Will Med Schools not accept Summer Courses?

i_wanna_be_Brown
Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:25:56 +0000

Having interviewed applicants and sat in on adcom meetings, discussions of 1st year class profiles with our school’s board of trustees, and the relationships i have with the dean of the graduate school, director of my mstp, and dean of med school admissions, I like to think I do know a little better than the average poster - at least when it comes to how my school handles things.

I agree with Kal that too many courses won’t kill you, but that still doesn’t mean they’re viewed the same, and unfortunately, med school admissions is very much a splitting hairs business.

As you kind of allude to, the OP has other circumstances to consider - so maybe it’s worth the hit (which could be anywhere from small to huge) to take a summer course, but all situations are different. This is the benefit of the advisor, the advisor knows the whole situation, we don’t.

So to the OP: is your application tanked if you take summer courses? Probably not. Is it viewed exactly the same as a class during the year? No.