<p>I apologize in advance for being a bit off-topic, but I know the answer’s on this forum and I need to settle an argument about med school prereqs… 2 semesters of: Bio, Gen Chem, Organic Chem, Physics, Calc and English and 1 semester of statistics… Is this list accurate? Are there any other courses required by individual states/institutions?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Are there any other courses required by individual states/institutions?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, yes. Some schools require (iirc)</p>
<p>1) Biochem
2) Social sciences hours
3) Humanities hours (big at USC-Keck)
4) Another year of Bio (at the Texas state schools)
5) maybe Psych at one school
6) other random, frustrating crap</p>
<p>What my D did is to find about 50 possible schools and then started culling based on AP policies and required courses. She found plenty to apply to that matched up with how she wanted to schedule her classes. But every year it seems that some Engineering kid is caught out by the Keck requirements and OOS kids by the extra bio at Texas schools.</p>
<p>My D. contacted schools on her list (she has very short list though) for her questions. A lot of info is available on their websites also. We have found out that one school reguires Biochem because it does not include it in their Med. school curriculum. D’s plans would have been very different if she did not find out about specific schools on her list. For example, she was thinking about taking another math class, bu then she found out she did not need it.</p>
<p>Which medical school does not include Biochemistry in their Medical School Curriculum? I am very surprised at that.</p>
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<p>And lets not forget a year of Calculus, rather than just the one semester required by the great majority…</p>
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<p>Only Harvard requires two semesters of calculus.</p>
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<p>Yep, and they are not flexible about that, although they will accept AP credits.</p>
<p>In terms of Math, plenty of schools require more than one semester:</p>
<p>Albert Einstein
Duke (1 college math, 1 calculus)
East Carolina (1 college math, 1 calculus)
Florida State
Harvard University (2 terms calculus)
Howard
Johns Hopkins
Morehouse
Mount Sinai University
Ponce University
South Alabama University (calculus recommended)
Texas A & M (1 term calculus, 1 term math-based physics)
University of Alabama
University of Arkansas (calculus recommended)
University of California - Davis (statistics recommended)
University of California - Los Angeles (calculus recommended)
University of California - San Diego (calculus, stats, or computer science)
University of Mississippi (calculus recommended)
University of Nebraska (1 term college math, 1 term calculus)
University of South Florida
University of Texas at Houston
University of Toledo College of Medicine
University of Wisconsin (calculus and stats recommended)
University of Colorado
Virginia Commonwealth
Washington University</p>
<p>MyOpinion,
U of Michigan requires UG Biochem because they do not cover it at Med. School. D. is planning to take it, but only if she has high MCAT score. Otherwise, she does not need it.<br>
In regard to math, according to D. who contacted several Med. Schools (I do not understand why people do not contact schools directly, they are willing to answer any questions), all on her list require 2 semsters of any college math and AP credit is OK. She got one semester for AP credit for her calc. and took 1 semster of statistics at college, very easy and very useful, more useful than calc for pre-meds. She said, that procedures at Med. Research Lab started making much more sense after stats.</p>
<p>How old can MCAT scores be and still be accepted?</p>
<p>ZeZe: 3 years</p>
<p>Do you guys know of any MCAT test prep books that are harder than the real MCATs? </p>
<p>For the SATs I knew the Baron’s books were much harder than the actual SATs, so I worked those Baron’s books until I was getting a decent score on them, that way when I took the real SAT’s it seemed like a joke, and I managed to score +100 on the real exam compared to my Baron’s practice tests.</p>
<p>The questions featured on the Kaplan and Princeton review practice tests are typically harder than the real thing. I know Kaplan also makes a prep book, called “Kaplan 45” or something for people who want a 45 on the real thing lol</p>
<p>^^^ lol, thanks for the help.</p>
<p>New to the med school topic. What if your school is on the quarter system? How do the required semesters get covered. Do you have to take 2 quarters to get it? It seems the quarter system is tough/equivalent of a course but in 10 weeks.</p>
<p>You translate them into years. Two semesters of organic chemistry translates into three quarters.</p>
<p>Is there any correlation between scores on MCAT, vs. SAT/ACT? Do the students that typically did well (98 perc) etc. typically also have the ability to do well on the MCAT?</p>
<p>Also if you take it more than once, do you have to send all your scores?</p>
<p>Yes and yes.</p>
<p>,wondered if they could take 1 a year to try it (haven’t even looked at the cost). </p>
<p>What would you list as the top 3 books/sources for preparing for the MCAT?</p>
<p>I’ve never understood why anybody would take a standardized test for practice. They’re sold at much cheaper prices and you can just take it at home under test conditions. In any case, all your scores show up (I think they expire after a while).</p>
<p>My advisor always recommended a prep class, and based on my experience I agree. Either Kaplan or Princeton Review is fine.</p>
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<p>Taking it more than once is highly frowned upon and really shouldn’t be considered unless taking it for real and doing very poorly. ALL scores count…some schools average so a practice test could potentially carry a BIG penalty…</p>
<p>Have him take a prep class…S did Kaplan and said the study material/review worksheets were a big help. The week before the exam he did a practice test a day, under test conditions including getting up at the time of day he would need to on test day, allowing time for the drive to test site, all timed sections, breaks etc…he said it really helped him get into the test mode.</p>