How hard would you say the courses are overall/How is the workload, compared to undergrad?
-To graduate with the Master's degree, you have to finish at least 30 credits. Some people want to finish in a year, because they are applying to med/dental schools at the same time, while others prefer to stretch it out to 1.5 years or 2 years with a thesis. So I'd have to say finishing 30 credits in a year is tough, I know people who are doing that and they are taking 4-5 classes a semester, with lab rotation, etc. These classes can be tough, the basic Fundamentals class that is required for most masters students to take is just basic biochemistry, but it's a lot of material to go over and memorize nevertheless. You may qualify to take the Med School equivalent MGM course or an advanced graduate version called GMM instead of Fundamentals with certain criteria. Overall, most classes are not super tough to understand, but the workload that is involved can be a lot, especially if you're taking more than 3 classes, plus adding a lab rotation and other extracurricular activities like volunteering or if you're working etc. But is it doable? definitely! You just have to put in the time, organize your study schedule and put in the effort to study and you can do well in any of these classes.
Does everyone have different schedules or are you in the same classes?
No, everyone picks what classes they want to take other than the main required course (Fundamentals or MGM or GMM). That is the flexibility of this program. It's kinda like undergrad, where you see what different classes are offered each semester and sign up for them. However, you are bound to see many of your fellow classmates in the same classes, especially if you are going towards the same route (pre-med or pre-dent), since they do offer classes specifically for each of those routes, such as oral immuniology for pre-dent and mechanism of the heart or gross anatomy for pre-med.
