med school requirements

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>i am an undergrad student and i was wondering if the rumors i heard about taking premed classes in community college and/or testing out of them through clep/ap exams are true. i guess i just want some credible evidence regarding what i've been hearing. i know it seems logical that med schools would look down on applicants who have taken community college classes, but i was concerned about the "testing out" rumors. do med school admission committees really don't like applicants who have tested out of classes? would i need to actually take my premed classes at the university i attend or can i just test out of them through clep or other university department-sponsored tests? </p>

<p>btw i was searching for answers to these questions on the aamc website, but i couldn't find any. if anyone has any credible links that you can post on here regarding these issues, your help will will be much appreciated. thank you!</p>

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<p>There is a whole premed forum. Look there.</p>

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<p>Student Doctor Network (SDN). Google it, it’ll give you all the information (and way, way more) then you would ever want or possibly need.</p>

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<p>yeah i didn’t notice there is a premed forum on this great site. i should’ve posted this in the premed forum or looked in there before i posted this. thanks for the information btw.</p>

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<p>Some of the Texas med schools will accept AP classes as long as your transcript shows the undergraduate class you were given credit for. The same schools also have a requirement that you take at least one math class while in college so just because you might have had a 5 in AP BC calculus you haven’t satisfied the math requirement. You can however satisfy it with statistics rather than another calculus class.</p>