Background: Appreciate any and all advice. I'm finishing up my bachelor's in a non-science major this Spring so I'm taking a year to finish pre-requisites and get some additional ECs. I'm going to take classes in all 3 summer, fall and spring semesters, but I'm also going to take the MCAT after next year's Spring semester May 2017 right before I apply, so I want to set myself up with a very light Spring semester for study time.
Question: Because of the way my school's schedule is, I can take organic chemistry 1 in the first summer session and biochemistry in the second summer session, but I can't take organic chemistry 2 over the summer so I'd have to bypass it for biochemistry until I could take it in the fall. Would it be worth the extra study time for the MCAT that I'd allow myself in the Spring semester by taking the courses this way? Or would I be better off going the standard OCHEM->OCHEM2->BIOCHEM route even though I'd have to take OCHEM2 in that Spring semester where I'd want to devote a ton of studying to the MCAT?
I know biochem isn't a pre-req, I'm going to take it based on advice for MCAT prep. I'm also taking into account the more difficult, very condensed summer classes, these are only 5 weeks long. I welcome advice from anybody that's been in a similar situation or any opinions at all, thanks a lot.
Question: Because of the way my school's schedule is, I can take organic chemistry 1 in the first summer session and biochemistry in the second summer session, but I can't take organic chemistry 2 over the summer so I'd have to bypass it for biochemistry until I could take it in the fall. Would it be worth the extra study time for the MCAT that I'd allow myself in the Spring semester by taking the courses this way? Or would I be better off going the standard OCHEM->OCHEM2->BIOCHEM route even though I'd have to take OCHEM2 in that Spring semester where I'd want to devote a ton of studying to the MCAT?
I know biochem isn't a pre-req, I'm going to take it based on advice for MCAT prep. I'm also taking into account the more difficult, very condensed summer classes, these are only 5 weeks long. I welcome advice from anybody that's been in a similar situation or any opinions at all, thanks a lot.