Pre-med reqs over the summer

nmubunny
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:31:34 +0000

I agree with the above post that it really depends on the reason. For me I love learning and the joy I get out of learning, taking summer classes not only helps me get summer credit but taking classes are just fun. They say kids lose a ton of information when they go on summer vacation so I don’t think they are a bad thing.

Right now though I have to take summer chemistry courses so that I can get into medical school within a decent time range. I’m a post-bacc student and if I don’t take chem now then I can’t take orgo in the fall and then I can’t take the MCAT next May which means no medical school until 2015 and I really can get into the 2014 cycle. I’ve already graduated so I don’t have filler classes that would justify me being in school longer so I’m on a tighter schedule that requires me to take summer classes.