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As you may know, I am a senior in HS and would love to be well prepared for college. Knowing that I will have to take the basic pre requisites for medical school, what subjects do you think will be in my best interest to touch upon before entering into the courses once in college?
Basic overview of courses I have taken/etc.:
Chemistry background:
I have taken Chemistry Honors at my school and got a mere 680 on the subject test due to the fact that my school's honor class doesn't teach a whole lot. Without studying a little more I would have gotten much lower. (I may review more concepts on www.khanacademy.org if it's the best option in preparation for college).
Biology background:
I took Biology in 10th grade and am currently enrolled in Biology AP so my knowledge may be quite recent and I will brush up and review later on for the Advanced placement test.
Physics:
I am currently taking physics and I think physics is slightly harder for me and since I am in a normal class we likely do not cover some topics and do a good job of it.
Calculus:
I have taken Calculus AB last year scoring a 5 on the Advanced placement test. This year I will be self studying for the Calculus BC exam and refreshing my calculus knowledge with Princeton.
English:
I have taken English (obvious) + will be self-studying AP Language so I will get more exposed to literary terms and become a better writer. I am also making a lot more effort to read more books.
Organic Chemistry:
The only prior knowledge I have is what I took away from my Chemistry honors course which is using the IUPAC (or something like that) naming standards, the methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane stuff, naming some compounds like carboxylic acids, alcohols, ketones, etc. (most of which I don't remember anymore)
Basic overview of courses I have taken/etc.:
Chemistry background:
I have taken Chemistry Honors at my school and got a mere 680 on the subject test due to the fact that my school's honor class doesn't teach a whole lot. Without studying a little more I would have gotten much lower. (I may review more concepts on www.khanacademy.org if it's the best option in preparation for college).
Biology background:
I took Biology in 10th grade and am currently enrolled in Biology AP so my knowledge may be quite recent and I will brush up and review later on for the Advanced placement test.
Physics:
I am currently taking physics and I think physics is slightly harder for me and since I am in a normal class we likely do not cover some topics and do a good job of it.
Calculus:
I have taken Calculus AB last year scoring a 5 on the Advanced placement test. This year I will be self studying for the Calculus BC exam and refreshing my calculus knowledge with Princeton.
English:
I have taken English (obvious) + will be self-studying AP Language so I will get more exposed to literary terms and become a better writer. I am also making a lot more effort to read more books.
Organic Chemistry:
The only prior knowledge I have is what I took away from my Chemistry honors course which is using the IUPAC (or something like that) naming standards, the methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane stuff, naming some compounds like carboxylic acids, alcohols, ketones, etc. (most of which I don't remember anymore)