Math Prior to Post-Bacc

[spiralgalaxy]

Hello all,

I know most med schools require 2 semesters of college math, with calculus being required only for a few, and recommended for a few more. I have never been math savvy, so I went up to Algebra 2 in high school, took a liberal arts math course my freshman year of college, and a statistics course under the psychology department for my major (listed at Psych 201, for example, and not Math 201). I am applying to post-bacc programs, and only one or two require the completion of caculus in their program.

So my questions are:

1) How likely is a social science statistics course going to count as a legitimate college math course? I am thinking unlikely, so I'm currently enrolled in precalculus.

2) If I remain in precalculus this semester and didn't take calculus in a post-bacc program, would my math requirements be sufficient for most med schools?

Thank you very much!

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[Angulimala]

1) How likely is a social science statistics course going to count as a legitimate college math course? I am thinking unlikely, so I'm currently enrolled in precalculus.

2) If I remain in precalculus this semester and didn't take calculus in a post-bacc program, would my math requirements be sufficient for most med schools?


1. Not entirely sure. When you're filling out your AMCAS you'd have to file it under Social Sciences or Math. You can call to find out which.

2. The postbac I went to required us to take Calc. A lot of schools wouldn't care, but some do (the "big name" schools). Check the MSAR to see about the schools you're interested in. If you couldn't see yourself applying to a school that requires it, steer clear (I hated math too).

 

[darkjedi]

Hello all,

I know most med schools require 2 semesters of college math, with calculus being required only for a few, and recommended for a few more. I have never been math savvy, so I went up to Algebra 2 in high school, took a liberal arts math course my freshman year of college, and a statistics course under the psychology department for my major (listed at Psych 201, for example, and not Math 201). I am applying to post-bacc programs, and only one or two require the completion of caculus in their program.

So my questions are:

1) How likely is a social science statistics course going to count as a legitimate college math course? I am thinking unlikely, so I'm currently enrolled in precalculus.

2) If I remain in precalculus this semester and didn't take calculus in a post-bacc program, would my math requirements be sufficient for most med schools?

Thank you very much!

Most med schools actually only require 1 semester of math.

If your psych statistics course involved statistical modeling with like normal distribution and null hypothesis type coursework, then it will count as a math course. In my AMCAS application I discovered that my business stats course counts as math (apparently astronomy counts as physics too?), which was kind of cool because I don't have to worry about math now, and I have a science GPA I didn't realize I already had. If your transcript lists the class with the words Stats or something similar in it, AMCAS will likely accept it as a math course. If not, if you send them a course description in an appeal, they will change it.