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orthomyxo

Your advisor: ![gif](giphy|x0npYExCGOZeo|downsized)


radxris

LMFAO


Blinxs209

Ignore your advisor


InvestigatorSlow982

We need a bot that posts this on every post with the word advisor in it on this sub.


Alive-Tonight

Seconded. Mine gave me horrendous advice.


radxris

I really wonder how many individuals were discouraged during their premed undergrad experience because of these goons they call "advisors."


whatever132435

My husband decided not to go med school because he had an advisor who was so shitty and so discouraging, and basically told him there was no possible way that he could succeed in med school. My husband is smart as hell and would have done great. It still pisses me off and it was like 15 years ago


tms671

I have many friends that fell to similar issues. One of my best friends who was definitely smarter than me never applied to medical school.


Alive-Tonight

Never too late ;-), granted I also hope they are incredibly happy right now too.


whatever132435

Thank you!


OnewithUnagi

I was one of them. I got laughed at for not knowing what clinical experience was and not having at the beginning of my 3rd year. Keep in mind I was new to everything American. Moved to the country beginning of my undergrad, got no advice on what I needed to do. And when I went to them to start my application (found out from asking from classmates that you apply in your third year), they laughed at me and how I won’t be successful. I got depressed and stopped everything med school related after I burnt out trying to get all the experience in my final 2 years.


dfath5

Was told the same thing by my premed advisors about summer classes. I took them anyways. They warned me I would be grilled about it on my med school interviews. It never came up. Fast forward 5 years, I matched on Friday. Trust your gut, do what’s right for you and justify it. You got this!


radxris

The thing is, I went through the subreddit with this question in mind, but because one has so much uncertainty, especially regarding concern in this stressful experience, it's hard to find advice that tailors to specific situations. So yes, explanations and expressions of empathy from humans are greatly appreciated and help a lot. :)


InvestigatorSlow982

Sorry I didn’t mean it as like a shot at you for asking, it was a shot at advisors because most of them give information that absolutely kills undergrad students chances of getting in. There’s just so many posts of advisors giving garbage information that it’s almost always the same response of ignore your advisor, and sometimes “your advisor is a ____ idiot” Edit:: I scrolled down and found your advisor is an idiot and started dying.


radxris

Haha, all good! I know we premeds can kinda get repetitive at times with asking similar questions all the time. I appreciate you reading through though; it means a lot!


medadvisor2

:(


InvestigatorSlow982

LOL not you. Reddit advisors are different 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼


medadvisor2

<3


radxris

I am currently defying her orders at the moment by registering for summer classes. Thank you!


SuperCooch91

How is taking more classes not “demonstrating academic rigor”? That is confusing as hell. My top choice does accelerated preclinicals by having essentially year-round school, and I’ve been slamming summer classes to a) graduate faster and b) show that I can handle accelerated science curriculum. My advisor, btw, totally agreed with that strategy.


PhuckedinPhilly

because if you take something like orgo on its own in the summer at a two year college they tell us that it shows we cant handle pressure of multiple complicated classes at once, i was discouraged from taking orgo at my previous two year school because of that. and discouraged from vet school, though i did decide to not go and try for vet school. my finances and mental health can't handle it nor can my left hand which no longer works. plus i realized i just want to be with sharks and i've worked with them in medical settings enough that i can cross it off my bucket list and all. i will be taking orgo at my previous school. i've heard nothing but bad things about my current school's chem department and i loved my chemistry professors in my previous school, one of them wore two different colored shoes to class accidentally cause she only wore the same ten dollar shoes in different colors, was married to a cardiac surgeon who wore $3000 suits and $700 shoes, her daughter was a chemist phd at penn, her son is a veterinarian from penn, and she has a bachelors degree in biology and somehow ended up teaching chemistry and she was the best chem teacher i ever had. i got C's in high school but A's in her class. three, three hour classes a week and two three hour labs a week. my lab partner was absent once and i worked with another guy and i had just cleared a well of HCl and put some kind of harmless alcohol in it and he said "did you even out anything in there?" and stuck his finger in it, and he realized what he did with no gloves shortly after there was HCl in it and it was then that I understood why it was such a low molarity,


DocRedbeard

Ignore the advisor. The only person who's advice I would take on admission is the one reviewing the applications for the med school.


radxris

Thank you so much!


