<p>Okay, so this fall i'm attending NYU CAS pursuing a premed track. I have received 5's on my Calculus, Biology, and Chemistry exams. Should I use these scores to bump me up to the more advanced classes for freshman year? Will it look better for med school admission. Personally I feel that if i were to take the regular intro classes, i would a) hv a easier time b) hv an excellent refresher and possibly learn something more in that subject. And i'm not sure how hard the more advanced classes will be... What do u veterans think? thanks in advance.</p>
<p>not to steal your thread, but i'm going to be doing bioengineering at penn's SEAS, and was wondering what people thought of using AP credit (chem, bio, phys, calc) for premed req's</p>
<p>From BDM's post:</p>
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AP Courses: The sad fact is that many medical schools do not accept AP credit, at least for some of the important requirements. They will always accept higher-level courses (i.e. biochem instead of genchem), but you should plan on taking classes as if medical schools do not accept AP requirements.</p>
<p>Schools appear to be most AP-lenient with Math requirements, if they have any in the first place.
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<p>As a former NYU CAS student, the answer is NO to chemistry and biology. I took the AP Calc AB and BC (long story), AP Bio, and AP Chem exams in high school, and I would not have been able to hack MolecCell and Orgo as a freshman. MolecCell and Orgo together will kick your rear as a freshman - it's hard enough for sophomores.</p>
<p>If I were you, I'd go for Calc II, Principles of Bio I (Honors), and Honors General Chemistry I. The honors sections provide small class sizes, good teaching, and great learning experiences with a more generous grading scale. Calc II is not a fantastic course, but the classes are smaller. In my experience, neither AP Calc AB or BC is enough to allow you to go straight into Calc III.</p>
<p>Let me know if you've got more questions about scheduling for NYU CAS.</p>
<p>If you are at Penn SEAS here is how you AP credits will break down:
Use BC Calc to get out of Math 104. You still have to take 114-241 so thats 3 classes.
You need to take a placement test to get out of at most a semester of chem. The test is very tough and only try to place out if you are CBE because there is no reason to take a semester of pchem if you don't need to. Honors intro chem at Penn is very tough. The curve is better but you go a lot more in depth and it requires a lot of work.
Take bio only if you are a BE major. You need more bio courses in the BE major that will go towards your year of biology. If not it's easier to take the lower level bio classes
I would retake the year of physics unless you want to take a year of upper level physics classes</p>