Carol hagan upenn hospital

Carol Hagan, Associate Director

One or two times a month, an advisee will share with me their dislike of their science classes and wonder if they should continue on the path towards medical school.

There is not an easy or quick answer to this question and it’s a great discussion to have with your pre-health advisor or important people in your life.

First, elaborate on what it means to “not like your sciences classes.”  How many classes have you taken?

Is it one class or all of them? Is it only lecture classes or labs and seminars as well?

Carol Hagan is a pre-health and pre-grad advisor in Career Services.

Carol Hagan, based in Philadelphia, PA, US, is currently a Senior Associate Director, Graduate and Professional School Advising at University of Pennsylvania.

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Carol Hagan is a pre-health and pre-grad advisor in Career Services.

Carol Hagan, has advised pre-health students at Penn for more than 15 years as senior associate director of graduate school advising.

Did you like science in high school? Is it that you like the material, but not the exams? Do you like the classes, but would like them a lot more if they were smaller or there was less grade pressure? Do you dislike the classes because you feel you are not doing well (and are you being too hard on yourself or are you truly struggling)?

It is quite common for students to be a great fit for medicine and not like all their science classes.