Taking genetics and biochemistry in 8 weeks?

[rexxx]

How difficult does that sound?
Summer program at my university starts friday and is about 7.5 or 8 weeks long. I'd be taking BOTH genetics and biochem in that time frame. I really HAVE to get nothing but As from here on out, too.

My schedule really makes me nervous.. 3 days a week I have class until 6:15pm.

I keep going back and forth on whether I should just do biochem or both. I need more science classes for GPA though. Seems like a waste to be here all summer and take just 1 class.

As far as getting As, I'm definitely no supergenius, but I'm willing to try my best and study hard.


Thoughts? Reasonably doable?

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[PressPforPi]

If it were me, to be honest, I would probably only do one or the other. No sense in rushing and causing your GPA to flop. Plus, you want to make sure that you have a good handle on all the material.

 

[235788]

Agree with Pressp. No sense in risking, unless you have time to truly commit. One science is hard enough over the summer.

 

[rexxx]

which is typically harder then? biochem or genetics?

I guess I'd prefer to take the harder one over the summer for the sake of getting it over with without other classes getting in the way.

I know it differs from school to school, but typically, which is more difficult?

 

[upchurch]

which is typically harder then? biochem or genetics?

I guess I'd prefer to take the harder one over the summer for the sake of getting it over with without other classes getting in the way.

I know it differs from school to school, but typically, which is more difficult?

I think it depends on your strengths but for most people, I would say biochem would be harder.

 

[phnerd1105]

Don't do both. Ask students who have taken the classes during the year and during the summer, and see which one you would have an advantage in taking over the summer

 

[ktran17]

take genetics over the summer. If you take biochem, you're at risk of burning out by the time you start your fall semester.

 

[PJ meowerton]

I think biochem would be harder, when I took it it was A LOT of memorization (memorizing the structures of all the amino acids etc). Genetics was easier but a lot more reading.

How long is your drop window before you'd get a W? Maybe you could sign up for both and drop one if it seems like too much work.

 

[NYRN]

How difficult does that sound?
Summer program at my university starts friday and is about 7.5 or 8 weeks long. I'd be taking BOTH genetics and biochem in that time frame. I really HAVE to get nothing but As from here on out, too.

My schedule really makes me nervous.. 3 days a week I have class until 6:15pm.

I keep going back and forth on whether I should just do biochem or both. I need more science classes for GPA though. Seems like a waste to be here all summer and take just 1 class.

As far as getting As, I'm definitely no supergenius, but I'm willing to try my best and study hard.


Thoughts? Reasonably doable?

This schedule sounds like a suicide mission, and if you are saying that you need A's from here on out, I don't think I would risk it.

Genetics is probably OK over the summer, Biochem is something that should be taken alone as a summer course.

 

[rexxx]

How long is your drop window before you'd get a W? Maybe you could sign up for both and drop one if it seems like too much work.

its like half a week haha, classes start friday and I have until next wednesday or so. need to decide now.

guessing for now i'll go with biochem, but that means i won't be able to take genetics this year, since i'll be taking ochem, physics, AND bio both semesters this year.

 

[Lil Mick]

It's doable to take both, but don't count on free time/EC time. If you're not planning to only take those courses, go for biochem. It's a lot of memorization and was a pain to take with my other courses. I liked having it in 4 weeks during medical school--easier to get into the material when that's all you have to think about during that period of time.

 

[blizzah]

If the alternative is to take it during the year, then just take it during the year...

 

[latrala2300]

Do genetics. Biochem is not something you want to cram into 8 weeks anyway; it potentially has larger implications on your future.

 

[rexxx]

Do genetics. Biochem is not something you want to cram into 8 weeks anyway; it potentially has larger implications on your future.

talked to a bio advisor today and she said if i'm just doing one, take biochem -- its a prereq for a LOT more classes than genetics.

on that note, anybody think it'd be doable if i did biochem and statistics? i don't feel like stats will be that bad... not as hard as genetics anyway.

biochem and stats or just biochem?