Am I done with math?

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I came in to college with AP credit for one semester of calculus and I took the second semester of calculus in the fall. I'm taking Stats this semester... am I done with math after this or do med schools want to see another semester of calculus?
 
Schools want to see one semester of college level math. Some schools don't even require calculus. If APing out of one semester, your options are taking Calc II or Stats.
 
beautiful. I'm not a big fan of math.
 
something tells me that your interest lies in neurosci.

I thought that I was done with math until last semester when I took cell neurophys... needed diff eq, prob, and lin al. If you like cell neurosci (rather than systemic neuroanatomy or behavioral neurosci) then I think you should take another semester of cal and maybe even diff eq.
 
For most schools, you're good as long as you have two math courses (one can be stats). ie. I APed out of both Calc I and Stats and I've been fine in terms of getting in. (I hate math also)
 
I dont think my school offers cell neurophys so I don't think it matters for me. interesting to hear that that high level of math would be required for a neuro class though. My college doesn't have many neuro specific classes in general
 
I dont think my school offers cell neurophys so I don't think it matters for me. interesting to hear that that high level of math would be required for a neuro class though. My college doesn't have many neuro specific classes in general
my school only has 1 neuroscience course that requires advanced math, and it's a graduate level neurophys course.

I elected not to take that one 🙂
 
my school only has 1 neuroscience course that requires advanced math, and it's a graduate level neurophys course.

I elected not to take that one 🙂

as would I. I gotta say, I'm suprised neuroscience classes place that much emphasis on math. I can see why there might be math involved, but I guess I'm more interested in the physiological function of the nervous system than the number grinding. Hopefully neuro won't be that math intensive in med school.
 
as would I. I gotta say, I'm suprised neuroscience classes place that much emphasis on math. I can see why there might be math involved, but I guess I'm more interested in the physiological function of the nervous system than the number grinding. Hopefully neuro won't be that math intensive in med school.
as far as I know, the physiology of neurons isn't covered much. not the advanced part, anyway. my BS is in neuroscience and the most I know about neurophys are the concentrations of ions on either side of the membrane, the Goldman-Katz equation, threshold, resting membrane potential, etc.
 
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