Retake bio after transferring colleges, need advice

[mike2859]

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Hey guys,
I transferring from Temple University to Lehigh. My gpa is above a 3.6 and I'm doing well in bio this semester. I will lose some ap credit if I go to Lehigh, but they don't really require history classes so I'm thinking it might not be too bad. My big question, is that Lehigh has a three semester intro thing with the first semester being molecular and cell bio, but my Temple class this semester does not teach the same stuff. Would it be a disadvantage for me in the long run if I take cell bio 1 in the fall of sophmore year and really do not finish with bio until the fall semester of junior especially with the mcats?

 

[byaaaaaaah23]

Doesn't sound like it will be a disadvantage but your question is not clearly stated. You only need to take 2 semesters of bio, and you will have to study for the MCAT outside of school anyway, so it doesn't really matter when or how much bio you take.

 

[survivordo]

As long as you meet your pre-reqs don't worry about it. You can use review books for the MCAT.

Survivor DO

 

[mike2859]

The school I'm transferring to requires bio core 1, bio core 2, and bio core 3 for bio majors. I took general bio 1 at my old school, but the topics discussed are different than the ones discussed in bio core 1 at my new school, so would it hurt me if i took bio core 1 rather than skipping to bio core 2 and being expected to know the material from bio core 1. is that better worded?