What medical schools do NOT require o-chem lab, o-chem II and/or physics labs?

[SweetGingerDoc]

I know UW-Madison just dropped o-chem II and o-chem lab as requirements and MCW does not require physics labs.

Has anyone ever seen a list of which schools have dropped or do not follow the exact usual prereques ?

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[Mr. Tee]

UW (Seattle) doesn't seem to require the chemistry labs. They want 12 semester hours of chemistry. If your lecture courses are 3 hours each, then you're set. They also want 4 hours of physics, so two lecture courses would be 6 hours already.

 

[SweetGingerDoc]

Madison dropped ochem II, ochem lab and added biochem and an upper level bio class with a lab. Is this a trend or is madison the only one ?

Is ochem still usually required ? I dont see why it is since there is almost no ochem in med school.

 

[63768]

Is ochem still usually required ? I dont see why it is since there is almost no ochem in med school.

the biochem i've taken required a working knowledge of orgo to do well and understand the material, so i'd say it's necessary in med school. and from the schools i've applied to, i can't think of any that didn't require the most common prereqs i.e. year of english, calc, bio, gen chem, orgo, phys, + labs for each.

 

[Law2Doc]

Is ochem still usually required ? I dont see why it is since there is almost no ochem in med school.

The prereqs aren't meant to be important for med school. There is actually not all that much bio or gen chem or physics in med school either. They, and the MCAT which encompasses them, are simply meant to be hurdles -- to separate the wheat from the chaff, so adcoms can see who is likely to succeed in two years of medical science and who isn't.
If med schools really cared about having useful prereqs, they would just make everyone major in Spanish.

 

[LabMonster]

Is ochem still usually required ? I dont see why it is since there is almost no ochem in med school.

Orgo in medschool - nope, but you sure as hell better be able to visualize a 3D image of any structure or convert a 2D Ct or Xray into 3D living anatomy...

If you can picture an SN2 attack, you can see the celiac trunk and it's tributaries baby.

 

[Noeljan]

UB does not require physics lab

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

If you can picture an SN2 attack, you can see the celiac trunk and it's tributaries baby.

Sweet. I'm going to be good at anatomy 😀