Choosing AP Classes

Pre-Med & Medical School High School Student Topics
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I am not sure whether I should take APUSH juinior year or senior year. In senior year I have to take AP Gov/Econ so I would be doubling up social studies. Next year (Junior year) I am taking AP Calc BC, AP Chem, Physics 1, AP Lang, Orchestra, Academic Decathlon and a study hall. Senior year I will take Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, Orchestra, AP Gov/Econ, AP Bio, AP Physics 2 and I can take another class or a study hall.

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Not sure why this is under Pre-med. If you are trying to get AP credit for premed classes, forget it. You can’t use AP credits to fulfill premed courses.

Looking at your schedule, I would take APUSH junior year because there is quite a bit of work involved.

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Thanks, and this is under High School Student Topics for me not premed.

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@Syrxis

This is not true. Policy varies but AP credits are accepted at most and almost always can be used for advanced placement.

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@plumazul while this is true, most pre-med advisors don’t recommend using things like AP Bio or Chem because you’ll end up in a crucial pre-med class like Orgo with a high school level understanding and completely fail.

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@Syrxis The curriculum for courses like AP Biology and AP Chemistry are written by a consortium of universities across the nation to reflect what students at those universities would learn in these classes. If a student in high school does well in the AP class and scores a 5 on the AP exam, they are more than ready to move on. What medical schools want to see is a student who wants to learn and to challenge themselves. University is a great time for advanced study. Why waste your time taking intro classes if it is not necessary?

This quote from a medical school that is not AP friendly says it very well:

I agree with this advice.

http://medicine.yale.edu/education/admissions/requirements.aspx

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@Pleasehelpout are you done with Foreign Language requirement after 2 years of HS?

I agree with @Syrxis. If you intend to be science major/pre-med students, you will likely be advised to re-take all chem/biology/physics, etc in college. You may take AP science credit if you plan to be a non-science major.

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Yes. I’m in my third year of Spanish right now. @biomeds