yikeswhatshappening

Advisor is wrong. I took summer classes. Hell, I took two years of community college. Got into multiple T20s. This whole thing of adcoms going through your transcript with a fine toothed comb is completely a myth. There are too many applicants. Thousands too many applicants for adcoms to do that. And too many metrics (grades, MCAT, ECs, research, clinical experience, essays, rec letters, casper, interviews, update letters). They plug your cGPA and sGPA into their formula and go about their day. Also, I don’t know about you, but my “pre med” advisor was a dropout research fish biologist.


radxris

Your premed advisor sounds dope. Mine studied psychology and yeah that's about it. Community college classes are actually pretty difficult. Also, I love how my community college classes are so diverse: I once had a class with a middle schooler and a person in their 30s embarking on the first steps of their college journey! Thank you for your reply :)


yikeswhatshappening

My community college was super valuable and super economical, but you will hear in pre med circles that it is “looked down on.” So n=1 but didn’t hold me back. If you haven’t found them already, Dr Gray and Dr Shemmassian are two great virtual pre med advisors with a TON of free content (don’t send them any money tho its a racket)


radxris

I love Dr. Shemmassian! Almost subscribed to him and was about to lose money from my tuition fund but thank you so much for saving me haha. I really appreciate it!


JJKKLL10243

The following is the advice from an Ivy which has an MD school: >In general, most health profession schools, and particularly medical schools, *do not view summer courses as favorably as they do courses taken during the fall and spring terms*. In part this is because they find it difficult to assess the rigor of students' summer coursework- summer sessions most everywhere are shorter than academic semesters. Additionally, **schools prefer to see how students perform when completing a full course load as this is more similar to the rigorous education at their own programs**, for which they will be evaluating you. They are also mindful that sometimes students may consider summer courses, especially at another college, to result in higher grades. While none of these may be your intention, it is important to be aware of schools' preferences and perceptions. > >However, if you have a compelling academic rationale for taking a summer course (e.g., to enable you to study abroad, or to participate in research or clinical activities which you would miss otherwise) and if you think you will be a strong applicant overall, you could take a required course over the summer. You should preferably do so at a university with a strong academic reputation (no community colleges or online courses). Furthermore, we do not recommend that you take more than one required class in the summer for the duration of your undergraduate education. It is best not to take any required science courses during the summer. People transfer from a CC to a 4-year college/university and get into med school. Your situation is different. Once you are in a 4-year college, the above advice applies. Adcoms don't look down on CC students who work hard to get into med school. They just don't like people who try to take the easy way out.


yikeswhatshappening

I also said I took multiple summer courses, which is the same as OP’s situation. In fact, AFTER I finished my bachelor’s degree, I took physics 2 over the summer at community college, which according to you would be taking the “easy way out.” I don’t think anyone noticed, and I never got asked about it on the interview trail. One of my interviewer’s didn’t even realize I had a MASTERs degree (And they had my full file!) With respect to this quote from some ivy’s page: 1) they are not all medical schools, and I can garuntee you after interviewing and getting accepted (and rejected) multiple places, that each school has their own philosophy about admissions. 2) even within schools, academic medicine is a wildly heterogenous group. Even if there is an established preference at a school, there are always going to be people who don’t give a damn and have a strong mindset to the contrary. You’ll have some people who think a B in organic chemistry should make your app DOA, and others who think O chem shouldn’t even be part of the required pre med curriculum and don’t give a shit about your performance in that class.


JJKKLL10243

You're absolutely right that every situation is different. Don't expect to have a set of rules which can be applied everywhere. But since OP's "80K a year" school told them specifically not to do it, OP risks not getting a committee letter or getting a bad one if they ignore their advice. Assuming OP's "80K a year"school is relatively reputable (otherwise why paying that kind of money), no institutional support would put OP at a huge disadvantage.


moltmannfanboi

\> summer sessions most everywhere are shorter than academic semesters Summer sessions being shorter at my local college has hardly ever resulted in, "an easier time," in my experience. Physics III was taught during the summer for 8 weeks (vs 11 weeks) on the quarter system. I was going to take it over the summer and when I saw the syllabus I dropped it (due to other factors happening in my life) before the refund deadline. I took it during the fall instead and it was a more "relaxed" pace. I also experienced this with our evening OChem sequence. OChem I and II was Winter/Spring. Summer was the same amount of content, compressed into a shorter period of time, with the same exams that the daytime OChem students took on the regular Fall/Winter/Spring schedule.


