<p>do we need to take physics 63 for the mcats?</p>
<p>and is we have credit for ap biology, would u advise using the credit. if using the credit, what are the two most important bio classes for the mcat. thanks</p>
<p>Physics 63 is recommended but you could probably learn the material covered with an MCAT review course as well. If you have AP credit for either Physics course though you have to take it.</p>
<p>Really the only bio class you <em>need</em> for the Mcat is Bio25. Beyond that I personally loved Animal Physiology (151). I've also heard that Micro (103) can be useful. If you are going to take AP credit for 25 then I would consider taking those two. (as they both have labs and you need those labs for med school)</p>
<p>sirgecko...did u use ur ap credit for biology?</p>
<p>how would u advise a person to see whether they should use the credit or not? i heard that bio25L is reallly a long lab-intensive grade destroying class. if i can remember the basics such as mitosis,krebs cycle, etc..am i fit to skip that class? </p>
<p>also, do u have to take an mcat class? is preparing using a review book good enough?</p>
<p>You don't have to take physics 63 if you have AP Physics C credit (either or both). What you do have to take is a physics course at Duke if you are an engineer. So you could take 61/62/63, just know that if you already have the AP credit for the course you are taking, the grade you get will replace that AP credit and count toward your GPA.</p>
<p>SBR: for Pratt you don't have to take 63 but as a premed if you have AP credit your really should. (especially if you have credit for both 61 & 62)</p>
<p>Ninja: I didn't use AP credit. (I never took the test) I actually really enjoyed Bio 25 but I think the general consensus on AP credit is Pratt is use it if you got it.</p>
<p>thanks man; i guess i'll use the bio credit and take the courses u showed to me.</p>
<p>also note that bme 100 counts as a bio lab according to med schools b/c there's a frog dissection....also, bio 25 is not a really lab intensive hard bio course unless they changes it recently....if you can't do well in bio 25, you won't do well in bme/pre-med...agree that you might as well take the credit though. i think you should take the credit and take higher level courses as much as you possibly can.</p>
<p>SirGecko: I would disagree, Physics 63 might contain some materials on the MCAT, but only a very small portion (mostly waves and some optics). It's nothing one couldn't get from a review book or any old physics textbook. Taking 61/62 on the other hand, is a great way to review because over 95% of those two courses cover topics that could show up on the MCAT.</p>
<p>is chem 21 hard?</p>
<p>bluedog: you mean 101. And I believe I've heard it worded as some medical schools counting it as a biology lab. (I mean counting the chicken warmup the frog dissection is like two weeks out of the whole semester, the lab is still mostly engineering) I'd still recommend taking two biology courses with a lab.</p>
<p>SBR: The material can definitely be learned quite easily from an MCAT review book. I just liked 63 myself and mainly you want to have two semesters of physics with lab if you can. I didn't do that and it turns out I'm ok so far because the one school I've contacted that doesn't take <em>any</em> AP credits said engineering was cool for the physics requirement. But I could still run into a roadblock with some schools. Personally I didn't take 61/62 so I can't really say what they are like. (and I know official adviser policy heavily recommends taking 63, but policy isn't always right)</p>