So for any current/past students, what's the class schedule like overall? As in, what time do the classes normally meet/how often are exams? I was looking through schedules that I could find online, but all it shows are the MPH courses. Thanks!
Thought someone answered this but I guess not. Sorry!
It's really hard to try to give you an idea of a typical schedule because the schedule literally changes every day. Not to mention we drop and add classes all through med foundations I and the semester as a whole.
For the first semester exams are integrated so you get one giant exam every 3ish weeks give or take a week or so. It'll usually be on like a friday or monday from 9 am to 12 and if it's on a Friday they'll hold the review on like Tuesday and give you Thursday off to study with class Wednesday on material not on that exam. Classes will vary in times but you usually have each class maybe 4 times a week... And usually from 9ish to 3ish (each class is 50 min).
Spring semester is a little different (and a lot harder to be honest). You don't actually take med school classes with the first years anymore but you still take pathology, anatomy and physiology. Exams are separated which really blows cause you can have an exam every week. (we had one last Thursday, the Thursday before, and this coming Thursday - just not one this week cause it's actually spring break).
I really wish I could give you a set schedule but it really does vary. Maybe this will help:
FALL examples of days:
Easy day: 1 class at maybe 10 AM with the rest of the day to study
Medium day: 2 classes at 9 and 10 AM with rest of day to study or one at 10 AM and one at 1 PM
Long day: 2 classes at 9 and 10 AM AND a class at 1 PM followed by a small group meet at 3 PM OR 2 classes at 10 and 11 AM, hr break for lunch, Tissue and Organ Biology at 1 PM (has an accompany "lab" on the computer so it lasts till 3)
Like I said it can vary lol
Spring can range from having a single class at 10 am to having 3 classes with anatomy "lab" (also on computer) all in one day. It also depends on what elective you take. For example some people took complimentary alternative medicine or public health law and have class on a Monday or Wednesday at 5 pm til 8 pm. I took gait analysis which is on Fridays normally. Also there's MCAT class which is usually on friday or Wednesday night. So if you decide to take the class you have to go to class on Fridays but if you don't you may have Fridays off.
Hope this helps and sorry it's so long but like I said it's really hard to describe our schedule cause it fluctuates so much.