<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I'm a freshman currently in Math 53 because I'm an engineer, but I'm planning to switch to L&S and my new major only requires the 16 series. I'm really not too great at math so I don't want to go through the needless suffering of 54 if I don't have to, so I was wondering if I get any credit for 16b if I take it after 53. I talked to a counselor and she said it was okay, but I'm posting here just to be sure.</p>
<p>Thanks!
And yes, I know it looks weird, but I'm guessing if I do well in 16b, which I believe I will, then it won't be too big of a deal as long as I get my credits.</p>
<p>Since you will have completed Math 53, which is more advanced than 1B or 16B, you should not need to take any more math at all for your new major (which is?). Don’t waste your time.</p>
<p>If you’re taking 53, doesn’t that mean you already have AP or other credit for 1A/1B? If so, why do you need to take 16B?</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>sorry I didn’t make it clear that I’m prehealth and for many prehealth paths you are required to have one year of math.</p>
<p>Check the requirements of all of the medical schools that you are considering. Some do not actually require any calculus or higher math, some do not require more than a semester, some require statistics for the second semester of math, and some do accept AP credit for calculus even if they do not for other subjects.</p>
<p>You may want to take a statistics course instead – it will definitely be useful since medical research papers commonly use statistical analyses, even if statistics is not required for a given medical school. You can defer the taking of another math course until later, which gives you time to determine whether you actually need to (if you figure out that you do not need to, you can avoid wasting a class and looking like a sandbagger). Or you can just take Math 54 if you want to learn something new.</p>
<p>If your current major is chemical engineering or bioengineering, it should not be too hard to fit the pre-med requirements around your major.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> medical school](<a href=“http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/offices/admiss/admreq.cfm]UCLA”>How to Apply | UCLA Med School): “One year of college mathematics to include the study of introductory calculus and statistics … AP credit will not be accepted for completion of required courses.”</p>
<p>[UCSF</a> medical school](<a href=“http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/apply/getting-started.aspx#requirements]UCSF”>http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/apply/getting-started.aspx#requirements): Interestingly, no math is listed in the requirements, but “We also recommend that premedical students take mathematics courses”.</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> medical school](<a href=“http://hms.harvard.edu/admissions/default.asp?page=requirements]Harvard”>http://hms.harvard.edu/admissions/default.asp?page=requirements): “Currently Required Courses … One year of calculus is the minimum requirement. Advanced placement credits may satisfy this requirement (Calculus AB = 1 semester, Calculus BC = 2 semesters).” “New Course Requirements for the Class Entering 2016 … students are required to have familiarity with calculus. A broader and more flexible range of requirements is encouraged, however, and, given the importance of statistics for understanding the literature of science and medicine, adequate grounding in statistics is required. … Advanced placement calculus credits may satisfy the calculus component of this requirement (Calculus AB and/or Calculus BC).”</p>
<p>As you can see, they can differ all over the place, so you need to do some research to determine what courses you need without wasting any courses in your schedule. (This also goes for other pre-med requirements like chemistry, biology, physics, etc…)</p>
<p>^^ I have a similar question:</p>
<p>also premed…took math 53 (CC equivalent) and later math 1a (in that order)…5 on BC…but I dont know if med schools will consider this a year of calculus since they were out of order…</p>
<p>i also have taken stats 2 (equivalent) and currently in PH 142 here…along with psych 101…i feel i am ok for stats, but not sure about calculus. what do you guys think? do i need to bother with 16b/1b next semester? im just sooooo over math. ugh. my mind doesnt want to look at anything with equations for a while (esp not last semester before grad) hahaha</p>
<p>Again, check all of the medical schools that you plan to apply to for their specific requirements. They do have web sites you can look at.</p>