<p>Looking through the forum, I saw there's been plenty of these questions, but please help me out. </p>
<p>I'm going to be a freshman in the fall at UGA, and wondering how this schedule plays out.</p>
<p>I have credit for English 1101 through AP and then I'm taking English 1102 right now a local community college during summer. I've also got credit for Calculus with a 5 on the AP test. I've also got credit for one semester of Biology through AP from a 4. So I'm currently taking the second semester of Biology at the local community college. </p>
<p>I've registered for</p>
<p>General Chemistry 1211
Psychology 1001
Human Geography 1001
French 1001
Freshman seminar</p>
<p>The thing that I'm wondering about is if I should take another English class during college and when I should Calculus II? Also, will taking Biology 1108 and English 1102 at a community college the summer before college look bad?</p>
<p>Would you say that taking Calculus 2 would be advisable? And what do you think of taking Psychology, Geography, and French. I'm taking those three classes because they're fitting humanities and the three semester language requirement. </p>
<p>Second semester, I guess I would continue </p>
<p>General Chemistry + lab 4 hours
French 1002 4 hours
Intro to rock and roll (fills another humanity and multicultural) 3 hours
either calculus II or a english class? </p>
<p>I'm trying to figure out my class schedule early on because my goal right now is to have a very high gpa while taking only 1 or maybe 2 hard classes a semster. </p>
<p>The advisers during orientation weren'y very helpful and I was wondering if anyone else could give me an opinion on my plan?</p>
<p>They don't accept AP Science scores, well I know for Spelman they didn't because they felt the class was being taught to prepare me for the AP test not for actual knowledge.</p>
<p>Alright thanks for telling me about the Biology requirement. How about the Calculus. Would you say that it would be better to take Calculus I and Calculus II even if I have credit in Calculus I from AP?</p>
<p>The alternative is Calc II and III. At my school, I would recommend the II/III combination, actually. It varies from school to school.</p>
<p>EDIT: This is incorrect. Sorry. I had forgotten that many med schools don't require a full year of math, in which case this depends entirely on your major, your schools' prereqs for physics, and the math classes specifically in question.</p>
<p>Someone said that med schools don't accept AP credits, which I totally understand, but if I have tested out of basic English and Biology classes, would I honestly have to REtake Intro to Bio and frosh english? Why couldn't a higher-level biology class or another literature course be used instead?</p>
<p>They could, but as a general rule you wouldn't want to, since such classes usually have LESS relevance to what you need and are harder.</p>
<p>There are exceptions to both rules, obviously. Some schools have harder curves in intro classes, and physiology is more relevant than intro bio, etc.</p>
<p>Yeah, the main reason I want to test out of Bio 101 is because I heard that at OSU it is elementary-level. Like, using colored dots to understand natural selection. Even though I would get an easy A, I want to be a doctor because I like learning, not getting good grades.</p>
<p>But I understand the relevance thing. Obviously I wouldn't want to take an upper-level ecology course, but wouldn't actual medical courses be an advantage? Such as the courses intended for nurses or people majoring in public health?</p>
<p>My school requires me to take 'special permission' to take a course I technically placed out of...</p>
<p>Is it worth retaking GChem (even without credit) even though I got an easy 5 on the APChem?</p>
<p>Also, I placed out of one year of general physics. Now, I've heard people say that Med schools 'require' only one year of 'general' chem, and so does doing well on MCAT Physics...</p>
<p>With my credit I'll place into Calculus based Physics,..Is that recommended? I mean would calc based Physics fulfill the Physics premed requirement?</p>
<p>1.) Harder courses nearly always (I've never heard of an exception) fulfill the premed requirements, so calc-based physics would, yes, fill your requirements. </p>
<p>2.) MCAT physics does NOT use calculus, so it's in your interests to take whichever physics course you'll find easier. If anything, non-calc physics is perhaps more relevant.</p>
<p>3.) GenChem is the harder dilemma. You can jump straight into orgo, but you'll need to take a year of biochem beyond that, which you should do anyway. If somehow your school only offers one semester of biochem, then you have to take a semester of pchem, which is irrelevant and very difficult. Do bear in mind that GenChem is perhaps the hardest subject on the MCAT.</p>
<p>I know many students who didn't take "Intro Bio" as it won't be counted towards a bio major. Most started with comparative physiology. Is true introductory bio actually required or is it just two semesters of bio/lab?</p>