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I'll be applying to MD/PhD programs next year, and Harvard's HST program is one of my top choices. I just found out that the HST division of the medical school requires a year of calculus-based physics (although I know the New Pathway program does not have this requirement). I took a year of algebra-based physics already. What should I do? At my school I could try to take a proficiency test for the calc-based sequence to pass out of those classes. Or I could just suck it up and take the two calculus-based courses, but it seems silly because there would be a lot of overlap with the algebra-based courses I took, obviously...and I have a ton of other classes to take next year, so taking those two extra courses would be tough to fit in. I also can't substitute two higher level calculus-based courses since the prerequisites for any more advanced courses are the introductory calculus-based physics courses.
Does anyone think Harvard would waive this requirement? I will have taken calc 1,2, and 3, diff. equations, and a year of p-chem (which is calculus-based). Does anyone think the year of p-chem would be an ok substitute?
Has anyone had a similar experience, or knows anything about this requirement? Thanks!
Does anyone think Harvard would waive this requirement? I will have taken calc 1,2, and 3, diff. equations, and a year of p-chem (which is calculus-based). Does anyone think the year of p-chem would be an ok substitute?
Has anyone had a similar experience, or knows anything about this requirement? Thanks!