My Whacky Schedule!

[uncultured]

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Hey guys, I'm having a hard time with my scheduling so I figured I'd run it by the brain-trust gang and see what everyone thinks. I'm gonna be a junior in the fall of 2004 and only decided over Christmas break that I was gonna be a doctor! Hah...Anyway, so I took Introduction to Bio this past semester (Spring of my sophomore year), but I couldn't get into a lab. I got an A in the class though! So anyway, I was planning on taking Chem 1 and 2 this summer, then Orgo 1 and 2 in the fall and spring of my junior year, then physics 1 and 2 that summer, then the August MCAT in my senior year (I was just gonna take the Intro to Bio Lab sometime in my senior year). But I began to read that the August MCAT can hurt your chances at a lot of schools that do rolling admissions--should I just space my classes out more and take the MCAT in April of my senior year? It would delay my entry to med school by a year...would the schools see that negatively (ie I was slacking)? I WOULD just double up on my courses, but I science is really not my forte and I'd prefer to concentrate on one science at a time to get the best possible grade out of it. So! Sorry about the length of this post, but any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Later! 😀

 

[UseUrHeadFred]

Schools don't care if you take a year off, so long as you do something productive. You'll want some extracurricular activities anyway (lab work, clinical experience). Space stuff out more. Take all the time you need. Don't burn yourself out on classes.

 

[Thundrstorm]

I think a year off between is a great idea. You can work and save money, apply without the added stress of classes, and make time to get more research, volunteering, etc. into your schedule.