School Lab Requirements-Help!

[Do Ray]

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For context, I've taken:
3 quarters bio course (4-unit), 1 quarter lab (4-unit)
3 quarters gen chem course (4-unit), 1 quarter lab (4-unit)
3 quarter organic chem (4-unit), 1 quarter lab (4-unit)
3 quarters physics (3-unit), 3 quarters lab (2-unit)
I only need to take 2 more bio labs (4-unit) for my Degree's Major requirements.

UCLA:
Requires "courses with 1-year of a laboratory component (2 sem./3 qtr.)."
Inorganic/General Chemistry: 8 sem/12 quar
Organic Chemistry: 6 sem/8 quar
Physics: 8 sem/12 quar
Biology: 8 sem/12 quar

UCSF:
Biological Sciences: One year of general biology or zoology with laboratory, designed for science majors.
Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory: A minimum of three quarters or two semesters of inorganic chemistry with laboratory.
Organic Chemistry with Laboratory: A minimum of two quarters or one semester of organic chemistry with laboratory."
Physics: A minimum of three quarters or two semesters of physics with laboratory.

Is this saying we need 3 quarters of bio labs to go along with the 3 quarters of bio classes?
My quarter-system undergrad only required me to take 1 bio lab (4-unit). However, I can elect to take labs (4-unit) that are more focused in the bio department for my Major elective labs.
Same thing with organic chemistry. I took 3 quarters of organic chem courses, but was only required to take 1 quarter of organic chem lab (4-unit).

Oddly enough, Physics is the only series where the course is 3 units and the labs are 2 units. i.e. bio/gen chem/organic chem labs are more 'independent' classes (course is 4-unit, lab is 4-unit), and physics labs are more connected with the corresponding course (course is 3-unit, lab is 2-unit).

Please help! Should I take more bio labs during my senior year?

 

[Let me out!]

...what your school requires is not the same as what dental schools require.

Take whatever is required by dental schools.

 

[Bingwen]

For context, I've taken:
3 quarters bio course (4-unit), 1 quarter lab (4-unit)
3 quarters gen chem course (4-unit), 1 quarter lab (4-unit)
3 quarter organic chem (4-unit), 1 quarter lab (4-unit)
3 quarters physics (3-unit), 3 quarters lab (2-unit)
I only need to take 2 more bio labs (4-unit) for my Degree's Major requirements.

UCLA:
Requires "courses with 1-year of a laboratory component (2 sem./3 qtr.)."
Inorganic/General Chemistry: 8 sem/12 quar
Organic Chemistry: 6 sem/8 quar
Physics: 8 sem/12 quar
Biology: 8 sem/12 quar

UCSF:
Biological Sciences: One year of general biology or zoology with laboratory, designed for science majors.
Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory: A minimum of three quarters or two semesters of inorganic chemistry with laboratory.
Organic Chemistry with Laboratory: A minimum of two quarters or one semester of organic chemistry with laboratory."
Physics: A minimum of three quarters or two semesters of physics with laboratory.

Is this saying we need 3 quarters of bio labs to go along with the 3 quarters of bio classes?
My quarter-system undergrad only required me to take 1 bio lab (4-unit). However, I can elect to take labs (4-unit) that are more focused in the bio department for my Major elective labs.
Same thing with organic chemistry. I took 3 quarters of organic chem courses, but was only required to take 1 quarter of organic chem lab (4-unit).

Oddly enough, Physics is the only series where the course is 3 units and the labs are 2 units. i.e. bio/gen chem/organic chem labs are more 'independent' classes (course is 4-unit, lab is 4-unit), and physics labs are more connected with the corresponding course (course is 3-unit, lab is 2-unit).

Please help! Should I take more bio labs during my senior year?

Most dental schools are pretty hard on their pre-reqs and if you don't meet them they rarely give any exceptions. So, like above said, I would take whatever the schools say is required.