Math prerequisite question
Started by prissy1818
Take college trigonometry if your uni offers it. It might be allowed since precal is all trig.
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I have actually and have passed that class. So you're saying to talk to them and see if I can replace precalculus requirement with my trig?
I know at a local CC prereq for calc I is either precal or college trig. It might be the same. Talk to the math chair
Sounds good. Thank you so much 🙂
You could also see if there's somewhere you can take Algebra based physics rather than calc based physics. Same material but different teaching methods; maybe the prerequisite would be different. Hope this helps.
Precal is a prereq for alg based physics...
Do not take calc-based physics. Waste of time.
Well it's because most med schools require calc based physics or calculus for that matter
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Isn't like... Harvard the only school that actually requires calc based physics? And yes, some do require calc as a prereq; but the majority simply want two semesters of math.
Regardless, calc-based physics won't be on the MCAT and it should only be taken if you oddly think you'd enjoy it more than algebra-based physics.
If by most schools you mean maybe one or two require calc-based physics and ~8 require calculus as all or part of the math pre-req.
I don't know of a single medical school that requires calc based physics. Harvard might, as the guy said above. There's under two dozen med schools that require one semester of calculus.
Since I was looking at postbacc programs, most have said that a calc based physics is required so I assumed that was for medical school as well
What postbacs are you looking at?
Definitely not. Very few schools actually require calc, and I am not aware of any that specify calc-based as opposed to trig/algebra based physics.
Oh ok well now I'm relieved. Thank you 🙂
Not even Harvard requires calc-based physics (at least for New Pathway). Harvard HST probably does but that's completely separate.
There's no reason to take calc-based physics as a premed who struggles with math. None. The bigger concern would be the schools who still list calc itself as a requirement.
There's no reason to take calc-based physics as a premed who struggles with math. None. The bigger concern would be the schools who still list calc itself as a requirement.
Some schools only require trig or even just algebra for Calc.I took Calc with only algebra under my belt. Just look at what the school's prereqs for each class are.
At my school it was only trig.
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