Required Classes

[doc4seen]

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Besides the following courses listed below, which entitle me to a premed status, are any other classes required or recommended before applying to medical school?

-Intro to Bio I + II
-General Chemistry I + II
-Organic Chemistry I + II
-Physics I+ II
-Calculus I

 

[noworkhistory]

Besides the following courses listed below, which entitle me to a premed status, are any other classes required or recommended before applying to medical school?

-Intro to Bio I + II
-General Chemistry I + II
-Organic Chemistry I + II
-Physics I+ II
-Calculus I

Just the GenEd's and the recommended classes. But I think those are the core basics.

 

[Thego2guy]

Statistics and a social science such as psychology/sociology is always highly recommended.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

Biochemistry is "highly recommended" by a lot of schools and will become a pre-req at most schools in 2015 when it becomes tested material on the MCAT. So that's probably the biggest "extra" course to pick up.

Genetics, psychology, and statistics are also somewhat common to see "recommended" at schools.

 

[JESSFALLING]

]Statistics[/B] and a social science such as psychology/sociology is always highly recommended.

Statistics is equally or more important to take than Calculus in my opinion. Many schools will allow it to fulfill all or a portion of their math requirement. A few schools outright require it.

Biochemistry and Genetics are also "required" or "highly-recommended" by many schools. Physiology would be very helpful for the MCAT. Cell Biology, Immunology, and Neuroscience are also helpful electives to take - time permitting. Spanish can be helpful too for obvious reasons.

Oh, and don't forget that two semesters of English Composition/Literature are required pretty much everywhere.