Is 10 hours a semester too few?

[deleted303591]

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I took medical withdrawal three times due to having a rare, undiagnosed, autoimmune disease.

I am going back to school this Spring, and I have the choice of taking either 10 or 13 hours, but they have to be all electrical engineering courses.

Is 10 hours too few if I am going to be applying to an MD school?

 

[BigBlueBear]

I took medical withdrawal three times due to having a rare, undiagnosed, autoimmune disease.

I am going back to school this Spring, and I have the choice of taking either 10 or 13 hours, but they have to be all electrical engineering courses.

Is 10 hours too few if I am going to be applying to an MD school?

Are you healthy now? Or are you just starting to get into the swing of things?

It's probably fine for now if you're just recovering. But I'd think you'd have to pick it up in the future to show you can handle the medical courseload.

 

[deleted303591]

Are you healthy now? Or are you just starting to get into the swing of things?

It's probably fine for now if you're just recovering. But I'd think you'd have to pick it up in the future to show you can handle the medical courseload.

I am just getting back in to the swing of things. I have been out of school for a year due to this disease.

I am receiving intravenous immunoglobulin treatments for my disease. I have been receiving them since April, and I get better after every treatment.

 

[Nymphicus]

Take at least whatever counts as a full time student courseload at your school if you can. Often that's 12.

 

[dashrx1019]

a good friend of mine was in a similar situation and his first semester back at school he only took 6 credit hours. this was about 3 years ago. he's healthy now and an MS1. I can't imagine it would be a problem if you take 10 hours

 

[lobo.solo]

Just be a full time student. Take 2 units of PE or something.

 

[Gamechanger]

I'm taking ten hours, I just moved and i am building my own house so i need a little bit of free time for working on the house... I would rather med schools see a lighter course load with good grades than a heavy load with low grades. You may have similar circumstances as mine.... I think building a house for my family to live in and taking 10 hours counts as at least "full time" lol.

TL;DR= do what works for you and lets you get good grades. I think a light schedule is easier to explain then low grades.

 

[MDforMee]

I limit myself to two science courses per quarter/semester, which is usually around 10 units.

I have to with a job and extracurricular commitments.

I actually did better when I was a full time student.

I think that med schools might like me even more because they see how well I can do when I don't have to put food on the table and pay a landlord.

I've made it through 8 years of school with no debt (nursing prereqs, nursing school, transfer through a community college, now in senior year at a university).

That counts for more than a high courseload, IMO.