Moment of Weakness!

[spcwounder]

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I'm having a moment of weakness and am second guessing what I'm doing.

I've been out of school and working in an unrelated field for 3 years. I've enrolled 3 classes at my local university; environmental health, the final general chemistry course (for a refresher) and a molecular cell biology course. I know the first two classes are going to be easy, but I'm afraid the mol. biology will kill me. My overall undergrad GPA is 3.4 with a 3.3 science. Since I've already graduated is it even worth taking these courses? Am I wasting time that I should be spending on the MCAT? The last day to drop any class is this Sunday.

Tentatively my plan is to work my butt of in these course and take the intensive MCAT prep course to prepare for the Sept MCAT. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[hopefuldoc97239]

this is a generalization, but with that said...

if you can't pull an A in undergrad cell bio i'd worry that you won't even pass the corresponding section of your med school curriculum. my experience is that just passing a course in my med school is comparable to A/A- work in undergrad.

 

[jl lin]

this is a generalization, but with that said...

if you can't pull an A in undergrad cell bio i'd worry that you won't even pass the corresponding section of your med school curriculum. my experience is that just passing a course in my med school is comparable to A/A- work in undergrad.

A in undergrad = C in MS. . .scary. You are not the first to have said this, of course. If a student is used to the A "carrot," the first year or so has to really suck for the med student. Most frustrating thing to me would seem to be the fact that if you love to learn for understanding's sake, feeling like you are drowning in the massive volume of material would be frustrating. . . kind of like gorging on pies very quickly in a pie eating contest. At an almost immediate point, you stop tasting the pies and just want to vomit. (Not that I'd know what this is like. I don't eat massive vols at a time; which is why I hate buffets.) It's good to be able to digest material. I'd like to know how most med students handle all of it w/o vomiting or aspirating.

 

[efex101]

if you are having doubts do not do it, not ready yet.

 

[moonwake]

I'm having a moment of weakness and am second guessing what I'm doing.

I've been out of school and working in an unrelated field for 3 years. I've enrolled 3 classes at my local university; environmental health, the final general chemistry course (for a refresher) and a molecular cell biology course. I know the first two classes are going to be easy, but I'm afraid the mol. biology will kill me. My overall undergrad GPA is 3.4 with a 3.3 science. Since I've already graduated is it even worth taking these courses? Am I wasting time that I should be spending on the MCAT? The last day to drop any class is this Sunday.

Tentatively my plan is to work my butt of in these course and take the intensive MCAT prep course to prepare for the Sept MCAT. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

True. We don't know your situation (if you're working or w/e) but if all you're doing is taking 3 classes and have a hard time getting an A with the proper resources, medical school will be an expensive wake-up call. There's a reason why med schools consider course load with grades. I mean I can't say I'm going to whiz med school but I was able to get a 3.7 and do 21 credits my last semester so I think I am preparing myself for the amount of material I need to learn. I just don't want you to go into the premed cycle with the wrong impression of what you're getting yourself into.