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If I keep my high school creds for Bio 1 & 2 can I just take two higher level bio classes and be fine for all med schools, or is something really wanted taken in college?
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Yes it is something you want to take in college. There are some medical schools that don't accept AP high school credit.
For all intents and purposes. College level biology is of a different rigor compared to AP course work. You need to show to adcoms that you can handle that rigor and do well still as it will only get harder in med school.
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Not sure alteredscale read the question correctly, he wasn't asking if he should use AP for med reqs.
Yes, med schools require "one year of college biology", not "the intro bio series". You can take two 300 level bio classes to satisfy this req, it doesn't have to be low level intro.
Yes, med schools require "one year of college biology", not "the intro bio series". You can take two 300 level bio classes to satisfy this req, it doesn't have to be low level intro.
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Hmm perhaps. So what did he mean by high school creds? I confizzled.
You can substitute upper levels (I'm not aware of any exceptions although you should check for each school you're interested in).
But why would you want to? Take Bio 1 and 2 in college so that you can both refresh and re-enforce your bio knowledge and get an easy A (most likely). That's what I recommend.
But why would you want to? Take Bio 1 and 2 in college so that you can both refresh and re-enforce your bio knowledge and get an easy A (most likely). That's what I recommend.
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At some colleges the prereqs are incredibly competitive and curved to a B- average, with 300 levels much easier to make high marks
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Bump (just want other opinions/validations)
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That curve is exactly why adcoms scrutinize prereqs more than grades in higher level science courses. They know if you got an A in a prereq, you were likely in the top ten percent of a class with a brutal grading curve.
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Mhmm. Gen Chem 1 was one of the easiest classes I took in college but when everyone was doing well and you need 95+ just to get into the curve, well that's pretty annoying. I hear intro profs are moving away from curving those intro courses, great news for the incoming classes. On the other hand Classical Electrodynamics was freaking impossible but a 60 was an A lol.
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Wow, if they're going to curve the course you think they'd want a nice bell curve centered in the 60's or 70's, not all crammed in the 90s
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Top 10% get As and if 10% ends up being like 95 then that's the A cutoff. I'd vote they just make the class harder. Anyone with a calculator could get a 95+ in that class though lol, what a waste should have taken AP Chem in high school.
To be fair I got stuck in the non-science major section so maybe it was easier than usual.
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Do you think med schools prefer one year of intro or upper level?
