Need study tips for summer science courses

[Lefty Doodle]

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Hi,
I'm a non-trad who, because I've spent most of my post-college time living abroad (4 of the 5 yrs), is also non-traditionally uncommitted to life in the US. So, therefore, I was planning on living, breathing and eating biology and general chemistry this summer. The university I hope to attend (some kinks are being worked out) has a 4 month summer session, so I will take Bio 1 in May, Bio 2 in June, Chem 1 in July and Chem 2 in August. Voila. Bio 1 I took six years ago so this should be a good way to ease in to it.

For the entire 4 months, I will be in class M-F, 10:45am to 4:00pm. Lecture and lab are every day during these hours.

I was planning on waking up around 7 every day to read the material to be covered that day. Then, go to class, then at night review what had been covered and do homework, etc. I'll be able to bike to class and will have a treadmill I can study on at home so hopefully I won't have to spend time at the gym during the week (I get achy and grumpy if I don't get enough exercise so this is key!).

I was wondering what you all thought of that plan and if anyone had any other tips for acing summer science courses? I plan to then take advanced bio during the school year, along with physics and orgo, then biochem the following summer, so my summer schedule shouldn't raise eyebrows, and the material should get reinforced for the MCAT by virtue of me taking advanced bio and biochem.

Thoughts?

 

[ceng2doc]

Hi,
I'm a non-trad who, because I've spent most of my post-college time living abroad (4 of the 5 yrs), is also non-traditionally uncommitted to life in the US. So, therefore, I was planning on living, breathing and eating biology and general chemistry this summer. The university I hope to attend (some kinks are being worked out) has a 4 month summer session, so I will take Bio 1 in May, Bio 2 in June, Chem 1 in July and Chem 2 in August. Voila. Bio 1 I took six years ago so this should be a good way to ease in to it.

For the entire 4 months, I will be in class M-F, 10:45am to 4:00pm. Lecture and lab are every day during these hours.

I was planning on waking up around 7 every day to read the material to be covered that day. Then, go to class, then at night review what had been covered and do homework, etc. I'll be able to bike to class and will have a treadmill I can study on at home so hopefully I won't have to spend time at the gym during the week (I get achy and grumpy if I don't get enough exercise so this is key!).

I was wondering what you all thought of that plan and if anyone had any other tips for acing summer science courses? I plan to then take advanced bio during the school year, along with physics and orgo, then biochem the following summer, so my summer schedule shouldn't raise eyebrows, and the material should get reinforced for the MCAT by virtue of me taking advanced bio and biochem.

Thoughts?

Wow, entirely a good way of a short cut, though intense. Honestly, I'd rather living in your state. Where are you?

We only have been offered just 1 summer school schedule here, between May 17th and July20 (Summer C), or between June25 and August6 (Summer B), and have to stack'em up everything that we think we could take for this same 10 weeks. Too bad for a full-time working, part-time student. Sucks.

 

[Lefty Doodle]

I'm in Minnesota, but it's the University of Manitoba that offers this. Minnesota residents get in-state tuition there (yay!). If I had decided to go to the University of Minnesota, I would have only been able to take one semester of General Chem in the summer! And tuition would have been 4x more.

It's pretty much too late for anyone to explore the Manitoba option for Summer 2010, but in case anyone stumbles upon this thread in the future, they can PM me to see how its going. I applied to do a second degree, which will give me the option of working on campus, getting U.S. financial aid, living on campus (not doing that...), and better registration times. For non-MN residents it's only about $900 per science class, and rent there is CHEAP. Even if I weren't a MN resident, that is 1/2 the price of a class at my state school!

It will be a rough summer, though. I get 1 day off between Bio 1 final and start of Bio 2, and Chem 2 starts the day after the Chem 1 final! The most I get is a weekend between Bio2 and Chem1!

Oh and doing this really makes me feel better about going to school full-time, since the debt will be minimal. I will try to work part-time (something medicine related) come fall, but in my post-college experience of having a full-time job with its responsibilities, it is difficult to make school a priority. Bosses just don't care!

 

[ceng2doc]

I'm in Minnesota, but it's the University of Manitoba that offers this. Minnesota residents get in-state tuition there (yay!). If I had decided to go to the University of Minnesota, I would have only been able to take one semester of General Chem in the summer! And tuition would have been 4x more.

It's pretty much too late for anyone to explore the Manitoba option for Summer 2010, but in case anyone stumbles upon this thread in the future, they can PM me to see how its going. I applied to do a second degree, which will give me the option of working on campus, getting U.S. financial aid, living on campus (not doing that...), and better registration times. For non-MN residents it's only about $900 per science class, and rent there is CHEAP. Even if I weren't a MN resident, that is 1/2 the price of a class at my state school!

It will be a rough summer, though. I get 1 day off between Bio 1 final and start of Bio 2, and Chem 2 starts the day after the Chem 1 final! The most I get is a weekend between Bio2 and Chem1!

Oh and doing this really makes me feel better about going to school full-time, since the debt will be minimal. I will try to work part-time (something medicine related) come fall, but in my post-college experience of having a full-time job with its responsibilities, it is difficult to make school a priority. Bosses just don't care!

Tough schedule, but it's literally a short-cut, if you will. Hope, you'll do great at the end.

Hey, sweet option to have a treadmill home, which I cannot afford due to that I'm on 3rd floor and it'll make a lot of noise (at least I assume so) when I start stumbling on it.

 

[ArkansasRanger]

Tough schedule, but it's literally a short-cut, if you will. Hope, you'll do great at the end.

Hey, sweet option to have a treadmill home, which I cannot afford due to that I'm on 3rd floor and it'll make a lot of noise (at least I assume so) when I start stumbling on it.

Short-cuts are awesome. I'm going all my crap in a year the same way she is.