<p>Not really a conventional pre-med either, i'm only going to apply to MD/PhD programs, and if that doesn't work out, pure PhD. </p>
<p>Anyways, I'm a chem bio major, so this class in not even required for my major. I'm not getting a good gut feeling about how this class is going to turn out for me GPA-wise, and I could always fulfill the year of bio prereq by taking a class like IB 132 down the road. </p>
<p>Have no idea, but if I were an adcom at a medschool it would def raise a red flag…what, this applicant can’t take bio1B for a grade? Why can’t you pass this class but you think you can pass a higher bio class?</p>
<p>Medschools look for the smallest things on an applicants app to rule them out…you want to not give them any and this def would be.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure I can pass this class, but I don’t want a B-/C+ on my transcript, so i’d rather P/NP since I hate the subject matter and would invest my energy into my other classes. </p>
<p>I have a different question. Why do you think MD/PhD people don’t care about you taking biology as pass fail? They don’t have different rules at looking at your transcript than MD adcoms.</p>
<p>MD/PhD probably stress research exp. over clinical practice, and you’re essentially applying with a different mindset.
Anyways, would a P really be worse than a C+/B- in a class that is not even required for my major??? I have two interesting Bio classes in my major track that interest me far more than freaking botany and ecology.
(MCB 110 & BioE [Synthetic Biology]). In case these two courses wouldn’t count as a substitute, then I can always fall back on IB 132.</p>
<p>But anyway, I don’t understand why MD/PhD adcoms would prefer a C+/B- in a subject I do not enjoy or ever plan on studying ever again over a potentially better grade in a subject that I both enjoy immensely and would want to conduct research in.
I’m not aiming for any “top” programs either…I know any MD/PhD is hard enough to get in, so I’d be okay with any school really. </p>
<p>Bio 1B is easy, and the semester is young. Why not just try?</p>
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<p>AAMC requires 1 year of Biology. Unless you can meet that requirement someway, pass fail does not count. MD/PhDs don’t have different rules for academic requirements.</p>
<p>exactly, so I could still fulfill that extra semester through a different bio course.</p>