What are the extra 1.5 semesters for?

[rdecastro]

AUC's website says that a degree can be earned in 9.5 semeseters.

Wouldn't that be an extra 1.5 semesters, compared to a US school?

Whats the extra time for?

Thanks

[FoxTrot]

When you get to clinicals, you're not going by the same timeline that you did in basic sciences with the 3 semesters a year. One rotation might be 12 weeks and another rotation might be a different length.

[rdecastro]

Thanks. So each clinical is a semester? What about the shorter ones (6 week vs 12)? How about electives?

[Big Pappa M.D.2.B.]

Howdy,

You will take 9.5 semesters to finish at AUC and here is the schedule. You will spend 5 semesters in Basic Sciences (you hope) and 4.5 in Clinicals. There are 3 semesters per year so theoretically you can finish all 9.5 smesters in less than 4 years. Core clinicals = 42 weeks and Electives = 30 weeks. So 72 weeks of Clinicals not counting the time off between rotations and Christmas ect.......... We straight?

Jerry
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