need an easy filler course

tulane14
Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:55:47 +0000

Unless you want to take summer school, by putting off general chemistry to sophomore year, you are pretty much ruining any chance of studying abroad junior year. In addition, if you are interested in the creative scholars program (early admittance to Tulane Med School as a non-science major), you are also disqualifying yourself from even applying.

I wouldn’t worry too much about chem. You are going to college now. All your classes are going to be hard. As long as you are willing to put in the time, you should be fine. I know several people that got A’s and B’s who had never even had chemistry before. The tutoring center, upperclassmen, and your professor will all be helpful resources in obtaining the grade you want.

It’s all up to you, but taking chemistry and cell bio together isn’t that bad. I took general chemistry, calculus 1, and cell bio all together and managed to make A’s in all three. Med school is going to be way harder than anything you do in undergrad. In addition, your freshman year is the least important year in terms of grades. Med schools understand that it takes a while to adjust to college and are generally forgiving as long as you show a positive, upward trend through your sophomore and junior years.

You’ll start to see that sadly there isn’t much room for exploration with a typical pre-med schedule. Almost all my courses have been in the sciences. I can relate to you because while I’m pretty set on a neuroscience/psychology/biology major, I’m still searching for something else to enrich my academic experience.