Med school pre-reqs vs Pharm school pre-reqs?

[amd123]

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At this point with my current financial and school situation, I'm currently a Pre-Pharm student at a community college. I know that the pre-reqs for pharamcy schools are quite varied depending on the school one applies to.

For most schools in the state of pennsylvania, I need to take:
Bio 1
Bio 2
Gen Chem 1
Gen Chem 2
Organic Chem 1
Organic Chem 2
Physics I
Physics II (some only require 1 semester)
English 1
English 2
Econ
Psych and or Sociology
Calc I
Statistics
*Anatomy and Physiology (few require this)
*Microbiology (same as above)
*Biochemistry (same thing)

1. How do these compare to the pre-reqs of most most medschools?
2. What courses are considered pre-reqs for the MCAT?
3. Do med schools REQUIRE a Bachelors?

 

[aSagacious]

1. If you take all of those courses you'll be fine for med schools. Technically all you need are:
- 1 yr bio w/ lab
- 1 yr chem w/ lab
- 1 yr orgo w/ lab
- 1 yr physics w/ lab
- 1 yr writing
- 1 yr math
- requirements for social sciences and humanities vary by school but are usually satisfied by your university requirement
- many schools now require biochem and/or genetics

2. Bio, chem, orgo, physics (though biochem and/or physio would help)

3. Yes, for all practical purposes you need a bachelor's

 

[kpcrew]

I took all of those classes and they're worth taking but if you don't have the time, you can skip out on a&p and microbio for med school.

 

[CodeBlu]

1. If you take all of those courses you'll be fine for med schools. Technically all you need are:
- 1 yr bio w/ lab
- 1 yr chem w/ lab
- 1 yr orgo w/ lab
- 1 yr physics w/ lab
- 1 yr writing
- 1 yr math
- requirements for social sciences and humanities vary by school but are usually satisfied by your university requirement
- many schools now require biochem and/or genetics

2. Bio, chem, orgo, physics (though biochem and/or physio would help)

3. Yes, for all practical purposes you need a bachelor's

I wanted to comment on this, there are no schools in the United States I think, that will accept you without a baccalaureate or bachelor's degree. There are two schools in Canada that still accept people out of Junior year... but they are impossible to get into.

Those pre-reqs that Saggy mentioned included math. Most schools don't require calculus, but a few do, like Harvard. Also, more and more schools are requiring biochem. You should take biochem because it will make understanding the fundamentals in medical school that much easier.