What if physical chemistry was a prereq?

[Lawpy]

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Well I mean, of course you could interpret it that way. Anything that requires brainpower is helpful in amping up the capacity of your brain to process information. But should we really make pchem a requirement just for that? We could start requiring some upper level physics and some engineering stuff as well, but that wouldn't serve much practical use for practicing physicians. It might help Medical Scientists, but it doesn't have much utility for most doctors.

I actually oppose having prereqs altogether. The objective of college isn't to prepare you for medical school in the first place (post-baccs are a different story). And besides, prereqs can be self-taught very easily when preparing for the MCAT. What's important is critical thinking and application.

 

[NeuResurgens]

I actually oppose having prereqs altogether. The objective of college isn't to prepare you for medical school in the first place (post-baccs are a different story). And besides, prereqs can be self-taught very easily when preparing for the MCAT. What's important is critical thinking and application.

Now there's an interesting proposition. I agree with you here, with the exception of maybe Biology. I think Biology is closer to what is covered in medical school than most of the other pre-reqs, and thus offers a better idea whether you would like what you'd be getting into. But besides that, many of the other prereqs definitely overvalue memorization over critical thinking and cover subjects which might not be so useful in clinical medicine.