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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious how many pre-req kids at rigorous schools are taking per semester? I sometimes wonder if mine should take less and breathe a little more. [/quote]

what do you mean by prereqs? do you mean all the courses that count for med school, ie 2 semesters genchem unless allowed to place out, 2 sem orgo, 2 sem bio, cell bio, bichem, genetics, stats, 2 sem physics, 2 sem calc?

Non-engineering premeds at my kid's ivy are encouraged to take no more than 2 stem classes out of their 4 classes each sem of freshman year(ie two of the above, most commonly chem and calcBC or multi to start) then 3 of the 4 classes can be stem later if they handle it well. 
Mine is doing 3 of 4 stem now because they got a 4.0 first semester and clearly can handle it. 
Engineering premeds, about 1/3 of which are premeds there, take 3 of their 5 classes as stem, usually Chem physics calcbc/multi to start as freshman, and by sophomore year have 4 of 5 classes as STEM. Engineering kids are built different. Their schedules seem insane to regular premeds.

The school's advising will help them map out a slower plan if freshman year does not lead to a 3.3+. They say 95% acceptance rate for those with 3.5+ when they apply, which is a below-average gpa there.

The problem with taking less is it will be hard to get to biochem and the rest of the courses on the mcat by the spring of junior year, meaning gap year or two will be needed and/or a slowdown can mean summers have to be used for classes so they fall behind peers as far as research and volunteering and clinical hours. 
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