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I did something similar: physiology, ochem3, biochem.
Hardest part was prioritizing study time for the classes; which ones I felt I needed to put more time into, and making sure my priority schedule was in line decently with my midterm schedule.
Nah, but one semester I took Biochem (300 level chem class and notoriously hard at my school), cell bio (a 300 lvel bio class, also notoriously hard/TONS of material), and a 200 level bio which was easier but had a nutcase of a professor. I ended up with B+ in all of them, which is lower than the usual A or A- I would get when I took two science classes.
Its absolutely doable, dont let anyone tell you otherwise. But obviously it takes a lot of time. Orgo is obviously its own beast. Physics will probably take a good bit of time as well. Bio 2 shouldnt be too bad. If you need to do it, just do it and dont look back. Just be prepared for a rough 3 months, thats all it is.
Its absolutely doable, dont let anyone tell you otherwise. But obviously it takes a lot of time. Orgo is obviously its own beast. Physics will probably take a good bit of time as well. Bio 2 shouldnt be too bad. If you need to do it, just do it and dont look back. Just be prepared for a rough 3 months, thats all it is.
I had a semester almost identical to that. I did Organic 2, Physics 2, and Molecular Genetics...It was survivable and I did decently. I got hurt pretty badly on a couple of organic exams due to having exams for all 3 classes on the same day and not prioritizing my study time well. I should have cut about 10 hours of study time total out of physics and molecular genetics and used that time for organic. As other said, prioritizing time is the key.
Similar with medical microbiology Biochem and physics 2. I aimed for 25 hours studying (memorizing info on note cards and doing practice problems) per class per test. That time does not include note taking. I planned my test weeks out by the hour in advance. If that meant not going out that weekend before test week, then I would suck it up. And of course, then be the drunkest person at the bar after all my exams.
I did something similar to this (w/ Calc II thrown in). +3 freaking labs per week. I had absolutely no life and remember NOTHING from that semester.
Are you going to have labs with those 3 classes? Because that's the biggest time drain usually.
Are you going to have labs with those 3 classes? Because that's the biggest time drain usually.
Which classes was the biggest priority for that term?
I probably spent the most time on Molecular Cell Biology because it was a lot of transcribing class notes (test questions were literally what we talked about in class and it was pretty detailed.) However Orgo was time consuming as well (I didn't take the lab though.) Biotech was easy, and physics wasn't so bad either.
