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Probably not, but it depends on your target schools. Med school Math Requirements (2016): http://www.brynmawr.edu/healthpro/documents/USMDSchoolsMathRequirements-May2016.pdf
I think stats is required (or at least more strongly encouraged) more often than Calc.
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that sentence is the exact reason I decided to ask first.
Hey guys is it worth it take Calc 2? I heard schools recommend that you have a year of calculus.
I currently have: 1 semester of Calc 1 and 1 semester of statistics
I currently have: 1 semester of Calc 1 and 1 semester of statistics
Purchase the MSAR and look at the schools you want to apply to. You will be able to see if any schools require it.
Hi! Maybe look at the school you potentially want to apply to and see if they require it and go from there? Good luck!
yeah at my school life science majors are recommended (and some required) to take calc 1 but discouraged from taking calc 2 because it's geared toward engineers. i took it an it was pretty hard lol
I took Calc 1 but only because some schools recommended it. Same reason I took Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics, Immunology, Ecology. Most schools don’t require them but they’re recommended. It’s good to do some upper division levels courses.
My school separates them.
Math 116 - Calculus 2
Math 126 - Calculus 2 for Engineers
The advisor warned me it was a difficult class but I didn’t really believe him. Managed to pull a B but it was hard earned. This was the class that convinced to not go into engineering and go premed.
Calc 2 is typically the most difficult of the calc series (if you're getting a real calc series, and it's not calc 1 split into two semesters). The vast majority of schools seem to require a year of calc OR a semester of calc and a semester of stats. Personally, as a mathematician, I think a year of calc is a waste. Stats is much more useful in medicine and research than calculus.
it's not calculus 2 "for engineers" explicitly, but the class is just traditionally taught in such a way (and is full of engineering majors who got 5's on their AP calc exams)
