English MD requirements

[NP545]

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How exactly do the med school english 1 year requirement work?

Classes in my college like Communication fulfill the English "core" portion needed in order to graduate. This fulfills my college's requirements but would they count for medical schools' requirements? This Communication class seems like it is not writing intensive and is offered by my school's communication department.
Other graduating requirement fulfilling classes like Poetry are offered in a department branched off of my school's English department but the class does not have "English" or "literature" in its name (though it is writing intensive).

I also have AP credit for a semester English class in my university which I was given credit for and wanted to know if I need to take additional English class(es) to fulfill medical school's requirements?

[I know people will say to call the school or look up what they want, but most of the MDs I'm interested seem to allow AP credit but I am unsure if they allow other department courses to substitute for the english ones]

 

[ndafife]

Every school is different. Some dont have a requirement for English, some (Tufts I know) say that graduating from an English speaking university shows enough competency in English. Some allow AP, some dont.

Just Google "(School name) Prerequisites" and you should get a solid idea of what is needed. Youre going to get a much better picture than a forum is going to give because every school is different.

 

[Relz.]

I think for a lot of med schools a communications class might be considered a humanities, not an english. So like ndafife said, check out the individual schools you're looking at and see what they say about english credits. I had the same problem because things like Classics and Science Writing count as english/writing credits at my college but not at a lot of the schools i'm applying to. Hope I could help!

 

[NP545]

I think for a lot of med schools a communications class might be considered a humanities, not an english. So like ndafife said, check out the individual schools you're looking at and see what they say about english credits. I had the same problem because things like Classics and Science Writing count as english/writing credits at my college but not at a lot of the schools i'm applying to. Hope I could help!

So did you end up taking English department classes during your summer before med school?

 

[hoihaie]

mine had writing courses i had to take, and then I took some literature and philosophy classes for GEs. These all counts as wirting intesive so i'm using them for the english reqs

 

[Relz.]

So did you end up taking English department classes during your summer before med school?

I took a summer half credit then took a half credit this year to give me the required number of hours of core english so that I could appease all the schools I wanted to apply to, rather than only be able to apply to those that considered my humanities an english.

 

[Redpancreas]

How exactly do the med school english 1 year requirement work?

Classes in my college like Communication fulfill the English "core" portion needed in order to graduate. This fulfills my college's requirements but would they count for medical schools' requirements? This Communication class seems like it is not writing intensive and is offered by my school's communication department.
Other graduating requirement fulfilling classes like Poetry are offered in a department branched off of my school's English department but the class does not have "English" or "literature" in its name (though it is writing intensive).

I also have AP credit for a semester English class in my university which I was given credit for and wanted to know if I need to take additional English class(es) to fulfill medical school's requirements?

[I know people will say to call the school or look up what they want, but most of the MDs I'm interested seem to allow AP credit but I am unsure if they allow other department courses to substitute for the english ones]

AP classes will generally work for English. If not, take two writing courses. One is often integrated into your major..why not take one like literature in medicine or something like that. Or take the opportunity to take a class that will teach you about written communication to broaden your skills.

 

[lovelybones]

I'm starting a post bac pre med program this fall and I haven't taken any English classes yet so I'm thinking of just doing one or two at a community college while starting pre med. Would people agree this is a smart decision? And should I do Intro Writing or English Composition? Or a literature class?
Any advice or thoughts are very much appreciated!