Which undergrad classes helpful for Step1?

[RexKD]

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Which undergrad classes did you find helpful for laying a solid foundation for Step1?

Did your Neuroscience classes give you a leg up for your med school coursework?

Biochemistry?

Etc.?

 

[peach4me]

Which undergrad classes did you find helpful for laying a solid foundation for Step1?
IT SURE WON'T!

Did your Neuroscience classes give you a leg up for your med school coursework?

Biochemistry?

Etc.?

 

[Stinger86]

Most undergrad classes are pretty useless to medical students taking the boards, but personally I was very happy to have taken Immunology in college. Our med school immuno course blew goats, and my step 1 had quite a bit of the subject.

 

[Barry Otter]

Physiology.

 

[McTaggart]

Undergrad developmental bio. Not that embryology is a very high-yield topic, but my school's embryo class (or, to be more accurate, lack thereof) didn't hold a candle to the once-a-week class I took at night school three years back.

Immuno as well, although certainly less so. Biochem almost nil.

McT

 

[bigfrank]

My favorites were:

Immunology
Genetics
Embryology
Vertebrate Physiology (basically a cell/molecular bio course w/ lots of 2nd messengers, etc.)
Histology -- makes 1st and 2nd year much easier

 

[DHMO]

Instead of worry about step 1, it makes much more sense to think about which undergrad classes set you up well for the MCAT. I think biochem and molecular are good for that. Also, if you take the real physics (not the no-calculus' physics that most pre-meds take) you will have a better understanding of the prinicples involved and the physical sciences section of the MCAT will be much easier. And yes, I am aware that there is no calculus on the MCAT.