Math Question

[avinash]

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Hey

So iv taken math 251 (calc 1) and i hear thats all you need for math for med schools, i hope thats right. I was wondering if my chances of admission would increase if it took calc 2? calc 3?

If there any other math class im supposed to take before i apply, like stats?

Thanks

 

[ShyRem]

It depends on which schools you're applying to. A few want a full year of calculus (that would be I and II). Many want stats. Some only want algebra or trigonometry. Most want just calc I. Look up which schools you're interested in and see what they want.

 

[gildas]

Short answer => No

 

[TexPre-Med]

Shyrem is NUTS! I think there is maybe one school that wants Calc II. Most list stats as recommended. Besides that, math is for your own enjoyment.

 

[ShyRem]

Nuts.... I rather like that. Ok. But when I read "recommended" I also see that as "if you don't have it and someone else does, we'll pick them over you". Having said that, I haven't taken genetics. I took P-Chem and BioChem instead. A few schools want genetics, so I'm not applying those places.

More importantly than any of this, though... are you interested in taking calc II? If not, don't. If you liked calc I, then calc II might be fun. But then, I'm a math and chemistry major... I loved calc. I hated the prof teaching genetics. Not even a stun gun could've made me take that class from her.

 

[avinash]

Nuts.... I rather like that. Ok. But when I read "recommended" I also see that as "if you don't have it and someone else does, we'll pick them over you". Having said that, I haven't taken genetics. I took P-Chem and BioChem instead. A few schools want genetics, so I'm not applying those places.

More importantly than any of this, though... are you interested in taking calc II? If not, don't. If you liked calc I, then calc II might be fun. But then, I'm a math and chemistry major... I loved calc. I hated the prof teaching genetics. Not even a stun gun could've made me take that class from her.

Hey

Yea i took calc 1 over the summer at a 4 year college, i liked it a lot actually.
I am no good at gentics, i even had trouble in AP BIO in high school so im goona have to try and understand that stufff, damn punette squares, haha

thanks for your replies

 

[superunknown]

To be taken with a grain of salt:

I heard from a friend of a friend who knows someone (you know how that goes) that got into Albert Einstein after taking Calc I,II, III, and differential equations. The ADCOM told him that taking those classes was the deciding factor.

 

[dshnay]

To be taken with a grain of salt:

I heard from a friend of a friend who knows someone (you know how that goes) that got into Albert Einstein after taking Calc I,II, III, and differential equations. The ADCOM told him that taking those classes was the deciding factor.

I think that silly, so anyone with comp scie or engineering degree would get in to a med school, since people with those majors practically major in math

 

[Hersey]

I think that silly, so anyone with comp scie or engineering degree would get in to a med school, since people with those majors practically major in math

I think it's going a bit far to say that those classes would guarantee admission, but they certainly can't hurt. These days, adcoms are in large part looking for uniqueness. If you're one of, say, 10% of applicants who have taken elementary and multivariable calculus and differential equations, you'll stand out a bit. It's just another thing they can look at. Those classes tend to be viewed as difficult (whether it's true or not), and indicate a willingness to spend time and effort beyond the most basic requirements.

(My degrees are in computer engineering and computer science, incidentally. I was six semester hours short of a math minor, and very far from a major.)

 

[deuist]

To be taken with a grain of salt:

I heard from a friend of a friend who knows someone (you know how that goes) that got into Albert Einstein after taking Calc I,II, III, and differential equations. The ADCOM told him that taking those classes was the deciding factor.

I doubt it. I've got a substantial math background. It's never come up before during an interview.