Pre Reqs

[magnanti1]

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Are there any American schools that don't require, or require fewer than the following prereqs?

Bio 1 &2
Chem 1 & 2
Organic 1 & 2
Physics 1 & 2


Thanks in advance.

 

[nwh170412]

I've never seen it, are you missing a lot of them?

 

[itsthat1guy]

I'm almost positive every school requires them and if you want to avoid taking them toy have to study all those subjects for the MCAT so you might as well buck up and take them

 

[Ismet]

No

 

[supersoaker]

Both Stanford and USC Keck state that they have no specific course requirements for admissions so it is conceivable that you could be accepted there missing a few of those prereqs. I imagine there are at least one or two other schools that have the same policy. That being said, I would imagine you would have to be pretty spectacular in all your other attributes to gain admission without those basic courses. You would probably also have to somehow demonstrate that you have knowledge of the information covered in those courses.

 

[Kochanie]

Probably not, but even if a few exist, your chances of getting into those specific schools are small.

 

[pawprint]

Really guys? There are a few schools with "no requirements". Don't just say "no" because you haven't looked. UVA is one of them:

http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/ed...sions/the-uva-som-1/general-requirements.html

One of my best friends was accepted this cycle and he didn't take physics at all. He studied for the MCAT but never actually took the course and he didn't have AP credit.

 

[Ismet]

Really guys? There are a few schools with "no requirements". Don't just say "no" because you haven't looked. UVA is one of them:

http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/ed...sions/the-uva-som-1/general-requirements.html

One of my best friends was accepted this cycle and he didn't take physics at all. He studied for the MCAT but never actually took the course and he didn't have AP credit.

That's the exception and not the norm. Is it possible to apply to the small number of schools that don't have requirements and get accepted? Sure it's possible. Is it likely? Absolutely not. The best choice would be to take the courses. Why close doors at the majority of med schools by not taking the pre-reqs?