pre-med track at emory..

jellyfishjelly
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:53:14 +0000

i’m currently a freshman at emory, and i entered completely undecided about my major, and i still am undecided. however, i am considering the pre-med track, but i haven’t taken any of the basic bio/chem courses that pre-med freshmen usually take. if i decide to go pre-med and take the required classes during my soph year, wouldn’t i graduate at least a year later than the rest of my class? what options do i have to do pre-med and graduate with my class? because i really don’t want to have to spend another year in college than i have to.

and this may seem like a stupid reason to not do premed, but i really despise chem (unresolved issues with high school chemistry…) and if i do decide to go pre-med, i think i might fail the course (the fact that my roommate dropped out of the chem intro class doesn’t encourage me either). but i was talking to my father, and he says that chem is only a pre-req course that you take, but not the bulk of the pre-med track. is this true? if i’m horrible at chemistry, would it be unwise to pursue pre-med?