<p>My high school had a program through Seton Hill University where your senior year you could take college courses through the university. The teachers at our school were trained by the university over the summer, given the same syllabus as the college students and gave us exams based on the college's test-bank. </p>
<p>I took Bio 1 and 2 and Calculus through this program and they transferred to my university. I called a medical school (just one though) and asked if this type of program would work for my biology credits for medical school and they ensured me that it would. I then took the labs for both of these courses at my university freshman year while taking chemistry. </p>
<p>I'm a sophomore now and I'm a year away from applying to medical school and I'm starting to grow nervous that they won't accept these Bio credits? My schedule is packed already and I don't believe I could fit two upper level bio's in. They are not AP credits and they aren't community college credits, they are from an accredited university. Still, I can't find anything online with regards to these credits. Should I just call every medical school I am interested in and ask?</p>
<p>How are your high school credits recorded on your college transcript?</p>
<p>Are they recorded as transfer credit from Seton Hill University?</p>
<p>Are they recorded as credits equivalent to specific bio courses at your college? (As in 4 credits for Bio102 NOT 4 credits biology)</p>
<p>If the credits are recorded as transfer credit or as equivalent to specific courses at your current college, then every medical school should accept them.</p>
<p>Bio 1 and 2 at the university I am currently at is called Foundations of Biology 1 and Foundations of Biology 2.</p>
<p>My transcript for my current college currently says:
Foundations of Biology 1 T
Foundations of Biology 2 T
Calculus and Analytical Geometry 1 T</p>
<p>T for transfer and the Seton Hill courses have the same title as what they are called at my current university.</p>
<p>I did this with math credits. I took college credit calc 2, which was taught at my HS by my calc teacher, but generated a university transcript and grade. It transferred to my undergrad university and showed up on that transcript as transfer credit from the university. The only way you would know I took it during HS is that the term is listed as spring 07, when I was still in HS. Note that the grade you got in that class, which appears on your transcript from SHU, will be calculated into your AMCAS/med school GPA even though it is probably not calculated into your current school’s GPA. </p>
<p>While calc 2 isn’t required by many med schools, it is the only math course that appears on my college transcript, thus it is what I used to satisfy med school math requirements. It was never mentioned at any of my interviews.</p>
<p>I think you should be fine. But getting to med school having not taken a bio class since high school would really stress me out. At the very least, I’d recommend you take both physiology and biochem–not because either will teach you all that you need for med school by any means, but because it would be pretty freaking terrifying to get to med school biochem having never heard of beta oxidation or gluconeogenesis before. (Happened to one of my classmates!)</p>
<p>I do plan to take biochemistry my first semester of my senior year. I’m not taking my MCAT until the spring of my junior year but last summer I studied 240 hours for the Biology portion of the MCAT (2 hours a day) so I wouldn’t start to forget/get weak at biology.</p>
<p>maverick–</p>
<p>Because the courses appear as transfer courses, you will need to provide AMCAS with an official transcripts from Seton Hill in order to have your coursework verified as part of the application process. AMCAS will not verify/accept transfer credits on a transcript even if your grades from SHU are shown.</p>
<p>So I would just send the medical school I am interested in my Seton Hill transcript and my current university transcript? I believe it only costs five dollars to request a transcript from Seton Hill so I could easily send it out.</p>
<p>you send it to AMCAS, not the individual schools, but yes, you will need Seton Hall to mail in a sealed transcript.</p>
<p>Right. Any university you’ve ever taken a class from will need to send a transcript to AMCAS, which will then “verify” that everything is correct, and forward your application onto the schools you designate. </p>
<p>(I had 3–one from my school, one from the school w the calc II credit, and one from the CC where I took English)</p>