Should I Take Genetics for Med School Prep?

[AllDay24]

So I've been hit hard with senioritis (second-semester senior)---classes started 10 days ago and I have yet to do any homework or even go to class (they are recorded though, haven't listened to them)

I am taking five classes:

Independent Research
Cell bio and biochem
Humanities
Humanities seminar

For my fifth class, I am currently enrolled in "molecular bio & genetics" but my friends and my advisor say taking biochem and genetics is killer (both very tough courses at my school). Is genetics that helpful for med school? I find it interesting but my schedule is tough already, and even tougher with senioritis. The alternative is evolution which I find VERY VERY boring but it is much easier than genetics.

Btw I am aiming for B-s at the very least, I don't want C's. Genetics and biochem are curved to a B- but evolution is curved to a B probably if not higher.

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[CrimsonKing]

Take it, it helps.

 

[Ismet]

I so wish I would have taken genetics in undergrad. Our genetics class was pretty brutal for people who had never taken it before, and a breeze for people who did (I'm generalizing, but that was the overall sense I got from talking to classmates).

However, if taking it is going to be too stressful and has the potential to hurt your GPA, it's really not a necessity. Just be ready to hit the ground running and keep up with studying when you get genetics in med school, and you should come out okay!

 

[FSU2013]

Do it if you're interested in it. I had very little bio in college and did fine in med school.

 

[MilMD01]

Genetics is cool, definitely take it.

 

[flodhi1]

Genetics in medical school is pretty brutal but I don't think my undergrad Genetics helped at all. There's a huge difference between Genetics taught in undergrad by research scientists and Medical Genetics.

 

[Xenops]

Genetics is cool, definitely take it.

Yes. Take it because it's fun!

 

[eagles22]

They teach you what you need to know for med school in med school.