<p>I'm going to be freshmen at Case Western Reserve University in two weeks! </p>
<p>well I'm pre-med and I was wondering if most medical schools accept AP credits. I heard that most don't (even though they do not explicitly say it) and that you are at a disadvantage if you replaced a few of the medical school requirement classes with the AP credits. </p>
<p>Is this true? </p>
<p>I'm registered for Organic Chem, but I feel like I should start out with general chemistry to fulfill the med school requirement and also to avoid a failing grade in organic chem. </p>
<p>I can't comment on medical school advice. Often times, the high school AP classes just don't measure up to the actual college class. Organic Chem. is tough. I took two semesters of it many years ago. Based on my experience which is somewhat dated, I would say--start out with Gen. Chem. and then move on to Organic Chem.</p>
<p>No they don't.
So if you took AP Calculus AB over in high school, it will transfer to College but not Medical school.
That is, you will have to take it again.</p>
<p>Hey, welcome to Case! I'm about to start my second year there. :)</p>
<p>Some med schools will take AP credit, others won't. As long as you don't have a huge schedule crunch (i.e. due to double major, plans to study abroad, etc.) I would recommend taking the CHEM 105/106/113 sequence purely for the GPA boost. You already know the material (and Dr. Kenney won't teach you anything), so you'll get 8 credits' worth of A's, which is a nice cushion for upper-level courses later on. :) Plus, none of my friends that took o-chem as freshmen did well... Doesn't mean you wouldn't, but better to be safe than sorry.</p>
<p>You'll also notice that a lot of your friends will be taking the same courses (or CHEM 111 which is the engineering equivalent). They'll probably come to you for help, especially since Kenney is a horrid professor. Good way to socialize.</p>
<p>I originally accepted my AP credit for chem, but after deciding I want to go to pharm school I took CHEM 106 and now I have to take CHEM 113 this fall, while I'm taking CHEM 223/233 as well. Don't do what I did! :)</p>
<p>Its never too early to start using the resources at your school to help. Read thru the info at Case</a> Western Pre-Health Professions Info You might want to make a phone call to your advisor to talk it over; that's part of what you're entitled to for the $46K/year Case costs.</p>
<p>i called my advisor(? i'm not sure who i really talked to.. her name was Nesrene?) to switch out of organic chem and register for chem 105 and 113, but she kept telling me that it isn't true that medical schools won't accept AP credits. And she also mentioned that switching from organic chem to chem 105 during add/drop period is easier than the other way around. </p>
<p>But after reading all these posts in CC, it seems like taking gen chem this year is the right thing to do. </p>
<p>I guess I'll just have to email someone about it and register for chem 105 and 113. </p>
<p>that is not true. my dad is a professor at UT houston and they do accept ap credit. most universities and colleges will discourage students from taking ap bio or ap chem credit. but med schools do recognize it. ap credit comes in handy for math and other non sciences</p>
<p>I happen to agree with your adviser. The thing about orgo is that many students struggle with it, but some do well and can’t understand the fuss. You could say similar things for calculus: some students breeze through it and many others feel like they just ran into a brick wall. If I were you, I would give it a shot before dropping down to a lower level - especially if the gen chem professor is as horrid as aphoticmelody says. Why torture yourself through an awful class that you won’t learn much from?</p>
<p>About med schools and AP credits: the general consensus is that med schools are fine with AP credits as long as you take a more advanced course in college in the same subject. APed out of Calc 1? Take Calc 2. First-year physics? Second-year physics. Gen chem? Going straight into orgo is perfectly fine as far as med schools are concerned!</p>
<p>I’d like to add one thing to my previous post: I am somewhat surprised that your adviser told you to go straight into orgo. Academic advisers almost always err on the side of caution. If even your adviser thinks that you should give orgo a try, he/she is either confident in your ability to succeed or else there’s something terribly wrong with the gen chem course. Either way, it seems that you have nothing to lose by giving orgo a shot.</p>
<p>What about AP English credit? Do I need to take the next level of college English? I hated my English class, but I got a 5 on the exam. I’m worried that advanced English classes will all be filled with insanely good writers majoring in English.</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I am not, nor have I ever been premed. But I go to a school that has an absurd number of premeds, and the medschool is the most selective med school in the country.
The difference here is that orgo is also a requirement, while second year physics (quantum) is not.
From all I’ve heard, at my school at least, if you skip out of gen chem with ap (only an option for engineers), you better take a year of p-chem to make up for it.</p>
<p>Mind you, this is all told to WUSTL premeds who want a chance of getting into WUSTL med school.
Also of note, I know Harvard med will not accept AP as a substitute for writing.</p>
<p>(But if you’re not trying to be a lunatic overachiever by getting into WUSTL, Harvard, or JHU med, it’s entirely a different story)</p>
<p>Most schools do not draw special distinction for the AP in terms of credits - however those could carry heavy weight as an added bonus in the selection process.</p>