Calc 2 or Statistics as a premed requirement.

[masterwares]

Hello,
I need a quick answer so that I can change my schedule. Calculus two (second sem calculus) is messing up my schedule and I want to know if every medical college accepts statistics as a replacement for the calc class. I already have one semester of calculus complete.

For the future, I will probably be applying to
-JHU, UMD, Drexel, Georgetown etc schools near DC/Maryland.

Thanks in advance!

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[nisarg2010]

Hello,
I need a quick answer so that I can change my schedule. Calculus two (second sem calculus) is messing up my schedule and I want to know if every medical college accepts statistics as a replacement for the calc class. I already have one semester of calculus complete.

For the future, I will probably be applying to
-JHU, UMD, Drexel, Georgetown etc schools near DC/Maryland.

Thanks in advance!

go with stats

 

[chman]

A lot of schools do but you need to check individually for any certainty, unless of course someone on here knows off the top of their head, which I'm sure some do.

 

[masterwares]

I'm hoping someone who does will show up and tell me..
I'd rather take stats, but only if the choice won't come and bite me in the #$#$ three years down the road when I get accepted into one of these schools which requires calc2...

 

[Electronegative]

JHU accepts statistics as calc 2 substitute, Maryland doesn't have any math requirements.

EN

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Only around 20 schools require calc 1. The only school that requires 2 calc courses is Harvard if i'm correct. Most are perfectly fine with you taking just 2 math courses in general. JHU accepts calc 1 + stats or 2 stat classs or 2 calc classes. The rest don't have any particular requirements for math if I'm correct ( UMD, Gtown, Gwu).

 

[cometstarg]

4. Mathematics: one year of calculus. Advanced placement credits may satisfy this requirement (Calculus AB = 1 semester, Calculus BC = 2 semesters). Some flexibility can be applied to meet this requirement as long as the courses are relevant to biology and medicine. For example, a semester course in calculus that covers derivatives and integration plus a semester course in statistics (preferably biostatistics) or a calculus-based physics course plus another science course that includes biostatistics. Preferably, students will have some combination that equals a unified two-semester course that covers important, biologically relevant concepts in calculus and statistics. As of the class entering in 2016, one semester of statistics will be required.
Other innovative approaches (including interdisciplinary courses taught together with biology and biologically relevant physical sciences) that meet the stipulations outlined above will be considered.

So I guess they take a semester of calc and one of statistics

 

[masterwares]

Hey wow so if all the schools i'm looking at take stat, i'll just sign up for that. It will help me more than calc2 anyway if i decide to just get my masters. I was speaking to a chemist in my internship lab, and he said that after college, he's never used calculus ever.

 

[Trantrum]

Does UCSF take statistics as a substitute?
I can't seem to find it on their website.

 

[Keem]

Does UCSF take statistics as a substitute?
I can't seem to find it on their website.

UCSF has no specific math requirement