<p>In taking classes such as inorganic and organic chem is it taken for all 3 terms or is it jammed into 2 out of the 3 terms in a given year? My middle D is interested in Dartmouth but we’re confused on how to complete pre-med requirements. Do most premed students have no chance to take a term away unless they take organic or physic over the summer some where? Thanks.</p>
<p>General and organic chemistry as well as general physics are taught as two-term courses. It is quite possible to take them and still go abroad. However, it will require some good planning and discipline. You’ll probably want to start with gen chem freshman year, take orgo sophomore year, and physics senior year. Or, if you want to get done with the requirements sooner, you can double up orgo and physics, which I wouldn’t recommend. But suffice to say, premeds do go abroad.</p>
<p>Additionally, I have known a number of Dartmouth students who took summer orgo at Harvard, but not necessarily because they couldn’t fit it in at Dartmouth–apparently orgo at Harvard tends to be easier.</p>
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<p>I’m a freshman, so I can’t offer much help other than the course guide.</p>
<p>I’ve also heard of students taking summer orgo at Harvard.</p>
<p>The general rule is that a course normally taught over one semester is taught over one term at Dartmouth, and so a two-semester “full-year course” like orgo is taught over two terms here. It’s condensed, but you only take three courses per term instead of four or five, so you aren’t as scatterbrained or stressed.</p>
<p>Thanks, I discussed the D-terms with her and she is thinking about it. I met a med student from Dartmouth undergrad who told me about how he and others took Harvard summer orgo classes. That’s what made me look into how it is scheduled. Having a term in 2.5 mos does seem tough for some subjects that in other schools are covered over 4 mos. The trimester was something my older D wanted nothing to do with. Something different for everybody I guess. Good luck at Darmouth.</p>