Taking 3 Labs over the last Summer semester in college?

[Thestrugglingpremed]

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Hi.

So I've basically planned out my entire class schedule until I graduate which is up until Summer 2019. I want to make that my last semester.

By that point, I'd only have to take 3 classes - all labs - which are Organic Chem 2 lab, genetics lab, and possibly microbio lab.

Should I do this? Otherwise, I'd have to fit them into my Spring and Fall semesters and overload.

 

[thegrind33]

Hi.

So I've basically planned out my entire class schedule until I graduate which is up until Summer 2019. I want to make that my last semester.

By that point, I'd only have to take 3 classes - all labs - which are Organic Chem 2 lab, genetics lab, and possibly microbio lab.

Should I do this? Otherwise, I'd have to fit them into my Spring and Fall semesters and overload.

I would try to fit one of the labs into a semester and do two labs over the summer. Pick the "easiest" lab to do in a semester

 

[FutureSurgical]

That sounds horrendous. I don't know you, so I don't know how you work and whether or not you can handle it. But I would try to limit your summer to one lab per summer term (1 June, 1 July for example.)

I took 4 credits per month of summer (Physics I with Lab in June; Physics II with Lab in July.) It was essentially taking two separate classes during each month term, seeing as how a lab course with lab reports, quizzes, tests, etc. were all packed into one month. It seemed like a full-time job just dealing with one lab + 1 class.

In terms of time taken in each lab, Orgo II > Genetics > Microbio (at least my observations (n=1)). So if it's unavoidable, I'd take Orgo II on its own in the first summer term, then take Genetics + Microbio in the second term.

 

[westsidestoryz]

I took orgo 1 and 2 in one summer. Basically, my entire summer was dedicated to orgo and it was not fun lol but Im glad i got it over with. If you can manage an A, I say stick to 2 labs per summer. 3 is overkill.