Confused and Worried still

bookiemom
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:19:37 +0000

Apparently med schools don’t like you to take core required classes at a CC, especially not chemistry. A lot of people don’t like to take the MCAT during college semesters because it’s so hard to study for your regular classes along with the MCAT prep. Lots of people take it in the summer.

You don’t need to worry so much about exactly when to take the MCAT at this stage. You need to see how you do in chemistry, physics, etc. at UM first. You can always take the MCAT before your senior year, or even after your senior year.

It is really hard to fit in all the required classes for your major when you are starting a little later on the med school path. This happened to my D and she is going at least one extra semester to get it all in.

I meant in my earlier comment about doing medical school later, that there are quite a number of med school students who have other degrees and life experiences before they go to med school. They are called non-traditional applicants. You could get your degree in business or accounting and go to work in a hospital or other health care setting, volunteer there, get to know doctors, and so on, and then possibly do the medical school route.