Physics Preprequisite

[PharmDGal]

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Does anyone know if it makes a difference if we take non-calculus based physics instead of calculus based? I want to go to USC....has anyone goten accepted and took the non-calculus version?

 

[insipid1979]

http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/pharmd/admission/equivalencies.html

Try to find your school on there and look at what courses transfer.

 

[PharmDGal]

http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/pharmd/admission/equivalencies.html

Try to find your school on there and look at what courses transfer.

I really want to go to USC and it says I can take either series. I understand its more competitive if i take calculus based. Does anyone here know anyone who has gotten in and took regular?

 

[insipid1979]

I really want to go to USC and it says I can take either series. I understand its more competitive if i take calculus based. Does anyone here know anyone who has gotten in and took regular?

I heard calculus physics is actually easier than non-calculus based...if you are good at calculus.

I don't think they care too much about what physics class you took in comparison to the many other much more important things in your application.

 

[RachGator]

Be careful and call the school to ask specifically. UCSF and UNC didn't list it on their pharmcas but, when I called UNC they said calcl based only. When I interviewed at UCSF they told us calc based only and many people had to fight to get their non-calc accepted because it wasn't listed which they wanted. Good luck!

 

[Falokis]

I heard calculus physics is actually easier than non-calculus based...if you are good at calculus.

I don't think they care too much about what physics class you took in comparison to the many other much more important things in your application.

I agree. If you know calculus, the physics calculations are easier than using algebra.

 

[aboveliquidice]

I agree. If you know calculus, the physics calculations are easier than using algebra.

hahah - Physics is always calculus based. In Physics w/o calculus, they give you a boatload of equations (like velocity-acceleration-displacement). In Physics w/ Calc - they actually make you know that if you take velocity and integrate it - you get acceleration, and if you integrate acceleration - you get displacement.

Trust me when I tell you - you cover the exact same info - you do calc - they just dont call it derivatives/integrals.

I think it takes more effort to avoid using calculus then it does to just explain why it is important...

def contact the school in question and get their opinion - its the one that counts.

~above~ 👍

 

[insipid1979]

Everybody knows that.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Everybody knows that.

well then I guess your special... dork

 

[insipid1979]

well then I guess your special... dork

I'm not special. It is common sense.

Did you think that calculus physics is some kind of mysterious thing that covers completely different things than non-calculus physics? Of course it all covers the same stuff. Were you amazed when you first realized this or something? Who would have thought that non-calculus physics would be physics without using calculus...

I think you might be the "special" kind of special.

 

[BiOGoly]

Be careful and call the school to ask specifically. UCSF and UNC didn't list it on their pharmcas but, when I called UNC they said calcl based only. When I interviewed at UCSF they told us calc based only and many people had to fight to get their non-calc accepted because it wasn't listed which they wanted. Good luck!

Seriously? I honestly can't believe they wouldn't except non-calc physics. There is no other health science program that I've heard of, medical, pharmacy or otherwise, that mandates only physics w/ calculus.

 

[Russell7]

Calculus based physics is harder in the sense that the curve will screw you over more. In algebra physics, the entire class is filled with people that hate physics. In calculus based physics, the class if filled with people that like physics, and do well in it.

Neither is easier or harder than the other (there's a bit more material to calc based, but it's minimal), but like I said, take the class where the class is filled with idiots.