<p>does taking calc I and II in my freshman year look any worse than taking calc II and III instead? thanks a lot</p>
<p>They probably won't get that picky; I think the stipulation is just one year of calculus.</p>
<p>doesn't matter at all, even the full year of calc isn't required at most schools; you can take a semester of stat instead (and probably should even if you take 2 semesters of calc)</p>
<p>But I strongly recommend at least Calc II - for physics, and just because it's ... well, it matters. (Heck, while I'm at it I recommend Calc III and at least three semesters of stats. But I don't think people are going to do that.)</p>
<p>bluedevilmike, why do you think calc is so important (besides its being a requirement at many med schools)? I thought the MCAT physics questions were non-calc based?</p>
<p>I do agree w/ you on the stats thing though, since medical journals are filled w/ complicated statistics.</p>
<p>Nothing at all to do with medicine. Just that it's nice to know - it's a really useful way of conceptualizing anything that varies quantitatively.</p>
<p>Oh - I recommend Calc II because while the MCAT doesn't require it, your school just might.</p>
<p>bdm, and others, do most med schools accept AP credit for a BC 5 as sufficient for calculus, or do they want to see an actual college class, not just credit? D plans to use her AP credit and just take statistics and so far that appears to fly with the schools he is looking at now.</p>
<p>no, by and large med schools will not accept any AP credit of any sort</p>
<p>curmudgeon, as phillySASer said AP credit isn't accepted, however the lack of calculus in college is okay w/ most of the med schools because most med schools don't require calculus (only 16 require it, but an additional 27 recommend it)--that being said, those 16 med schools include Harvard, Johns Hopkins, WUSTL's med school, Duke, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Here's the complete list of the 16 med schools that require Calculus:
~UC Irvine
~U of Louisville
~Johns Hopkins
~Uniformed Services
~Harvard
~U of Minnesota
~Washington University (WUSTL)
~U of Nebraska
~Dartmouth
~Duke
~Brown
~Texas A & M
~Texas Tech
~U of Texas at Galveston
~U of Texas at San Antonio
~U of Texas Southwestern</p>
<p>Of those, only Harvard, WUSTL, and Johns Hopkins require more than one semester. (Johns Hopkins requires 6 credit hours, Harvard and WUSTL require 2 semesters.)</p>
<p>And these schools may well be some of the few that accept AP credit. So it's tricky.</p>
<p>One sem. of calc and one sem. of stats should cover it just fine.</p>
<p>bdm,
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aaargghh. That's just goofy. Well, she just received her copy of the MSAR , SMSAR, e-i-o whatever. I guess it's time for her to crack the seal, huh? (As some of those schools are on her short list.)</p>
<p>In terms of looking at which schools that require calculus will take AP credit instead, I would recommend looking at the medical schools' websites, because the MSAR book doesn't cover AP credit. And if all else fails, call the medical school.</p>
<p>bluedevilmike, when you recommend three semesters of statistics what kind of classes does that include? </p>
<p>My school has a couple 200 level 1 semester classes for stats & probablity and then there are two 300 level stats courses and the first is primarily probability while the second covers statistics. Should I take an intro stats course, then the more rigorous classes or should I take numerical analysis and the upper level stats classes?</p>
<p>I know you can't really tell which specific courses to take, but if you could tell me which topics I should know and in what depth, I could piece it together.</p>
<p>1.) Basic statistics. (Would be covered by AP Stats.)</p>
<p>2.) "Econometrics".</p>
<p>3.) Clinical studies - often called "biostatistics".</p>