<p>I have searched this and I am really confused. Some people say you need a semester of Calc so Calc I for most medical schools, while when I googled this information most med schools require two semesters of math. </p>
<p>Any help?</p>
<p>Statistics.</p>
<p>For most med schools, you need one year of calculus ± statistics. On the other hand, for a lot of colleges, calculus is a pre-req or co-req for their physics or chem courses. It all depends on the school.</p>
<p>So I’m probably looking at a semester of Calc I and a semester of statistics?</p>
<p>At some med schools. A year of Calc and a semester of Stats and you are good to go most anywhere.</p>
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<p>Icarus, where are you getting this information from? When I looked at various lists compiled from the Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) over the years, the tendency seemed to be towards 1 semester of calculus + 1 semester of statistics instead of the previously recommended 2 semesters of calculus. Even the Harvard Medical School’s recently changed math requirement reflects this trend. Granted, I only looked at compilations based on the MSAR, so I don’t know how comprehensive that information was.</p>
<p>There are lots of ways I’ve seen the requirement worded. Some schools don’t even have a strict math requirement (but as I mentioned, most undergrads have math as a pre- or co-req of physics, so you’ll probably be taking it anyway). </p>
<p>“1 year of college-level math”
“1 year of college-level math, to include statistics”
“1 year of calculus, including statistics”
“1 year of college level math, to include calculus and statistics”
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etc</p>
<p>Its all variations on a theme. Just take the standard math series at your institution and I’m sure you’ll be fine. At UCLA the 3 course math series included 2 of straight calculus (single and multi-variable), and then one quarter of half calculus, half statistics. That met the requirements of all med schools I applied to.</p>
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<p>HMS’s new requirements are interesting, as they don’t seem to require any specific courses at all, but rather familiarity with concepts and fields, leaving open to the student how to accomplish those requirements. Its an interesting system - I’ll be interested to see how it pans out for them.</p>
<p>Math requirements are just plain tricky/goofy. My kid had AP credit for BC Calc and took only Statistics in college. She found plenty of schools that were O.K. with that but…it did limit her school choices (but not that much). </p>
<p>If you don’t want to be limited at all do a year of calc in college and a semester of stats. Anything other than that and you are dropping a few schools from your list of possibles. The only program I am aware of that needs more than that is Harvard’s HST (at least last year).</p>
<p>I’ve read over HMS new requirements, and I’m not sure if I am reading it correctly. Will one semester calc and one semester statistics satisfy the math req for the class of 2016?</p>
<p>That’s my understanding, except it’s not only for the class of 2016 and beyond. 2016 is the first year when the new math requirements become mandatory and, therefore, the only option. Between 2011 and 2015 applicants will have to fulfill either the old or the new math requirements.</p>
<p>I don’t want to take Calc II because it is extremely intense in my school, so hopefully the Calc I Stat combo work out.</p>