need an easy filler course

tulanechild
Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:59:58 +0000

To be completely honest, you don’t sound like a great fit for a pre-med major.

If you are thinking about pre-med, you should really, really love science–more than anything else. You shouldn’t already be concerned about the heavy load or the impossibility of “enjoying school” with a few science classes on your plate. You also shouldn’t be upset about not taking a class in (obscure liberal arts subject here.) I’m not saying you shouldn’t care about other things; you should. I’m just saying that if it is difficult for you to sacrifice time, liberal arts, or an “easy course load” for your proposed career path, these four years will be miserable, and your seven years plus at medical school will be even more miserable. There’s a reason that medical school has less than a 50% retention rate.

Your schedule is pretty normal compared to most freshman. My freshman year was chemistry+lab, biology, a 300-level German class, Hebrew, volunteering ten hours a week, Tides and something else that I can’t even remember. It ended up being about 19 credits. Schedules should only become “easy” senior year, and only if you’ve completed your major(s). I’ve completed mine twice over, so I feel entitled to take two instrument for credit courses and a dance class for the heck of it. A freshman shouldn’t. Please pile your classes on and get them out of the way.