What Do Medical Students Do Over The Summer. Taking extra classes is also a nice way to boost your gpa and either a) get hard classes out of the way with focused attention that allows you to do better than you might during the year, b) take classes that interest you that you may not have time for during the year (for me, philosophy classes), or c) take science classes that are important in med school but not. As always, we’re happy to help!

3) many summer courses are condensed. This was not a shadowing experience at all. Being a medical student puts you in a very privileged position, among the very top students across the country.