Year of math: Calculus and Stats ok?

[calvinhobbes]

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Hi, I was just wondering, since I am taking Calculus this semester - can I take Stats next semester? Or is it DEFINITELY RECOMMENEDED that I take Cal II?

I know this question is vague and it's school specific, but do people get into med school without any calculus courses at all?
Thank you 🙂

 

[BrianUM]

I got into UMiami Med. Never have and never will take Calc 1 or 2

 

[Law2Doc]

Hi, I was just wondering, since I am taking Calculus this semester - can I take Stats next semester? Or is it DEFINITELY RECOMMENEDED that I take Cal II?

I know this question is vague and it's school specific, but do people get into med school without any calculus courses at all?
Thank you 🙂

Depends where you are planning to go. Most schools just require a year of math and don't care which ones. A handful explicitly require a year of calculus. One or two actually require stats. Check with the schools you are interested in and make sure you have the prereqs.

 

[little_late_MD]

In addition to the above, check with the physics prereqs you have to take. Some physics classes require that you have taken integral calculus, which in most schools is Calc II.

 

[jstuds_66]

Hi, I was just wondering, since I am taking Calculus this semester - can I take Stats next semester? Or is it DEFINITELY RECOMMENEDED that I take Cal II?

I know this question is vague and it's school specific, but do people get into med school without any calculus courses at all?
Thank you 🙂

I applied to 15 schools. Every one of them stated specifically that they would accept statistics as half of the required one year of math. Check the schools you are planning to apply to. But, for the most part, I would say that you'll be fine with Calc I and Stats.

 

[RDickerson]

I applied to 15 schools. Every one of them stated specifically that they would accept statistics as half of the required one year of math. Check the schools you are planning to apply to. But, for the most part, I would say that you'll be fine with Calc I and Stats.

All of the medical schools I've looked at applying to state there is only a one half year requirement for math, in which case they would accept Calculus I (or higher) or statistics as a replacement.

If you've already taken one semester of calculus, check with the schools you want to apply to...you may be done.

 

[stinastina]

I applied to 15 schools. Every one of them stated specifically that they would accept statistics as half of the required one year of math. Check the schools you are planning to apply to. But, for the most part, I would say that you'll be fine with Calc I and Stats.

That's good to know that stats counts as math. I neglected to count it as math on my amcas (it could have boosted my gpa, too). Does it matter what department you take it in ? I took mine in soc.

 

[tp709]

That's good to know that stats counts as math. I neglected to count it as math on my amcas (it could have boosted my gpa, too). Does it matter what department you take it in ? I took mine in soc.

nope. does not matter

 

[63768]

i'd just take the 2nd calc. stats may be easier, but calc II really isn't hard. i'd take it just so i don't have to worry about meeting the prereqs when applying.

 

[DoctorPardi]

Only 4 schools require a year of cal. I believe at least one of them lets you take stats in exchange for cal II. Those schools are Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Washington U.

So it is likely you will not even need cal II or stats. So take whichever one you think you'll like/do better in, or neither.

 

[MossPoh]

Man...now I am angry I had 3 math classes....of course at my school the route I started out taking they make you take calc 1 and calc 2 concurrently with the physics courses.

 

[calvinhobbes]

Okay, awesome. Thanks a lot you guys!

I will probably end up taking Stats next semester.

Another quick question: When I am filling out the application for med school - do I list ALL the classes I have taken and the grade I received?
Reason I ask is because if I transfer schools, and the new college doesn't put down the grade for those classes I took at my old school, on their transcript - how will med schools know the grade I got in those classes?

 

[notdeadyet]

I will probably end up taking Stats next semester.

Do. I only know of one med school that requires a year of Calculus, but several I've applied to are requiring statistics.

 

[calvinhobbes]

Yeah, statistics is very helpful in general - especially when you will be in med school, from what I have heard.

Question

I am transfering schools for next fall:

I will be a junior starting next fall. When my credits will transfer, what if the grades for those classes (from my old school) don't appear on the new schools' transcript? (only the credits might appear) How will medical schools know the grades I received in those classes (specifically the pre-med required classes I took in my old school?)
Thanks!!!

 

[calvinhobbes]

Question
I am transfering schools for next fall:

I will be a junior starting next fall. When my credits will transfer, what if the grades for those classes (from my old school) don't appear on the new schools' transcript? (only the credits might appear) How will medical schools know the grades I received in those classes (specifically the pre-med required classes I took in my old school?)
Thanks!!!