Took a weird, writing intensive class: Can it count towards English pre-req?

[emlibrary]

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Hey SDN,

I took a class called Discover New York at my University, and it was very much writing intensive. We had a 5 page paper a week, and a longer seminar paper at the end.

The DNY class was there in order to explore NY through academic means - my prof was a English professor, so we did it through literary novels and writing.

Is there any way for me to have this class count as my English pre-req? It was offered through the university core, so not the English department.


I have about 9 credits of AP English otherwise, its just that I don't want to depend on AP credits for medical school since not all except.


Thanks for your help!

 

[OrangeandMaroon]

not the English department.

This might be your biggest obstacle. Some schools will allow you apply for special circumstances (VCU comes to mind), but I'm not sure it would be worth your time if AP will suffice.

 

[Political]

Hey do you go to St Johns or Macaulay @ CUNY?

to answer your question, idk 😀

 

[TooMuchResearch]

Hey SDN,

I took a class called Discover New York at my University, and it was very much writing intensive. We had a 5 page paper a week, and a longer seminar paper at the end.

The DNY class was there in order to explore NY through academic means - my prof was a English professor, so we did it through literary novels and writing.

Is there any way for me to have this class count as my English pre-req? It was offered through the university core, so not the English department.


I have about 9 credits of AP English otherwise, its just that I don't want to depend on AP credits for medical school since not all except.


Thanks for your help!

If it's expository writing, it should count. Department is irrelevant.

 

[Catalystik]

Some med schools are willing to accept a writing intensive course from another department and others are very rigid and don't allow substitutions. The only way to know is to call individual admissions offices and ask.

 

[emlibrary]

This might be your biggest obstacle. Some schools will allow you apply for special circumstances (VCU comes to mind), but I'm not sure it would be worth your time if AP will suffice.

AP scores don't count at all schools, that's why I was hoping for this to work.

Hey do you go to St Johns or Macaulay @ CUNY?

to answer your question, idk 😀

STJ

Some med schools are willing to accept a writing intensive course from another department and others are very rigid and don't allow substitutions. The only way to know is to call individual admissions offices and ask.

Would I call after I am accepted (lol, so presumptuous) or before? I think the way pre-reqs work is that you only need to have before you matriculate right?

 

[iniquus]

My pre-med advisor told me that at our school, no medical school has had a problem with our "Writing" courses counting as "English" classes. Courses that are listed under other departments and are writing-intensive can be mentioned in the committee letter, but you should definitely touch base with the admissions office first. I know in a friend's case, they asked to see the syllabus and 9 times out of 10 said it would be just fine.

As long as you can make a legitimate argument for anything, you should be fine. The same goes with classes that contain more than 50% BPCM, but superficially may not seem like it.

 

[Catalystik]

Would I call after I am accepted (lol, so presumptuous) or before? I think the way pre-reqs work is that you only need to have before you matriculate right?

Since an acceptance may not occur until late in the spring when it's too late to sign up for another class (or you are forced to find a summer session that is complete before matriculation), I think it might be better to know where you stand long before that. I'd be in favor of calling soon to find out where you stand at any school where you aren't positive your AP credit is sufficient.

 

[Political]

My best friend, that took the course @SJU last term, said it was a class that tells you where to go in nyc for food, shopping etc. Not too writing intensive if you ask me (or him). But idk.

 

[emlibrary]

My best friend, that took the course @SJU last term, said it was a class that tells you where to go in nyc for food, shopping etc. Not too writing intensive if you ask me (or him). But idk.

Each class is from a different perspective - Some are taught by the english department (but still under the DNY header), some by forieng language, some by history, ect.

I had english