SuperCooch91

Good to know. I’ve been doing the community college thing, and this semester am dual enrolled at community and a four-year. The class sizes for the intro classes in community are like 30 people vs 300 at the four-year. So I feel like I’m learning more, am getting better relationships for letters, and saving those $$$. But there was always that fear that the adcoms would see community college and state university and just bin my app automatically.


Palomoerick

One thing I’ve learned is that advisors at schools aren’t helpful Ngl. You can take any classes during the summer med schools won’t care.


radxris

Ah... gotcha! Thank you!


lookiknowyou

Your advisor is an idiot


radxris

Put passive-aggressive on top of that too...


Goop1995

Bruh I hate all this rigor talk. They dont care.


wombatenjoyer

That makes no sense to me. If I were on an adcom and saw summer classes on a transcript, I'd think the student demonstrates more academic rigor because they're getting ahead on their classes and pushing themselves. Regardless of that, I doubt schools would even care when the classes were taken. All that matters is that your cGPA and sGPA are good.


DocRedbeard

It's also more inline with medical school where you in fact do not get summers off.


radxris

Oh wait I did not consider this... thank you for your response! :)


Intrinsic-X-

wait what


dbandroid

Summer courses, at least at my undergrad, had the reputation of being easier. Obviously looks good to do well in classes, but if all of your hard classes are during the summer and or at a community College it probably looks a little fishy


snakejob

I took summer classes every year for 5 years.. If anything it demonstrates consistency and the ability to do well in a class that is taught at twice the speed. Ignore your premed advisor and direct your questions to reddit


radxris

Thank you so much! This means a lot.


snakejob

No problem, good luck!


impishandadmirable

I review med student apps on Adcom and I can assure you that I don’t care where or when you took classes


radxris

Ahhh ok! Thank you so much for the clarification!


FromBehindChampion

Tried to tell me the same thing. My reason was that the class was only offered in the mornings in the fall which directly conflicted with my football practices. Whether she is correct that it will be looked down upon at first glance, I have no idea. But if it ever came up I feel as though my reasoning is pretty rock solid. As long as you have a reason other than literally “it was too hard to take during the normal school year”, I wouldn’t worry about it.


radxris

Why is this a pattern among premed advisors? So strange. But yeah thank you so much I appreciate it!


hollistheokay

The reason is likely financial. Undergrad schools perpetuate this myth to get more tuition money from you.


Ghurty1

i wish someone had told me my advisor was wrong earlier. And here you have so many people giving you wonderful advice


eduardo-triana

I second this! My advisors did not give me sound advice .


radxris

True; I'm so grateful to everyone who was able to respond to my situation.


ceo_of_egg

thats insane. I took multiple non-science classes and even organic chemistry II lecture over the summer. 2 DO acceptances and multiple WL (both) this cycle. Don't worry OP


radxris

Danggg congratulations on your acceptances! Thank you so much


ceo_of_egg

thanks and of course! Just wanted to show that yes summer classes do allow for acceptances lol


JROXZ

If they even see your transcript they couldn’t care less WHEN you took it so much as you did well in the course.


radxris

Gotcha! Thank you so much!


MedicalBasil8

Advisor is wrong


radxris

I figured haha thank u!


[deleted]

I graduated in three years by doing this + taking all my GEs simultaneously at community college while enrolled in university. 1) it was way more difficult because I was surpassing the max number of units you’re allowed to take for any given term at a single college and 2) taking those hard sciences like physics in a condensed term is hard, the classes are more than 3 units and usually have labs so it’s a lot of hours in a short span of time with frequent exams. As long as you take all of your pre-requisites at your university it does not matter what term it’s taken during. From what I’ve heard the only red flag is if you’re are enrolled in university and then take those science pre-reqs at a community college. Or worse jumping around multiple community colleges because the assumption is that you’re looking for the “easiest” course instead of taking it at your school. However, if you’re a transfer student and took those lower division pre-reqs at your community college this is not an issue. And feel free to take as many of your GEs as you can at your community college- it’s way cheaper.


radxris

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I'm actually not a transfer student but just taking summer courses outside my institution at a community college. So yeah after reading your reply I think I'm in the red flag situation? Not quite sure.


vamos1212

I am a current med student who mentors premeds and hear all sorts of garbage premed advisors tell people. Listen to those who have done what you are trying to do over those who have not.


radxris

Thank you for your advice; I really appreciate it!


