Premed Timeline 1

Med Quarters/
Courses MCAT
School
Lab*
Semesters Year 1 Year 2
BIOL Biology 3/2 Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer
GCHEM General Chemistry 3/2 Step up Finish
Adjust to MCAT
OCHEM Organic Chemistry 3/2 College
your MCAT Pre-
Prep
game! reqs
BIOC Biochemistry** 1
PHYS Physics 3/2 Courses Courses
PSYC Psychology 1 BIOL BIOL BIOL PHYS PHYS PHYS
SOC Sociology 1 GCHEM GCHEM GCHEM BIOC OCHEM OCHEM OCHEM
ENG English 3/2 MATH CALC STAT PSYC SOC ELEC
MATH Mathematics 3/2 ELEC ENG WRIT ENG MAJ MAJ
CALC Calculus*** 1
STAT Statistics*** 1 Activities / Goals Activities / Goals
GEN Genetics 1 1. 1.
ANAT Anatomy/Physiology 1 2. 2.
ETH Ethics 1 3. 3.
WRIT Creative Writing 1 4. 4.
SOSC Social Science**** 3/2 5.
HUM Humanities 3/2
SPAN Spanish 3/2 First-Year Checklist Second-Year Checklist
COMP Computer Science 1 Make 4-year course plan Finalize major
SPEE Speech 1 Read Newport's "How to Get Straight A's" Learn better study skills
MAJ Your major Take a freshman seminar Decide whether you want a gap year
ELEC Elective Key: Find a mentor (professor, older premed) Connect with 1+ professor (office hours)
Required Start clinical exposure and volunteering Make an MCAT Prep Plan
*"With lab" means the normal lab sequence at Recommended Find your dinner group Try research
your college. You don't have to take lab every
quarter or semester. Meet pre-med advisor at your college Meet with private premed counselor
**Biochemistry may be included in your
normal Chem series at your college.
***Calc and Stats may be double-counted with the "Mathematics" requirement
****Social Science (e.g. econ, pol sci, and psych) is not the same as humanities (e.g.
English, history).

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 Premed Timeline 2
My 4-year Applicant
Pre-Med Checklist
Hours Goal Averages Year 3 Year 4
Clinical 300+ hours Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer
Shadowing 100+ hours
MCAT Start Med
Volunteering 200 hours Prepare to Apply APPLY Interviews Relax!
(Aug/Sep) School
Research 300 hours
Leadership 2 positions Courses Courses
Stand Out (not much) GEN ANA MAJ MAJ MAJ MAJ
3-5 people who 2-3 people who
Letters of Rec know you well know you well MAJ MAJ MAJ MAJ MAJ MAJ
Clinical includes all hours spent in a clinical setting, including shadowing. COMP SPEE ETH HUM HUM HUM
Shadowing ideally includes two different specialties.
Volunteering is non-medical, preferably with underserved populations. SPAN SPAN SPAN ELEC ELEC ELEC
Research can be anything from wet lab to public health, economics to
humanities.
Leadership involves being in charge of something, whether elected or unofficial.
Stand Out means anything that makes you different from other candidates.
Activities / Goals Activities / Goals
Letters of Rec requirements vary by school. Try to get to know your profs early.
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
Need Help with Your Plan? 4. 4.
Want to talk over your 4-year plan? Need support above and 5. 5.
beyond what your college advising has to offer?

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Post-MCAT: figure out your chances Step up outside of the classroom
Schedule your free introductory meeting by clicking here: Make an application gameplan Update med schools with your progress
Investigate DO and international schools Make plan for Gap Year activities
Take on leadership role(s) Investigate how to pay for med school
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