Does Biochem fulfill Gen Chem Prereq?

[gree]

I'm considering skipping the general chem sequence. Is biochem treated as general chem, O chem, or neither for the purpose of fulfilling the prereq?

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[Tatastrophy]

Some school I've seen that will take biochem for second semester for ochem but def not gen chem....try inorganic for that if you are really that masochistic.

 

[fahimaz7]

Just take the classes that are asked for.

 

[roseglass6370]

I wouldn't toy around with the basic 4 sequences. Take the gen chem sequence.

 

[Analog]

I've never seen any schools that let you skip general chem. I'm not sure why you'd want to skip it though. It lays the foundation for all other chemistry courses.

 

[randombetch]

My school's premed office says you can use biochem to replace gen chem. It is, after all, an upper level chemistry course - and I've never heard of a medical school that doesn't allow someone to take an upper division course in lieu of a lower division course.

I'm using physical chemistry to replace a semester of gen chem.

I knew there'd be a lot of contradicting posts; I guess we have to wait for LizzyM or something.

 

[gree]

I AP'ed out of general chem and my school won't let me retake. I could take two quarters of pretty useless honors chem but that still leaves one quarter unaccounted for.
So far I have heard the following:

- some schools allow biochem in lieu of O chem
- some schools allow biochem in lieu of general chem
- some claimed they got away with using biochem in lieu of general biology
- some schools have biochem prereq on top of general chem, O chem, and biology prereqs

Is there a single answer for all the University of California med schools?

 

[randombetch]

There is no single answer for the UC's, but I can tell you this much:
UC Irvine requires Biochem on top of 3 quarters of gen chem.
UCLA accepts no AP credit whatsoever.