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<p>Yes, unfortunately, they do. They associate "age’ with a level of maturity. </p>
<p>So, you’ll be 17 all frosh year
18 all of soph year
19 all of jr year (which would be your senior year if you grad early).</p>
<p>yikes. Applying to med school during the summer between soph and jr/sr year would mean that you would have just turned 19 years old when you apply to med school. That’s not going to look good. Even applying as a 20 year old will make you a young applicant. My son had just turned 21 when he applied (he turned 21 the same month that he submitted his app) and that is youngish. Applicants are older these days. I saw a breakdown at one of my son’s SOMs and 21 was the youngest that was accepted. I’m not saying that they wouldn’t accept a 20 year old, but a 19 year old would really be questionable. </p>
<p>So, figure out a 4 year schedule (or 7 semester schedule) that is balanced, with full loads each semester. Doing 7 semesters won’t hurt you because you’d still matriculate after 4 years.</p>
<p>You like math and that’s fine. You might want to include a stats math minor - med schools seem to like that, especially if you have some MD/PhD interests. If you don’t want to complete a math minor, that’s fine, too. Having a few of those classes on your transcript are a good thing.</p>
<p>I suggest that you also take the Medical Spanish class.</p>