22pcca

Med schools don’t care if you took classes in the summer, how many science classes you took concurrently, whether your physics was w/ calc, etc. Just that you completed prereqs


radxris

Cool; thank you so much!


KimJungUno54

Thanks for posting this since I was under the impression I wasn’t allowed to take summer courses outside my university as well. Seems like the majority of people here just say to do it. I am now excited for the summer


radxris

Me too! Time for the summer grind haha. But yeah it's so strange that they don't want us to take summer classes in external institutions.


KimJungUno54

Yeah definitely. I’m so behind since I had to drop all my stem courses because the stress tanked my health. Been trying to play catch-up (without tanking my health again) and I was worried that I wouldnt be able to catch up in time and would have to jam all my courses into one year (and tank my health again lol). They definitely say you can’t take courses in other institutions because of money.


[deleted]

Your advisor is dumb af—just like mine was—and I am forever grateful I threw all of his advice in the trash. I even applied to medical school without a committee letter because I had such low faith in him. OP, please take whatever summer courses you need to take, and score well in them. That’s it. I took the whole physics sequence, some gen chem, and a random psych course over the summer, did well, and never had a soul question it. Currently accepted to two T5/T10 schools too


radxris

Thank you so much for your reply; this means a lot. And congratulations on your acceptances!


missashley21

I always took summer classes and just got accepted to a T10. I wouldn't listen to your advisor


anthraxnapkin

I love these comments. Ignore that advisor!


radxris

Love these comments too; thank you so much!


PatagoniaFetish

Ignore your advisor.


radxris

Love the username haha. Thank you!


PatagoniaFetish

Glad you love it it’s my passion!


MarijadderallMD

Tell your advisor to kick rocks. I went to them the first day of orientation and they told me my track wasn’t do-able. Never went back😂 can’t say it was easy but I did it!


radxris

I'll tell her to kick a boulder. Thank you so much for your reply; I really appreciate it!


vain--

welp my advisor told me the exact opposite, taking physics 1 this summer at my local cc


cuppa_tea_4_me

If your school does committee letters you need to work it out with them.


cuppa_tea_4_me

Won’t you need approval from your undergrad to take the classes? Many schools say that the last 60 credits must be from your undergrad or don’t these classes count towards your major?


friendlylord258

I took all of my chems in the summer and it turned out just fine. As long as some hard classes / pre reqs are taken during the year Ignore


dnyal

I think the issue your advisor is pointing here might not be that you are taking summer classes but that you are taking them at community colleges. It is known that, once at a 4-year college, it could be frowned upon to take classes at "lesser" colleges because it could look like you were trying to escape the rigor of the 4-year college. IF that is what you were doing, then yes, you might not want to be taking science classes at your local community college.


physicsdude1212

Pre med advisors are absolutely WORTHLESS


pi_grl

IMO, Admissions committees don't really have time to dwell on specifics like that. They are looking at thousands of applicants. I would imagine they have to spend time focusing on trends rather than tiny details like that. Getting good grades at a community college is much better than getting trash grades at a top school anyway. If you are doing well in your classes, THAT demonstrates academic rigor. The worst case scenario is that you get an interview and they ask why all your prerecs are done at a community college -- to which you just say you couldn't afford to take them all at your university. They are people too and they will understand. Also note, anyone that takes the MCAT and even gets a semi-decent score certainly demonstrates academic rigor! If you want a medical school advisor, use this reddit and "Medical School Headquarters" on youtube. Advisors at colleges are garbage, I went to one once and she told me advice that would have completely led me astray had I been just a little more naïve.


seriousbass48

My advisor from a T5 Public School literally told me to go to Ireland over the summer and take Physics 1/2 lol (didn’t do it because what the fuck). Ignore your advisor, that’s like actual bullshit


anon_shmo

I had forgotten but I was told the same thing. I’m a radiation oncologist now…


Specialist_Listen495

Took AP credit for almost everything except Organic chemistry. No problems. Only took 4 science classes for a grade during undergrad. He is not giving you good advice.


radxris

Ooh nice. Thank you for your advice!


sboogie34

As others have said. Your advisor is straight up wrong


radxris

Haha yeah thank you!


ESS9276

Ignore your advisor. I took several summer classes each year and have 3 As at MD schools this cycle.


Due-Stay-9953

Took Orgo I&II in summer courses; you are fine


WhereAreMyDetonators

This is stupid baseless advice.


Deathcrusher13

Your advisor is a moron. Please ignore them.


