<p>We just got our scheduling choices at our school and we have a week to pick our classes. So looking at a future in medicine (namely anaesthesiology), I'm looking at all the science classes that will help me with pre-med. For my junior year I took A.P. Biology and Physics I, and for my senior year I want to take another 2 science classes. I know I'm going to take Anatomy/Phyisiology and also A.P. Psych (not science), so what should i take?
My options are:
A.P. Chemistry (duh)
A.P. Physics B
A.P. Physics C
Internship at the local hospital</p>
<p>I would say AP chem and AP physics C since the physics classes you would take in college as a pre-med student would be calculus based. But I guess it really depends on if you can handle on the coursework.</p>
<p>The hospital internship. Nothing beats real world experience for learning the things you didn’t know you needed to learn. College students do these internships all the time and find out that what they thought they wanted to do isn’t really what they want to do.</p>
<p>(Or take a business class instead, since anaesthesiologists have the highest malpractice insurance rates of all.)</p>
<p>physics c is calc based physics. unless you are a physical science or engr major, the calc based physics wont mean anything. either way, physics is not a big deal as a premed/bio major. you may end up putting physics off until your junior year of college because its so unimportant. even if you get a 5 on the ap exam, you’ll have to take it again again for pre-med requirements. </p>
<p>I would say the hospital internship is a great opportunity for you. I’m also assuming that you have taken some form of a intro chem course. AP Chem is a good class, but it doesn’t go as deep into the subject as I would like it to. I kind of feel that the AP Chem at my school is kind of just a honors chem that covers the material a bit further. For pre-med, chemistry will be more important than physics so I would say chem would be my second recommendation.</p>