Bio Pre-Req

[JuniperB]

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A cursory search has failed to answer this question, though it has probably been answered somewhere on this awesome site!

Does Anatomy and Physiology (10 sem. credits with lab) count for the Biology component of the med school/MCAT prerequisates?

Thanks,

JB

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

For nearly all DO schools I believe the answer is yes (if you have certain schools in mind I would confirm) For alot of MD schools the answer is yes (again check if you have some in mind).

I had the same inquiry, a few months ago poked around and these answers are what I was presented with. Few schools specifically do say Bio classes required for Bio majors, I think these are the ones that wouldn't accept them.

 

[Krisss17]

A cursory search has failed to answer this question, though it has probably been answered somewhere on this awesome site!

Does Anatomy and Physiology (10 sem. credits with lab) count for the Biology component of the med school/MCAT prerequisates?

Thanks,

JB

You would probably have to check with some of the schools you are looking at possibly attending. I would venture (and it only my opinion) that it might count but you would do well to take a biology class that hits on DNA, genetics, etc. I have also taken A&P which I think will provide me with a good physiology foundation, but I also took Bio I/II.

 

[DrMidlife]

Those A&P classes are usually nursing school prereqs. If a med school will accept A&P as bio, that's one thing, but the MCAT and good med school prep are other things. I personally would not want to start med school without a decent introduction to cell/mol bio, immuno, biochem & micro.

The standard year-long bio curriculum covers ecology, biodiversity, Mendelian and cellular genetics, a bit of cell/mol bio, metabolism (including photosynthesis), botany, some embryology and some microbiology in addition to human and non-human A&P.

MCAT subject lists are here: http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/preparing/start.htm

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

Those A&P classes are usually nursing school prereqs. If a med school will accept A&P as bio, that's one thing, but the MCAT and good med school prep are other things. I personally would not want to start med school without a decent introduction to cell/mol bio, immuno, biochem & micro.

The standard year-long bio curriculum covers ecology, biodiversity, Mendelian and cellular genetics, a bit of cell/mol bio, metabolism (including photosynthesis), botany, some embryology and some microbiology in addition to human and non-human A&P.

MCAT subject lists are here: http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/preparing/start.htm

DrMidlife is correct, if you do go the route of just having the A&P at very least you'll have to make up for it in many rigorous biology study sessions (much more than someone who has had the general bio) for your MCAT.

If you have the chance fit Bio 1/2 into your schedule, as it will only make you a stronger applicant. If there is a signficant reason why you can't fit them in, you need to be a really strong self taught learner.

 

[JuniperB]

Thank you all for the information!

Prob wind up taking BIO anyhow.

Cheers,

JB

 

[MossPoh]

I took the MCAT without Bio 1 and was not at a loss for it. Of course, I had genetics, bio 2, conservation biology, animal diversity (its a bio lab thing), and physiology before hand.

 

[Anton Chigurh]

Take the year-long biology courses required for bio majors. The A&P courses are for nurses. The former are more rigorous and should prepare you well for the bio section of the MCAT. I took both sequences, and at least for my school, A&P was a joke.