What should I do?

[peterDO]

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Hey everyone, Im new here to SDN, but Ive been a lurker for quite some time and finally decided to join. Let me first say a little about myself. I am currently a junior at SUNY Stony Brook majoring in health science and have every ambition to become a DO. Ill have a bunch of questions for everyone so hopefully Ill get some advice and maybe give some if I know.

My first dilema is this:

I didnt really know what I wanted to do when I entered college. I didnt take any science classes until my soph. year, which really screwed me up. Last semester I took General Chem I and got a B- in it. This semester Im taking General Chem II and taking one of the BIO classes with the lab. Im due to graduate and have a bachleors May '09. Here is where my problem(s) start.

Before I graduate, Ill have these classes finished:

General Chem I + II with labs
General Bio I and II with labs
Physics I with lab

Im missing Organic chem and Physics II with the lab. I cant take any of these classes my senior year because I am going to be taking my health science classes. (Basically your scedule is made for you Sr. year) So I cant take Orgo and physics II.

I was thinking about taking the classes at a community college near my house. I know medical schools frown upon classes taken at a CC, especially since Im at a 4 year school. But, I dont want to waste a whole extra year for me to graduate just so I can take orgo and physics. (Not to mention all the money that it is going to cost me to live out at school just to take those 3 classes.)

I know Im still very far behind, and havent even taken the MCATs, but Im determined to do well on them and become a physician. I have my life sorted out and I know what I want to do with myself, but Im hating myself for starting so late.

So what should I do about orgo and physics?

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Here's a hint: once you graduate, your financial aid potential decreases dramatically. At least it did for me. So take the extra year.

 

[scpod]

So what should I do about orgo and physics?

Summer school before your senior year. You need to get them done before you even think about the MCAT. hen, you need to study your butt off for the MCAT. Typically, Health Sciences majors score lower on the MCAT than any other major.

 

[Meatwad]

CHE 321 and 322/326 suck ass at SUNYSB. If you want A's practically guaranteed, and at a nearby 4-year school, take them at Farmingdale. Same price as Stony Brook, and it's not a CC. Wish I had done that; 30 people per class at F-dale vs. 1200 at Stoner Brook. Guess where you'll have better interaction with the professor and rack up those brownie points went you need that A- bumped up to an A?

 

[saylorsdad]

I have to agree with tex here, take advantage of your new found widsom in financial aid. Stay in school you will get more money by not graduating. Keep in mind that I did get financial aid while working on my masters degree. It was student loans though, if you qualify for the pell grant stay undergraduate!