Courses for Junior Year in HS for student interested in STEM/Pre-med

[WayOutWestMom]

Please read this pinned thread from the Pre-med forum:

FAQ Pre-med courses, AP/IB/etc. credit and college/DE courses, etc.

Frequently asked questions from pre-meds in college and prospective pre-meds in high school often involve AP/IB/etc. credit and college or dual enrollment courses taken while in high school. This page hopes to answer some of these questions. (Thanks to @WayOutWestMom for help writing this page.) A. Course requirements and policies relating to the issues described here for specific medical schools can be found in the Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR®); see https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/medical-school-admission-requirements/ (requires subscription or payment to see that part of each medical school’s profile). Medical schools may also list some information on their own web sites. Due to variation in requirements and policies, check the requirements and policies for each specific medical school that you are interested in. B. Medical schools commonly require or expect applicants to have completed a set of pre-med…

There are issues w/r/t AP classes and the pre-med path. She may do better to concentrate her efforts on AP Bio and take an honors or college prep physics class instead of AP Physics.

If she plans to continue on in a STEM field, she will need a strong math background. A chemistry major requires a minimum of 2 semesters of calc. (And often 3 semesters of calc plus differential equations.)

While bio majors typically don’t have the same math requirements as do chem majors, having more math (and some computer programming experience) will be useful for post-college employment options.