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Originally Posted by albdocinact
hey guys, I'm a bio major sophomore in college, and I'm considering the classes I'll have to take junior year. Besides physics, I'll have to take a bio elective. I was wandering whether a class such as cancer biology or a med school class such as functional histology would be better. I don't know whether it would be worth struggling with med schol courses for the next two years, and let them pay off during med school. Or take other electives, that will enrich my general knowledge. My dad is stressing me the importance of usmle scores in order to get into good residence programs...so I'll have to ask you whether you deem it necessary to take these med courses or wait till med school?
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In college, it's best to take whatever courses interest you. Once you're done with college, you probably won't have the opportunity to take those classes again. You will have plenty of time in med school to learn all that you need to know for the step. Like Kemper said, an A in whatever bio elective you choose to take will look a lot better than a C in a med school related class.
Some people here have a very extensive science background, and some do not. I was a sociology major and I'm not having any trouble, while some of the bio or chem majors are barely making it. Some of that might be because often, people who have had a related class in the past think that they already know the material, don't study much, and realize that they didn't know it nearly as well as they thought.