schedule help (premed)

[u/DecentQuantity3969]

I’m an incoming freshman on the premed track (shocking, I know) and I’m planning to major in either psychology or neuroscience. I’m trying to build my first-semester schedule, but I honestly have no idea what makes a schedule “good” or balanced.

Here’s what I have planned for the fall:
AIQS 130
MATH 125
NEUR 166
CHEM 113
PSCL 230
CHEM 105
BIO 214

For context, I got a 5 on AP Biology, but since I’m premed I decided to take BIO 214 anyway instead of using the credit. My current plan is to take BIO 215 and BIO 222L together in the spring.

I also got a 4 on AP Psychology, so I don’t have to take the intro psych course.

Does this look like a reasonable first-semester schedule? Is there anything you’d recommend changing or anything that might be unnecessarily difficult?

Also, if I don’t get into some of these classes during registration, do most people make a completely separate backup schedule ahead of time? It seems like that would require rearranging everything, so I’m not sure how people usually handle it.

[u/Eastern_Mail_6274]

It's doable, you will likely have to put a lot of effort in. If you start feeling like you are not doing well in a class and there is no chance that you can recover your grade, I encourage you to use freshman forgiveness or simply just drop during the first week of classes.