Am I taking the right calculus ?

[the Undergrad]

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Hey guys,

Theres some confusion. Well I'm a second year student at a CC. This CC offers two types of calculus courses:

Math 160 -Calculus for the Biological, Management, and Social Sciences 1 (and Math 161 is part II)

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Math 190 - Single Variable Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 (and Math 191 is part II)

Okay so when I first started out at this CC, I wanted to transfer to UCLA so my counselor suggested that since I meet the pre-reqs for Math 160, I should just take that since UCLA is the school I'd like to transfer out to. BTW, UCLA lower div asks for either 160-161 or 190-191. Anyway, so the following summer session (Summer 2002), I went ahead and completed Math 160 (received a "C")

But along the way, my GPA got really bad, so now I have decided to forget abt transfering to UCLA, but instead to UCI or UCSB.

And now the prob is that UCI and UCSB don't take Math 160, but ask for Math 190. And, in order to take Math 190, I have to complete two pre-reqs (Trig and Pre-Calc).

So, my question for you guys is, WHICH calculus do med schools require an year of?

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Should I just go ahead and complete Math 161 now so I'll be done with one year of Calc. ? (Keep in mind though that I took Math 160 in Summer 2002...would this be a concern to med schools?)

Please help me out...really confused here.

Much thanks...

 

[the Undergrad]

at my CC, Math 190 is the more "popular" calculus course....😕

 

[deleted6669]

the vast majority of medschools do not require calculus. the standard prereqs are 1 year each with labs of bio, general chem, o-chem, and physics. a few schools like dartmouth and ucla want calc but my guess is that there are less than 10% of schools that have this requirement, so unless you really like math skip it and take something like genetics or microbio instead.

 

[superdevil]

according to the MSAR, 23 of the 125 US med schools require calc.

 

[deleted6669]

I stand corrected, but that is still a minority. I imagine most are ivy league/private not state schools.

 

[Sparkles]

Six of those schools that require calculus are in Texas 😀 Just make sure it isn't business calc and you should be fine.

 

[the Undergrad]

So what do you guys say....?

Should I just go ahead and complete Math 161 now so I'll be done with one year of Calc. ? (Keep in mind though that I took Math 160 in Summer 2002...would this be a concern to med schools? And I got a "C" in Math 160)

OR

Should I not even complete Math 161 and just start all over and take MAth 190 and Math 191 (tsk tsk more pre reqs)...?

Keep in mind that Math 160-161 is known in my school as "business calc" and majority of bio majors take 190-191 sequence.....but since med schools dont even require calc in the first place, dont you think im better off to just take 161 since ive already complete math 160 anyways?

I need some word on this...thanks

 

[JonnieQuest]

Originally posted by the Undergrad
So what do you guys say....?

Should I just go ahead and complete Math 161 now so I'll be done with one year of Calc. ? (Keep in mind though that I took Math 160 in Summer 2002...would this be a concern to med schools? And I got a "C" in Math 160)

OR

Should I not even complete Math 161 and just start all over and take MAth 190 and Math 191 (tsk tsk more pre reqs)...?

Keep in mind that Math 160-161 is known in my school as "business calc" and majority of bio majors take 190-191 sequence.....but since med schools dont even require calc in the first place, dont you think im better off to just take 161 since ive already complete math 160 anyways?

I need some word on this...thanks

UCLA offers both types of math: Math for Life Sci majors (a very popular class) and two quarters of Calculus & Analytic Geometry with a quarter of Multivariable (mainly for non-life sci majors). And I think most UCs do too. Both are fine...if you want to save the gpa, i would go with the less intense math class...and math is not required at most schools (as mentioned above), so don't worry about it. however most bio majors at UCs require a year of math and that's why everyone takes it.