AP Bio credit - time to panic?

[zzxxzz]

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Ok, long story short, I stupidly didn't check whether schools accept AP credits for bio before submitting my first round to schools. I'm suddenly worried this will be a big problem, as 3 of the schools I applied to so far say they do NOT accept AP Bio credit.

My situation:

• Took AP Bio in HS, got a 5 = year of credit.
• Took an unrelated bio course (a 100-level bio prereq at my school but not for med schools) freshman year.
• Did not take another bio course for 3 years - long story, pursued another field.
• Postbacc - sat in on bio 102, got an A in bio 103. Did this as a refresher, since I hadn't taken bio in so long.
• Since then, I've taken a year's worth of A&P, Genetics, Cell Bio, and Micro Bio. Genetics and Cell Bio were 200-level courses, Microbio was a 300. I'm taking another 2-3 biology/biochem courses this coming year.

Thus, I have a year of biology. But not of freshman bio. I'm worried that the fact that I had AP credit and also took one of the intro bio courses anyway will throw schools off. Should I just cross these schools off my list?

 

[zzxxzz]

Sorry, just realized this should probably be in the pre-med forum 😳

 

[Heday]

No you're fine. If you have AP credits, most schools just recommend you take upper-level courses in that subject.

 

[zzxxzz]

Ok whew...I originally thought this (a year of bio classes, not just intro) and my advisor didn't say anything...IDK, it's that time when people start freaking about their primaries I guess.

 

[gettheleadout]

Yeah you're fine, don't worry. I'll move this to PA when I get back to a computer.