My freshman/soph schedule problem

[BeastfromthEast]

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Ok sorry about posting another thread (the old thread died) about my schedule but I talked with my advisor and he gave me some suggestions. This is my freshman fall schedule:

Chem 1 with lab
Genomics research program (advisor said it will be time consuming) it counts as a bio class though.
Sci-tech English comp (for sci-tech honors program)
Some elective (was going to take cal, but read ahead)

I'm not taking bio this year because my advisor thinks that paired with the research will be tough (and I have to adjust to college life and all).

However I want to finish my prereqs in two years but taking bio1-2, ochem1-2, and physics 1-2 in soph year would be overkill IMO. So thisis the plan I devised:

Fall freshman year: chem 1
Spring freshman year: chem 2 & non cal based physics ( I took physics c in senior year so some stuff will be familiar with it)

Summer between soph and fresh: non cal based physics 2

Fall sophomore year: ochem 1, bio 1
Spring sophomore year: ochem 2, bio 2

Fall junior year: cal 1
Spring junior year: cal 2

If I do this, I will get all my prereqs done before junior year so I can study for mcats over the summer.

Does it look ok to you? Is there anything that might be wrong with it that I might not be aware of?

 

[jm192]

Both Bio Pre-Req's are relatively easy.

I really think you could mix it in Freshman year, and put Physics off until second year. Both Bio pre-reqs would actually be easier than Physics. Not combined---although that may still be easier.

Organic and Physics is a doable combination. Organic and Physics and Bio is a doable combination.

I took Org 1/physics 1/upper Bio---Org 2/physics 2/upper Bio. That's not saying look at me, I'm so smart. I'm probably pretty average as far as a student---but the point is it's doable.

Advisors think we're babies. And maybe that's good first semester.

Is calc-2 required? I usually see 2 math classes or calculus

 

[BeastfromthEast]

At my school the bio teacher available for me freshman year is notoriously tough. So I has hoping I could move it to second year when I have more college studying experience. Plus I could get a different professor.

I just took Ap physics so I don't think physics 1 will be that hard. Physics 2 might be though.

Are summer classes generally harder because it's compressed? Or easier because of more time? Should I move it to fall soph year?

 

[jm192]

At my school the bio teacher available for me freshman year is notoriously tough. So I has hoping I could move it to second year when I have more college studying experience. Plus I could get a different professor.

I just took Ap physics so I don't think physics 1 will be that hard. Physics 2 might be though.

Are summer classes generally harder because it's compressed? Or easier because of more time? Should I move it to fall soph year?

I can't imagine too many professors making freshman Bio hard, but I didn't go there, so I don't know.

I never took a summer class, but most I know that have tend to like them. With nothing else to focus on/stress about, alot of tough classes seem easier.

 

[LizzyM]

Taking the MCAT the summer after jr year is suboptimal if you want to go to med school a couple months after college graduation.

Ideally, you should take the MCAT in April of Jr year, prepare your application for submission in June and submit secondary applications in July. Interview invitations arrive in August, you interview in Sept and have an acceptance in October.


Take the MCAT in August and you won't have your scores until some applicants are actually holding offers of admission, the earliest you'll have interviews will be Nov or later and you'll be competing for fewer interview slots with a larger pool of applicants than the early birds did.


I don't know why your advisor is trying to sell you on research your first quarter with classes over the summer. Flip it around: bio in your first semester and research over the summer at your own institution or through a research institute summer program for undergrads.