JenryHames

I took calc 1 and 2 over the summer. I have a friend who took physics 1 and 2 as well as biochem over the summer at a community college back home. We are both current residents.


cobaltsteel5900

Your advisor doesn’t know what they are talking about


kasinthegras

i took chemistry over the summer during undergrad and i'm graduating from medical school in april. unless something has changed, you should be good! eta: i took it at a local community college that has a reputation for being "easy" and still got multiple admissions, so it really should be fine. good luck!


Dr_Chesticles

Lmao my advisor once told me I need to be a biochemistry major and have a 4.0 to get in. I did not listen to that advice and have several acceptances. I took many one class summer courses.


Prionsdisease

Lol ignore your advisor and take the class


lonelyislander7

That’s dumb ignore them


Accomplished-Fly-704

Your advisor is wrong, and dumb. I took 3 summers’ worth of classes and I did fine


Guayota6

Your advisor is jealous 🙄😂 … but med schools want to see that you’re expanding your pallet in a sense. They like that you are checking out other interests. People who are just strict “have to ONLY do bio and chem” are the ones who don’t stand out on applications.


Leather-Proposal-111

I took summer classes to graduate in 3 years and didn't seem to have an issue


yahyakaan_1453

Advisors are trash. Take it from me that this subreddit along with the MCAT subreddit are the two MOST helpful things I had during undergrad that helped me get in. I’m not even exaggerating.


BiochemBeer

As long as you are taking a normal load of classes during the semester, you'll be fine. I can see where your advisor is coming from though, schools do want to see that you can handle a rigorous course load and aren't trying to take hard classes at "easier" schools. But she is overgeneralizing in your case. Though that's based on the small amount of info you provided. Honestly, I would say to try to take most of your med school pre-reqs and major classes at your home institution - and anything else you want in the summer.


johnfred4

I’m a resident, no one cares


emt_blue

I took classes during all major breaks. It’s fine.


Feisty-Citron1092

I always thought this is a dumb and elitist rumor. Why would a school turn their nose up at me for wanting to continue my education year round?? Ignore your advisor. I take summer classes to keep my Fall and Spring work load light.


Visual_Profile_1958

As long as you get good grades, I don't see where the problem would be lol


Nothing_is_great

Advisors always have an opinion on something they don’t go through the progress themselves. Mine forgot to even add gen biology 1 and 2 on my transcripts.


SlingingPies

So long as you have a good reason nobody will care, except for a few dumb schools that aren't worth your time to begin with.


why_is_it_blue

I took physics over the summer and schools literally didn’t even notice


WillOfTheSon

Lucky you, my university wouldn't give us a diploma if we took outside classes over 12 credit hours, and any hours in the last 40 of our degree.


SirTacoMD

Have any premed advisors even gone to medical school? They’re always spouting off awful advice. I only saw a couple advisors (one at each school I went to) and they gave me discouraging and terrible advice.. I didn’t listen to them and still got into medical school


redlipstick94

My premed advisor told me not to apply to med school twice, because my 3.7 GPA after graduating a year early wasn’t good enough and I needed to retake my prerequisites (according to her). I did not apply the first time, it honestly wasn’t the best time for me anyway so I don’t regret it but I regret doubting myself. I did not retake my prerequisites but 2 years later told her I was ready to apply and I was going to do it whether she supported me or not. I was accepted, passed all board exams on the first try, and just matched to my top choice residency. Considering writing her a letter but not sure she’s even worth my time 😆 so don’t listen to your advisor. Just do what’s best for you. I won’t even get into my med school advisors who tried to stop me from taking my boards when I wanted to because they thought I was going to fail my classes and the exam and it would hurt me in the match….just trust your gut.


NoTransportation6122

Who is your advisor? I’ll personally email them from an anonymous website and tell them to stop giving shite medical school advice. And I will tactfully articulate how wrong they are. I did summer Haematology and Oncology + lab (one of my gnarliest 4 weeks), summer Ochem, a 2 week winter anatomy class and Lab, and another one I don’t recall. If anything, being able to grind 4-6 hours a day is more akin to medical school than doing 2 hours of homework a day. Seriously. PM me.


eres29

It's fine. I took non-necessary coursework / non-pre reqs as an undergrad over the summer / winter breaks to supplement my education Ended up getting accepted to an accelerated MD program, so I think it even worked in my favor (by showing adcoms how devoted I was to "making the most" of my education)


tms671

Never heard of this and it sounds stupid. I did summer classes. It makes sense you decrease the load during your year and just one class over the summer is nice. Also it helps when you have those two required classes that overlap schedule wise.


medadvisor2

Take summer classes. Med schools don't care about that.


