<p>Before you go on about enforced requisites, let me explain my situation.</p>
<p>I'm an incoming freshman and, like everyone else, I'm premed. I got a 5 on the Calc BC test; unfortunately, I learned that it wasn't really worth much as I still had to take a year long course in math for med school (a 5 exempts me from 2 out of 3 math classes, meaning 2/3 of the year).</p>
<p>The math course life science majors are required to take includes: 3A, 3B, and 3C (taken in that order because of requisites)</p>
<p>At this point, I'm not sure if it would be smart to take 3C then two higher level math courses where I would be competing with engineers and other physical science majors. I know I'm not great at math (I'm not even sure how I got a 5) so I don't want to compete with students who are so good at math, especially when my main goal is to keep my GPA up. Would it be possible to take 3C then, if I decide not to take higher division math courses, take 3A and 3B? In fact, am I allowed to take 3A and 3B at all since I passed out with my AP credits?</p>
<p>Sorry the post is so long winded. QUESTION IS DOWN HERE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SKIP. (In the paragraph before)</p>
<p>I’m an engineer so I’m not in your series. But for us, if you used your AP credits and passed out of the math class, you can’t go back and say you want to do it. Did you have your orientation session yet? Cause honestly, since you’re pre-med I dont want you to get an incorrect answer, since planning is pretty important for future med school requirements. Try getting a hold of a counselor. </p>
<p>P.S. Doesn’t stat’s count as a math course? Or is that different?</p>
<p>^Are you sure…? Most pre-meds that I know that were in your situation and started with 3C usually just take two extra quarters of stats (usually Stats 10 or 13 and then Biostats 100).</p>
<p>Some schools require a course in statistics in addition to 2 semesters/3 quarters in college-level math/calculus. Each school sets its own requirements. Some don’t require statistics at all.</p>
<p>^^should be helpful to you; I actually wasn’t sure of what generally were the requirements, but it seems that only Harvard requires two terms of calc but will accept AP credit in lieu of one or both. Technically taking AP Calc AB and BC in high school already clears you in that situation; the pdf doesn’t list information about whether or not the other schools will accept AP credit in lieu of their required one term of Calc.</p>
<p>If it turns you must take calc at a university, I’d try to find out if Math 3C fits that requirement, since it’s mostly probability and statistics (although there is some calc involved at the end with probability distributions).</p>
<p>^most likely, how many calc classes did you take? Pre-reqs taken at a CC are just as valid as those taken at a college/university, it’s just not recommended that you take too many at a CC.</p>