101 or 121? Do schools care?

[TOLDUSO]

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So, as a non-traditional student who came out of military service, I decided to start off with the 101 series for Chem and 151 for Bio. Should I have taken the 121 series Chem and 154 (or whatever applicable number) Bio?

Has anyone taken the 101 level stuff and gotten accepted into med/dental schools? As stated before, I did this because I was coming out of not being in school for a good 6-7 yrs and figured if 101 was even slightly more likely to help me maintain a good GPA, then I would take that route. Also, at the time, I really didn't think it made that much of a difference, as the higher core classes would be the same in most cases anyway, regardless of which path I took to get to them.

Now I'm a little worried, and people around my parts aren't all that knowledgeable or helpful in the matter.

😕

 

[youknowthedrill]

The course numbers are not very helpful because they vary from school to school. Course titles would provide more info. Are you taking a two semester sequence of Chemistry and also Chemistry lab? Is this class a pre-req for Organic Chemistry? If so, you should be fine. If it is a class like "Survey of Chemistry for Basket-weaving Majors" you will also need to take the other Chemistry course, but this one will boost your BCP (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) GPA. Thanks for serving our country!

 

[TOLDUSO]

The course numbers are not very helpful because they vary from school to school. Course titles would provide more info. Are you taking a two semester sequence of Chemistry and also Chemistry lab? Is this class a pre-req for Organic Chemistry? If so, you should be fine. If it is a class like "Survey of Chemistry for Basket-weaving Majors" you will also need to take the other Chemistry course, but this one will boost your BCP (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) GPA.

Well, in Bio I'm ok. Looks like I get to take Chem 121 though before I can take Organic and Inorganic Chem. Bummer. I don't think my adviser understood the course catalog for my career path when I first started school, and I wish I would have been more pro-active in looking into it myself.

 

[interalias]

I'm about in the same boat.
They insisted that I was able to take just the Applied Physics, which are PHY2004 & L /2005 & L. I later found out by asking other Pre-Professional students that General physics or Physics with calculus were the only accepted forms of physics by Dental/Medical schools.

Mleh. I took App. Phy I because it was insisted upon me to take. I'm now taking General Physics.

I wish I had asked around sooner, or perhaps found these forums sooner.

 

[BlueQuasar]

I'm about in the same boat.
They insisted that I was able to take just the Applied Physics, which are PHY2004 & L /2005 & L. I later found out by asking other Pre-Professional students that General physics or Physics with calculus were the only accepted forms of physics by Dental/Medical schools.

Mleh. I took App. Phy I because it was insisted upon me to take. I'm now taking General Physics.

I wish I had asked around sooner, or perhaps found these forums sooner.

Seriously? That doesn't sound right...especially when not all dental schools even require calculus.

 

[shahinc]

When I applied to UNLV last year, they told me that I should took higher level Bio courses and just taking introductory courses does not really show my strength and ...