I am a freshman and am currently taking gen chem 2 and bio 2, in my school they can be taken out of sequence. Basically, every pre-med at my school is typically a semester behind in their pre-reqs, where people are taking gen chem and bio as frosh, we only take gen chem and one semester of bio. I just want to know whether I should Take Orgo 1, Physics 1 and Bio 1 in the fall of sophomore year then orgo 2 with physics 2 in the spring so I could take the MCAT in the summer of 2014, or if I should leave Bio 1 and take it with Orgo 2 and Physics 2. All of this is being asked because I want to take the MCAT in the summer/September of 2014 so that I could study for the MCAT during the summer without distraction. Just a little extra tidbit, I would apply to med school for 2016 admission. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Triple up on Orgo, Physics and Bio??
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which one during fall or spring?
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If I were you I would spread it out a bit more and push the MCAT until spring of junior year. Focus on doing well in your courses and for subject mastery which will make MCAT studying much easier and less intense. There is no rush in having the MCAT done so early.
Ok but the reasoning behind the rush is because I want to study during the summer and take the mcat in september. If I wait till junior year summer to study one ibhave to fot biochem into my schedule for the 2015 mcat and I wouldbbe applying in like october whichbis too late. Can anyone give me an alternative rush schedule?
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I would still take it around April of junior year. Study hard during winter/spring break and take a light spring semester. Like I said before if you have built a solid foundation of knowledge from your courses, then MCAT studying should be mostly review/problems.
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Just a heads up- according to amcas, I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that if you want to matriculate fall 2016 or later into a program, you need to take the new 2015 mcat. Look it up in case if I'm wrong, but you might want to just take your time with the process instead and wait until your resume looks best.
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Highly doubt it's required, since people do take the MCAT beginning of junior year, too.
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That's how it is at my college, as well. I'm planning on taking Advanced Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry I next year and taking Physics either the following year or during the summer in between sophomore and junior year. It might be a different situation for me, though, just because I wasn't able to take calculus in high school for really BS reasons... So I'm gonna need to take that before calculus-based Physics (or at least it would be helpful), I assume. Haha.
The way I see it... Even if science classes aren't time consuming for you and you can probably get As in them while doing all 3 simultaneously... The question is whether you'll be studying the material in the way necessary to remember it for the MCAT. I'm sure we've all gotten As in certain classes where you immediately forgot everything.
I recommend talking to your academic adviser about it. He/she will be able to tailor it better to your plan of graduation for your specific college/university and I'm sure they have the necessary knowledge to guide you well on your pre-med journey.
The way I see it... Even if science classes aren't time consuming for you and you can probably get As in them while doing all 3 simultaneously... The question is whether you'll be studying the material in the way necessary to remember it for the MCAT. I'm sure we've all gotten As in certain classes where you immediately forgot everything.
I recommend talking to your academic adviser about it. He/she will be able to tailor it better to your plan of graduation for your specific college/university and I'm sure they have the necessary knowledge to guide you well on your pre-med journey.
Ok, I guess I should have looked it up prior to posting earlier. Here's the link to where I read about it though:
https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/
I kind of wish they mention what happens to an applicant who gets rejected after having taken the 2014 MCAT. But I guess they're implying that those applicants will just have to retake the newer MCAT the following year 🙁
