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Hello all,
I wanted to pose this question to med students as you have already achieved acceptance and are now in the thick of things.
I am a 30yo freshman trying to determine if I should take calc or not. This of course affects which med schools I can apply to.
I already have to take stats, so that is a given.
But here are the two paths to consider:
Path A: The math route
* Have to take trig as a pre-req to pre-calc (but I get ZERO xfer credit for it)
* Take pre-calc
* Take calc 1A
* Take calc 1B
This all allows me to apply to just about any medical school.
This also means if a school I xfer to does not offer a non-calc based physics class I can take their calc-based series..not sureif that's a good thing
Path B: The least resistance
* Stats is all I need
I can only apply to medical schools with NO math requirement (which is about 60% of them)
And I would need to find a school to xfer to that offers a non-calc based physics series.
Summary:
Now before you all start telling me how easy calc is, you need to consider the following.
* I have NEVER taken any kind of calc.
* It means a substantial investment of school time other needed for satisfying my psych major
* I take the chance on doing poorly and thus suffering a lower GPA
On the upside of taking calc:
* I get to apply to any medical school
* I can apply to any 4 year for xfer (but I would still need to take a calc based physics class which is more challenging than a non-calc version)
So...the basic question is this: Which path should I take?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
I wanted to pose this question to med students as you have already achieved acceptance and are now in the thick of things.
I am a 30yo freshman trying to determine if I should take calc or not. This of course affects which med schools I can apply to.
I already have to take stats, so that is a given.
But here are the two paths to consider:
Path A: The math route
* Have to take trig as a pre-req to pre-calc (but I get ZERO xfer credit for it)
* Take pre-calc
* Take calc 1A
* Take calc 1B
This all allows me to apply to just about any medical school.
This also means if a school I xfer to does not offer a non-calc based physics class I can take their calc-based series..not sureif that's a good thing
Path B: The least resistance
* Stats is all I need
I can only apply to medical schools with NO math requirement (which is about 60% of them)
And I would need to find a school to xfer to that offers a non-calc based physics series.
Summary:
Now before you all start telling me how easy calc is, you need to consider the following.
* I have NEVER taken any kind of calc.
* It means a substantial investment of school time other needed for satisfying my psych major
* I take the chance on doing poorly and thus suffering a lower GPA
On the upside of taking calc:
* I get to apply to any medical school
* I can apply to any 4 year for xfer (but I would still need to take a calc based physics class which is more challenging than a non-calc version)
So...the basic question is this: Which path should I take?
Thanks in advance for any insight.