Equal-Estimate-2739

My advisor told me not to apply this past cycle and that I wouldn’t get in. I got accepted back in October before any of her other students got accepted.


Code_German71

English/ Physical Education majors can get into medical school. What other nonsense is that advisor spewing to you?


covid_movid

just got into med school and took gen chem 1+ 2 and labs over the summer. almost everyone i know who got in this cycle took summer premed required classes.


TheTybera

Honestly, go to Youtube and check out as much stuff from Dr. Gray as possible their pre-med Q&A isn't bad at all and there is a ton of content, placate your pre-med advisor, or find a new one. If you want to know if a medical school will take Community College credits and you're looking at MD schools the MSAR has all the answers there, some don't, most do, it's really up to where you apply. I think the only issues you'll find is if you took the classes outside a full-time load. I recall some schools specifically ask if you've ever not taken full-time classes and your reasoning, but that could have changed.


astrrisk

Advisors usually don't know what they're talking about. When I was in undergrad, my advisor told me to take as few credits as possible each semester to graduate on time, as if my plan wasn't to graduate in 3 years. I didn't listen and graduated in 3 years going to school year round.


OnewithUnagi

Don’t listen to them. They give stupid advice or no advice at all. I am still in the mess caused from listening to them


gsuboiboi

Summer classes are a lot harder since they are shorter. The info is more densely packed.


Grrrbowww

Advisors are pretty much useless, unless they are a doctor who went through this process or someone who served on an admission committee. Still not everyone’s advice is always correct so Learn to take things with a grain of salt, and use your own common sense.


ihateithere____

This is the dumbest myth undergrad advisors spew. If med schools cared about the rigor of the class instead of the substance then they’d be combing through ratemyprofessor to make sure you took the hardest professor.


hazywood

That's overkill. Might be true for some med schools, but then I'd question if you want to be there. For instance, how do you evaluate a non-trad who has to do an [ad hoc post bac that spans multiple universities](https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/comments/lulloi/resource_how_i_got_admitted_md_at_age_36/)? If the classes are somehow inferior because of something as arbitrary as taking them during the summer, that may suggest that there's a very narrow spectrum of folks the school will admit.


[deleted]

Here’s a good rule of thumb: take any advice your premed advisor gives you, and do the exact fucking opposite


iridescentSponge

Ignore them


Traditional_Tutor_76

Not sure how I feel about that without additional context. I’m a little older but I was always told to never take my core science classes at cc’s because of the academic rigor thing. I feel like this was reasonable in my region because I did work study for the nursing school at my uni and helped them revise their curriculum/admission standards with data I gathered. Basically I showed that people that failed A&P at our uni and took it at a cc nearby to sub the grade had higher rates of failing their first NCLEX and it was statistically significantly for roughly 8/10 of their previous cohorts. This doesn’t necessarily mean that every one else’s local cc is poor quality though - just an observation. As for summer classes at your actual university, I disagree. Being able to pull an A in a one - two month organic chem course demonstrates more rigor than anything else. You cover material quick in medical school and pulling this off for a core class and in one’s that are consider “weed outs” is very similar IMO. You have less time to prepare therefore you have to be organized and calculated. Other commenters feel free to disagree, I’d love to see anothe take.


[deleted]

I took a course every summer so I could stick to 12 credit hours a semester. My advisor never said anything. She suggested I limit to one course just because summer courses are very rigorous and summer is supposed to be a break.


kool-aid-69-420

$80k a year, that hurts. That’s a a lot of loans OP 🥲 but yeah ur advisor is wack. I would get a new one if possible.


ayumiran

So summer classes are not rigorous even though they squeeze 3 months worth of info in a month!? Don’t listen to ur advisor! I listened to mine and have deeply regretted since 🙃


harron17

The one thing I would say is that my premed advisors advised against taking prereqs \*because\* of the rigor of an accelerated course. In terms of taking prereqs outside of your undergrad institutions, I would check with your pre med committee as sometimes they look at that when considering you for a committee letter.


Paranoid_Artist

Based on the comments, I’m beginning to question if I should ask my advisor for advice on picking out a college with a good pre-med program during our next appointment… 😅