do i have to take psychology and sociology before applying?

[premed12324]

i know some med schools recommend courses such as sociology, psychology, genetics. Would it hurt my chances if I did not take a recommended course?

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[Blueprint Med School]

Not at all. I would take these courses because they're covered on the MCAT (genetics less so) and would benefit you in that way. However, no school (to my knowledge) would hold it against you if you didn't take one of those courses.

Genetics is also a good course to take just because it would benefit you for medical school.

Kevin W, MCAT Tutor
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[music2med]

Only for the MCAT. Out of these 3, psych would probably be the most important to have some background in- sociology can be learned using the KA docs, you don't need a whole course on it IMO. Genetics should also be covered by General Biology but it doesn't hurt to have extra if you have the time. I technically had none of these classes on my app and I did just fine.

 

[GlowCloud]

Make sure you check requirements for each school. There are some that require social sciences.

 

[Cornfed101]

Like @GlowCloud said, make sure you take some type of social science class, but this often includes classes like history, econ, etc.. I took sociology, but didn't take genetics nor psychology. You can learn enough psych and soc from the KA docs for the MCAT. I got a 130 in that section just from studying the 86 page doc.