<p>I will be attending NYU in the fall and my academic advisor told me that if I scored well on my AP Calculus BC exam (preferably a 5 maybe a 4 I wasn't sure what she meant) I would not only place out of the math requirement for med schools (Calc I) but also might not need to take calc II. She told me that most med schools only want calc I anyway, which I am actually pretty confident about (I started kinda failing BC second semester of senior year...yayyy senioritis!), it's just calc II I need to re-do if it is actually required. </p>
<p>Are most of you guys taking calc in college? I or II or both? What do your advisers tell you in terms of what med schools are looking for?</p>
<p>You need 2 semesters of math. D. used AP Calc credit and took stats at college. Stats are much more useful for pre-meds any way and very easy “A”. Most Med. Research labs are using procedures based on Stats.</p>
<p>It might be enough. Primary source of info for my D. has been her pre-med advisor. She has also contacted Ad Coms of several Med. Schools on her list. They were very willing to help.</p>
<p>Math is a toughie. Schools are all over the board. My D found many schools to apply to that allow a combo of AP BC Calc Credit (that shows on your college transcript) plus stats (with a math course number) taken at college to suffice.</p>
<p>There were some schools and programs where that was NOT acceptable. She just decided she didn’t like them enough to take another math class. ;)</p>
<p>Statistics is very useful. (Both for med school and for upper level bio courses. Some schools <em>require</em> stats for their bio majors. Check NYU’s departmental requirements.) And having 2 semesters of calc makes stats easier to do.</p>
<p>And yeah, both my Ds took both three semesters of calc and stats. (Actually both took/are taking way more than just 3 semesters of calc + stats because both are/were double majors in math + other field. One in Bio; one in physics.)</p>
<p>I took Intermediate and Advanced Calculus (or II and III). I love Math, and it was not an issue for me. I am now taking Statistics which is fairly easy. No matter what you may hear, some schools really frown upon using AP credit as a way of fulfilling pre reqs (it is clearly stated on some of their secondary applications) and I am finding that out now. I graduated from an IB program in HS and my university did not give me credit for any of the courses (of which I am also glad now). They recommended advanced placement.</p>
<p>This process is competitive enough as it is, and short cuts are not going to get you favorably noticed.</p>
<p>3 semesters of math might be overkill, unless you are really interested in math. As I have mentioned, the best is to ask adcoms of specific Med. Schools. You will get your answers very quickly, they have been very helpful.</p>
<p>Just take Stats, at most schools it’s a walk in the park and one of the classes you can slack in and still get an A. Not worth trying to skirt math completely and limit your med school app in anyway.</p>
<p>I have AP Credit for AP Calc AB, which transferred to my school as a combination of credit for college algebra, “pre-calculus mathematics,” and Calc 1. Then I decided to take AP Calc BC senior year but didn’t want to sit for the AP again (by the time the exam rolled around, I’d chosen my college and didn’t need math credit beyond what I’d gotten for AP AB), so I decided to go the dual-enrolled route and now have credit from St Louis University for Calculus II, which I really got through an AP class. It carries a SLU department and course number (MATH 143) and I have a SLU transcript for it.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken any other math classes in college (not my subject–only stuck with calculus because the teacher was out of this world amazing, one of my all-time favorites).</p>
<p>Where do you think I stand in terms of calculus requirements?</p>