Comments on: Where I’ve Been and What I’ve Been Up To

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:49:22 +0000

Yah, I became a lot more interested in non-science courses through the years.

By: Khalil

Khalil — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:36:57 +0000

oh wow you took a lot of gen ed courses during ur undergrad.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:42:32 +0000

Hi Khalil,

I took biochem 1 and 2, genetics, biostats, organic chem, microeconomics, intro ethics, and intro logic.

By: Khalil

Khalil — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:34:47 +0000

Thanks Josh!

One more question – What courses did you take in your 2nd year?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:03:37 +0000

Hi Khalil,

It depends on the medical school. E.g. UofT does, and you can take it whenever you like as long as it’s completed by the time you start medical school.

Good luck!

By: Khalil

Khalil — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:05:25 +0000

I did call them and found out that 9 credit courses are a 3.0

But josh, don’t med schools require a social science/humanities course (as a prerequisite)?

Yea i think i’ll just take those 3 credits in the third year. I also considered this summer but the only course i can take is microeconomics which is being offered in august but then i took macro during the winter semester and had to study like crazy just to get an A. I decided that i am never going to take any economics course again during my undergrad years lol.

Once again, thanks for the advice!

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:47:33 +0000

Hi Khalil,

I took economics in my first two years, but there are a lot of options I guess. Definitely look through them all and see if there’s something that sounds interesting to you.

I think it’s better to take the extra course the summer after first year so you don’t have to worry about it later, but whether you should take it while preparing for the MCAT or during 3rd year is something I don’t think I can answer, and only you know what’s best for you. Personally, I prefer taking it in 3rd year because I’ll be in “school mode” anyways for my other courses, and I like focusing on the MCAT without other distractions since it’s such an important test.

By: Khalil

Khalil — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:15:55 +0000

oh i think i’ll have to take a 3 credit course too then. Would it be too much work to take it in the summer of the second year while giving the mcat as well? Or would you recommend it to take it in the third year? (but i think 33 credits in the third year and filling out the applications for med schools will be too much to handle).

And thanks so much… its nice that i know all this before going in my second year =]

By: Khalil

Khalil — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:55:40 +0000

Josh! What social science/humanities course did you take? Most of the social science courses are 9 credits… i think i’ll just have to call them and see how they treat 9 credit courses before enrolling into one.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:40:53 +0000

I’m not sure how medical schools treat 9 credit courses, but I know 4 credit courses are treated as 3 credit courses. Which is why I had to take an extra course in 3rd year.