Pre-req question on Biology

[shaggybill]

All med schools have one year of biology as a pre-req, but does this mean specifically Bio I and II, or can it be any biology, such as cell bio, microbiology, etc?

The reason I ask is because my top choice school won't allow pre-reqs from a community college, but I want to take Biology 1 this coming January while I'm doing a semester at a CC.

If any biology suffices as a pre-req, then I can take Bio 1 this coming semester and get other bio "pre-reqs" at a 4 year later on.

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[mvenus929]

You'll have to ask the specific school, but if they don't accept cc credits, then upper division classes should suffice.

 

[luciabelluci]

My college condenses both general bio and general chem into one semester each. Our pre-med advisors suggest cell bio to round out the bio requirement and a semester of inorganic chem after the year of orgo (both 200-level courses with labs). As long as you have an upper-level course to replace the second semester with, I would think you're fine!

 

[szhao]

lol i haven't got rejected for only take two bio courses with lab and the intro bio course. i am hoping i wont haha, i mean i would be more than happy to take all the required ones next semester just to get into a med school

 

[ONYX4000GT]

lol i haven't got rejected for only take two bio courses with lab and the intro bio course. i am hoping i wont haha, i mean i would be more than happy to take all the required ones next semester just to get into a med school

Youll get in somehwere. How come you applied all MD/PhD? Maybe you would be accepted already if you applied just MD. You could become MD and then PhD.

 

[EBI831]

doesn't matter if you take intro as long as you take upper level and it has lab for about a total of 8 hours.

 

[szhao]

Youll get in somehwere. How come you applied all MD/PhD? Maybe you would be accepted already if you applied just MD. You could become MD and then PhD.

lol i can't afford a MD just to be frank have to pay it myself, and i wont get any financial aid because my mom is a neurologist. well if that is the only option to me then i will take that route.