<p>Does this look possible? Can some one help chalk me out the course load in each semester?
I would like to pursue a year at Cambridge if possible.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>The problem with 6-3 and premed requirements is that there isn’t a whole lot of overlap - organic chemistry isn’t really a requirement for any programming classes, and programming classes really don’t fit a lot of the general science requirements. Another huge factor in medical school admissions is GPA, and engineering students tend to have lower GPAs than students majoring in the pure sciences, in my experience.</p>
<p>It can definitely be done, but not many students do it. If you go to the course 6 website, they have a degree map that will show you what classes you’d need to take to be 6-3. I don’t know what classes you need to take to fulfill the premed requirements, but I can’t imagine that many of them would be course 6 classes.</p>
<p>That is what I was looking for. I need to know what classes will be required to fullfill the MCAT requirement, as the classes for 6-3 are all listed.
How many classes can be taken without risk of being overloaded during a semester 4/5/6?</p>
<p>Also as part of institute requirement one has to take chemistry. Will that be sufficient for MCAT? I’ve taken AP Chemistry and Organic chemistry during the HS.</p>
<p>From MIT pre-med advicing it says that I’ll need</p>
<p>1 year of Physics - covered 6-3
1 year of Calculus - Covered 6-3
1 year of Chemistry - 1 semester is covered in 6-3
1 year of Organic Chemistry (with Lab) - Not covered
1 year of Biology with lab - 1 semester is covered in 6-3
1 semester of Bio Checmistry - Not covered
1 year of english lit. - Covered in 6-3.</p>
<p>So it seems that 1 sem of chemistry and 1 year of Organis Chem and 1 sem of Bio chemistry is what missing in 6-3. Is that correct?
Is there a possibility to take these as part of HASS requirement or Electives?</p>
<p>It depends on the person - the girl across the hall from me is taking 9. Most people take 4-5. It’s kind of difficult to balance 6 classes, a UROP, activities, friends, sleep etc. for most normal people.</p>
<p>This is the thing I was looking for earlier: [MIT</a> EECS - New Curriculum 6-3: Computer Science and Engineering](<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/newcurriculum/SBCS_6-3.html]MIT”>http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/newcurriculum/SBCS_6-3.html)</p>
<p>Your high school AP chemistry class was probably nothing like MIT chemistry will be - I took 2 years of chemistry, competed on my school’s academic team in chemistry, placed among the top whatever chemistry students in my state at various competitions, and I was still completely lost at some things that we learned. You should really take 5.12 for organic chemistry.</p>
<p>The premed requirements that you described as covered by 6-3 are all the GIRs. You can take a look at the degree plan and see if you think it’s doable, but 5.12 is a killer I’ve been told, and I can’t imagine that any of the other premed classes would be notably easier considering the high degree of competitiveness amongst premeds. Add in studying for the MCATs and filling out applications while trying to get research and other things on your resume, and it’s feasible, but whether you really want to do it or not is your call. You can still take a LOT of course 6 classes without actually being in the major, so if there are labs or whatnot that you find interesting, there isn’t really anything stopping you from taking them. If you’re going to go to med school, your undergraduate degree isn’t all that important - what’s important is that you fulfill all the requirements while maintaining a high GPA and preparing yourself well.</p>
<p>I’m not sure that is why I want to keep myself open. All these years I’ve grown up with the goal of being a MD doctor. My first choices were Yale/Princeton. But after the visit to the colleges, I didn’t like the Yale surroundings at all and Princeton was ok but I really liked the Cambridge and MIT/Harvard. That is why I ended up applying to MIT early.
Now I don’t want to go to Yale/Princeton over MIT and I like 6-3 option at MIT. It is becoming difficult day by day to let go of MD all together.</p>
<p>MIT pre-meds are self-competitive. I’ve never suffered from my required-for-pre-med classes (7.05, 5.12, 7.02, etc.) as one of the few non-pre-med biology majors.</p>
<p>Be sure to check out <a href=“http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/reccourses.pdf[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/reccourses.pdf</a>.</p>
<p>Oh, and if you’re going to do CME, I think that will only make your situation tougher, to say the least - certainly not impossible, but you’d have to do research into what courses from both the pre-med and Course 6-3 curriculums can potentially be fulfilled at Cambridge University.</p>
<p>Thanks Kryptonsa36:</p>
<p>How about this?</p>
<p>First Year:
Calculus: skip out of 18.01 (AP Calc BC credit) and take 18.02 and 18.03 and 6.042
Physics: skip out of 8.01 (AP Physics C) and take 8.02
6-3: 6.01 and 6.02
Chemistry: skip out of 5.11 by taking advance standing exams and take 5.03 and 5.04
6-3 CS: 6.004 and 6.005</p>
<p>Second year:
6-3 CS: 6.006, 6.033, 6.034 and 6.046
6-3 CS LAB: one from 6.172 - 6.179
and other 6-3 CS requirement or HASS requirement.</p>
<p>Third year: At Cambridge
HASS requirments:
1 sem BioChemistry
1 year Biology
1 year Organic Chemistry</p>
<p>Give MCAT after 3rd year.</p>
<p>4th year:
6-3 CS: Advanced undergraduate Subects
6-3 CS:Advanced Projects</p>
<p>5.03 requires 5.12. (In addition, 5.03 is not an explicit pre-med requirement.) Do not underestimate the 5.11x ASE, either; I believe it consistently has the lowest pass rate of all the main ASEs.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone fulfilling a GIR (7.01x in your case) at Cambridge, either.</p>
<p>You also have to keep the pre-reqs of all your classes in mind: an exhaustive list for Course 6 classes is at [Course</a> 6: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science](<a href=“http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m6a.html]Course”>IAP/Spring 2024 Course 6: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).</p>
<p>I took care of 6-3 pre-requisits while making the lists. The concept was to do the 1 year of Inorganic Chemistry and 1 year of organic chemistry instead of regular chemistry.</p>
<p>I thought Cambridge is more known for its Arts and Science than Engineering so keeping the HASS and MCAT requirement for Junior year will help.
Also fullfilling these in Junior year help preparation for MCAT.</p>
<p>I don’t see 5.310 on your list – you’ll need to take that semester of chem lab, as far as I am aware (all of my premed friends did). Given the choice between 5.11x/5.310 and 5.03/5.04, I would certainly choose the former if I were concerned about GPA.</p>
<p>It’s certainly possible to take four technical courses per semester and cram all of your HASSes into one or two semesters, but I wouldn’t recommend doing it. Taking three technical classes and one HASS per semester is a nice way of pacing yourself and spacing out the types of work you have to do – in a multiple-HASS semester, you might have fewer problem sets, but you also might have two or three major papers due right on top of one another.</p>
<p>Taking the MCAT after junior year means you will only have one shot at it, at least if you are planning to go directly to medical school after undergrad. Your med school applications will go in the summer after junior year, and it’s to your advantage to complete them as soon as possible, as many schools offer interview invitations on a rolling basis.</p>