I actually ran into this problem a couple years back.
I had some extra credits lying around that would have
enabled me to take four courses a term, and still
graduate on time. I ended up taking five courses a term anyway.
The issue here is that medical schools want to see
that you can academically handle a medical school
curriculum. This means lots of classes covering lots
of material. Therefore, I chose not to take a lighter
courseload, than what the typical, average applicant would have.
Ideally, you should e-mail each of the medical schools
that you are interested in, and ask them. My solution
was to find an easy "filler" course that I thought I
would enjoy and that wouldn't take much time away from
my hard science courses. For me, that ended up being first year Economics.
I learned a lot, and received good marks, and the time
commitment compared to my Biochemistry class was minimal.
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