Need Help! Pre-Med Schedule

[Utopify]

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Hello!

Currently have Bachelors of IT undergrad and am starting pre-meds this fall at UCCS. Here is the schedule they setup for me, but I tell you Spring 2006 looks deadly based on some of the recent threads in here....

HELP! What should/could I do???

1. Fall 2004: Bio1, Chem1 (I took chem1 already with an A, but remember nothing, so I am re-taking).
2. Spring 2005: Bio2, Chem2
3. Summer: Engish 2 (was never required but I'd like to get 'er done)
4. Fall 2005: OrgChem1, Physics1
5. Spring 2006: OrgChem2, Physics2 👎
6. Summer: BioChem1, Start studying for MCAT
7. Fall 2006: Molecular Biology
8. Spring 2007: MCAT

It seems to me it starts and ends ok, but its the middle that seems killer.

Tips/Ideas/Recommendations?

Thanks a ton!

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[rockstar2525]

Are you going to be working during all of this? How many hours? What else do you have going on? Volunteering? If you can give an idea of what else you'll be doing I can give better advice. 🙂

 

[Utopify]

Yes, sorry!

I am volunteering Saturday's from 12-4 at the ER. I have been married 7 years, have two little girls. I work a full time job in IT "Security" for the Air Force. My employer is VERY relaxed and supportive of school. Meaning, I can leave anytime and study anytime as long as my work is being taken care of. (My job is cake). My family is also super supportive. I'd say I can dedicate 5 hours a day 'consisitently' on studies if not more.
That's it in a nutshell...
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[MEG@COOL]

Yes, sorry!

I am volunteering Saturday's from 12-4 at the ER. I have been married 7 years, have two little girls. I work a full time job in IT "Security" for the Air Force. My employer is VERY relaxed and supportive of school. Meaning, I can leave anytime and study anytime as long as my work is being taken care of. (My job is cake). My family is also super supportive. I'd say I can dedicate 5 hours a day 'consisitently' on studies if not more.
That's it in a nutshell...
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You should be able to handle that schedule according to that....

 

[WalterSobchakk]

Those classes look fine together. Typically, students are advised to take two sciences at once and I didn't think your combinations looked bad. If you're uncomfortable with physics, I might switch it away from organic 2 just because both organic 2 and physics 2 are less intuitive than organic 1 and physics 1. If you have a good head for physics, though, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Utopify]

Cool, thanks for the feedback! Also, because I was an idiot and cared less about school when I first started, I am thinking of re-taking my math classes (Trig and Calc I). Probably coupled with those summer classes. I guess I'll play it by ear..

Thanks again, I appreciate it...

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[rockstar2525]

I think you'll be fine, five hours to study is more than enough! I took Physics 2, Organic 2, both labs, another physics class, studied for the April MCAT, and volunteered a lot (but no job) this past semester and still felt like I had tons of time to spend with my friends, dating, gym, etc.
The thing about Organic and Physics is that they are both very conceptual (esp physics), and if you get the concepts right away applying them to problems and labs isn't that difficult and there isn't much to memorize. Bio is the opposite; the concepts are less difficult but there is a lot of info to memorize and keep organized. I think this difference is why a lot of bio majors on this forum complain about organic and physics. Organic takes a lot of time no matter who you are, but since you have a background in engineering/math you will probably fly through physics. My post-bac friends who were math and/or engineering majors were used to that type of abstract sequential thinking and smoked our physics class without putting much effort into it. Organic will be tough, but for you, physics may be the easiest/best class to pair it with.

 

[Utopify]

Sweet. I would have to agree, I enjoy physics and the like. However Math was never my strong suit. That being said, it made physics difficult, but it was understandable nonetheless. My cousin is a second year at SLU and he mentioned that for him Physics I was more difficult than II because of the introduction to 90% of the material. I am optimistic! Again, thanks for the feedback, this forum is great because it advocates folks like me.

Thanks....

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