which you want to know forwards and backwards before taking the MCAT. Try to give yourself several weeks of protected study time where the only thing you're doing is studying MCAT. Study for MCAT ochem & biochem concurrently with your classes. Browse the MCAT forum for study tips.

This is assuming that you will also have physics/biology done by that time as well. It seems like you're on track to apply as a traditional student, but it's worth it to consider taking a gap year to really slay the MCAT, beef up ECs (especially since you're transferring and will have to "start over"), rub elbows with professors, research, etc.

 

[Goro]

Take the MCAT when you are 100% ready for it. What's your rush?

I posted a question asking if it was cool if i took orgo chem II my junior year and everybody was extremely helpful and said it is cool, but when i looked at the new MCAT for 2015 it says that they now add more biochemistry into it. I am confused now. I want to take the MCAT my junior year in april, but now that i see they are going to include more biochemistry i'm going to take the class now. However, does that mean i should take the MCAT in the summer so i can study for it better or can i still take it in april. Note: Im planning to take orgo chem II and biochem in the fall.

 

[Nerdeka]

If you take it in the summer you probably will have to delay med school by a year.


Since at my school you take Physics junior year, everyone who is a traditional premed self-studies it. It's not that hard to self-study. Especially Biochem imo..

 

[Lost in Translation]

^ CSB. Either you're lying about the biochem self studying being easy or you're lying about the biochem self studying being easy.

 

[Alve24]

Thank you guys for all the answers. I really appreciate the different viewpoints.

 

[Nerdeka]

^ CSB. Either you're lying about the biochem self studying being easy or you're lying about the biochem self studying being easy.

I personally think it is. Not easy, but good for self-study.