Pre-med classes reccomendations

[hunterg5]

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Hi everyone,

Just a little background information, I currently am in my 3rd semester at a community college, I'm working my way through the chemistry turnstyle that's required and currently am enrolled in A&P 1. I was wondering in your opinion what some of the must-take pre-med classes are, besides for the traditional (Chem 1+2, O-Chem, physics)? By must take, I mean, what's really going to help me for the MCAT and ultimately medical school. Being that I am in a community college right now I don't have to actually fulfill credits toward a specific major yet so I am able to kind of play around with the classes that I take. Besides for Anat. and Phys. I have yet to take a college biology course, (took AP bio in HS) so I should probably take one soon, what are your opinions?

 

[Turkishking]

Hi everyone,

Just a little background information, I currently am in my 3rd semester at a community college, I'm working my way through the chemistry turnstyle that's required and currently am enrolled in A&P 1. I was wondering in your opinion what some of the must-take pre-med classes are, besides for the traditional (Chem 1+2, O-Chem, physics)? By must take, I mean, what's really going to help me for the MCAT and ultimately medical school. Being that I am in a community college right now I don't have to actually fulfill credits toward a specific major yet so I am able to kind of play around with the classes that I take. Besides for Anat. and Phys. I have yet to take a college biology course, (took AP bio in HS) so I should probably take one soon, what are your opinions?

Cell bio?

 

[Eleithyia]

It might be worth your while to take an intro to sociology or an intro to psychology. Usually they can be used to fulfill a gen ed social science credit, and since they appear on the MCAT now it might be worth your while. From the resources I've seen it looks like the MCAT focuses a little more on psych than sociology.

Part of the pre-requisites for med school is a year of biology with labs, so whatever bio class you choose, make sure it has a lab component. Other than that, choose what you want. Most places will make you take an intro/basic bio class before you can move up to stuff like molecular bio, genetics, etc.

 

[raf1ki]

Biochemistry might be too tough without a strong foundation in Biology and Chemistry, so seconding Turkishking's suggestion. None of my science classes really clicked until I took molecular cell bio and saw how they integrated through the Central Dogma of DNA replication and so on.

 

[Ejm1]

I would absolutely take as much biochemistry as you can. Biochem is the #1 subject tested on the MCAT and will be tested thoroughly not only in the bio section, but in chem/phys. Taking upper level cell bio classes was also extremely helpful to me.

 

[HarryPotterLostInNarnia]

Biology 1/2, then cell bio/genetics, then biochemistry