programs like mt. sinai's?

[stl2cali2k1]

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hi, i go to a liberal arts college and i really want to take advantage of taking a wide variety of classes rather than taking the rigid pre-med curriculum. are there any other programs like mt. sinai's humanities early acceptance?

 

[rhesuspieces]

Who told you the pre-med curriculum was rigid? There are students on here that have majored in everything from dance to engineering to english. The "pre-med" curriculum is essentially 2 semesters each of physics, bio, gen chem, o chem, and calc, plus some sort of english or writing class, and sometimes biochem. Other than that, you're free to major in whatever floats your boat.

So I don't know if there are other programs like Mt. Sinai's, but programs like that aren't really necessary if you want to get a diverse education.

 

[stl2cali2k1]

well because i want to complete the pre-med reqs by end of sophomore year, which would mean that if i wanted to major in a non-science, i would basically have about 2 years to complete the major requirements. the dumb distributive requirements are such a hassle

 

[bobow98]

When you're done "exploring" all of the different courses available and have a 3.3 gpa to show for it, you will smack yourself in the forehead and groan. Taking a traditional conservative approach to course selection and following the standard path will not detract from your application.

To answer your question: There is only one "humanities and medicine" program and that is Sinai's.
There are other non-standard programs, like BU for engineers, but that is different than what you have in mind.

 

[Evergrey]

Four years in college is plenty to get a Humanities degree and take all the pre-med courses, write a thesis, and still study music, writing, and politics on top of the degree requirements. I am living proof of that.

 

[Big Dog]

....not sure what the advantage is....unless you plan on spending the summer after Soph year studying for the mcat. The typical path is to complete most of the prereqs by the end of Jr year and then take the mcat.

 

[stl2cali2k1]

i thought that was if you wanted to take a gap year

 

[rhesuspieces]

i thought that was if you wanted to take a gap year

Not at all. Many people take the MCAT in May of their application year (i.e. the year before they matriculate). Scores for the May exams come out in June, probably before you've even started filling out secondaries. You'd even have time to retake in August if you weren't thrilled with your scores.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

even if you take the science prereqs in 2 years, that's 2 classes per semester. that leaves you, at most schools, 3 classes per semester to do whatever you want. this is "rigid?"

 

[stl2cali2k1]

actually, my school is on a quarter calendar, so the max amount of classes we can take is 4, and that's if we truly hate ourselves. so yeah this is confusing lol, i was planning on doing this:
freshman year: Fall (math), Winter(Gen chem), Spring (Gen chem)
sophomore year: Fall (Cell Bio, Physics), Winter (Genetics, physics), Spring (OChem), Summer (Ochem, Physio[fml])
junior year: biochem

damn its gonna be a pain in the neck trying to jumble this around