<p>Hi, im am just now entering my sophmore year of college and signed up for the regular physics. When i was a freshman i talked to my biology advisor and she told me that most premed students take the regular physics rather than the calculus based one which mostly physics majors take. Im a person that is always stressing out about med school, since i know i am going to be competing with many, and as my chem teacher just told the class last week: "there are 75 students in this lecture hall and only about 7 will actually get in to med school". Now i am working really hard in my classes. and since i know that they stress the fact that calculus based physics will not be on the MCAT i decided to go ahead and take the regular physics. I talked to another advisor and she said that it would ot make that much of a difference as long as i continue in having good extra curriculars: i work in a lab, volunteer at a hospital, work in the clinic, shadow a doctor and i am in the process of joining a few clubs. What do you guys think? I know its probably too late to try and switch classes since im getting into the second week of school. But i really just want to know if it is really THAT big of a deal. Also, is the physics that you learn in medschool calculas based?</p>
<p>1) it doesn't matter. Taking regular physics is absolutely acceptable</p>
<p>2) you don't learn any physics in medical school, although there is a surprising amount of conceptual thinking from physics that is directly applicable (fluid dynamics, electrical circuits among others)</p>
<p>so you dont think im cutting myself short from taking the regular one, in terms of compition??</p>
<p>No .</p>
<p>In fact, you're probably helping yourself, since it will be easier to get a better grade in the non-calculus based class.</p>