Pre Requsite Course for Medical School

[chinatownhustle]

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Do we have to have all course finished before we apply to medical school? Or can we have the course in progress for the next term before we apply? I am only asking because I am an engineering major and cannot possibly fit everything in to my schedule.

The only class I will be missing is one semester of inorganic chemistry.

Please let me know.
Thanks.

 

[cometstarg]

From what I've read here you need them done before you matriculate.

 

[Poliscidoc]

Make sure their done before you start, welcome and next time a simple search can answer most any "typical" question and even some not so typical questions i.e. To fart or not to fart in the mcat..


Have a great day,

your friendly neighbor when he's drunk,

poliscidoc

 

[chinatownhustle]

so before or after I apply? How do I explain it to medical schools?

Make sure their done before you start, welcome and next time a simple search can answer most any "typical" question and even some not so typical questions i.e. To fart or not to fart in the mcat..


Have a great day,

your friendly neighbor when he's drunk,

poliscidoc

 

[Geekchick921]

You just need to have them done before you matriculate. I believe you are able to list "planned to take" courses on the AMCAS and you will have to send a final transcript at the end of the school year before you would start medical school.

That said, the material on the 4, 2-semester prerequisite courses is what the MCAT tests, which you will need to take at least a year before you would matriculate. If you're comfortable with taking the test without completing the courses first, then by all means, go ahead, but I would wait.