<p>I'm fairly certain that I want to be pre-med, but not ready to commit. I want to concentrate on taking the required courses for med school, but also want to make the best of a a liberal arts education through CLAS.
I got a 5 in AP Calculus AB
a 5 in psychology
a 5 in Environmental Science
a 3 in biology
etc........
My question is this: should I plan on taking Biology, and chemistry my first year? Though I only got a 3 in AP Biology, I don't really think it will be a hard class for me as a first year, and would leave me time to concentrate on chemistry.
I was going to sign up for Applied Calculus 121/122. But with my 5 in AB Calculus what does that mean? Do I test out of 121?
If I don't take chemistry my first year, it means I'd take it next year and then I'd have to take physics with chem. or third year org. chem and physics together? That sounds like a killer combo.
It's sort of disturbing hearing about the orientation sessions. Do people at least get into the big intro classes like--Intro Biology?
Thanks for any advice</p>
<p>Biology is a nightmare here for some reason. I can't remember what made it so hard. You have to take CHEM 141/142 your first year and Orgo your second year if your Pre-Med. It's done like that. UVA searching would give you the answer about your Math class. A 4 or 5 in AB Calc gives you credit for MATH 131 so you can go to 122 or 132. </p>
<p>Last word of advice: DON'T WORRY ABOUT ORIENTATION! You will get your Intro classes right away unless it's Spanish, ECON, or some other really popular subject.</p>
<p>Wait, even if we got a 5 in AP Chem, would be still need to take Chem 141/142? Shouldn't we be exempt?</p>
<p>You would get credit for lecture only. You would have to take the lab.</p>
<p>I think it is weird that the AP exams don't cover the lab parts of some of these courses. That kind of blows.</p>
<p>This is such a dumb question, that I'm hesitant to post it, but oh well. Maybe there are others out there who are as dumb as me and have my same question.
Here goes. I want to sign up for Intro. Biology. How come in COD there is the Lecture, then Lecture/Lab, and just Lab?
I assume I need the Lecture and the Lab, where does the Lecture/Lab stuff fit in?
I'm sure it's an easy question for orientation. Just asking anyway.</p>
<p>BIOL 203 is no different than other labs. You'll meet in one large lecture hall one day a week for a lecture about a lab topic and since it is hard for 500 students to take lab together, you'll break up into smaller lab sections. Since the lecture is generic, it doesn't make sense for each lab section to have its own lecture. </p>
<p>Besides, lab is long enough.</p>
<p>You guys need to make sure you go to Newcomb South at 10:00 on the second day of orientation and meet with the Career Services/PreHealth rep at its booth there. It will be too crowded to ask a lot of questions, but it's the place to start.</p>
<p>They will strongly suggest that you take upper level bio if you have AP credit for BIOL 201 & 202. And you have to take labs.</p>
<p>What he said. I think they wanted to emphasize that the lecture has a lab with it even though you can clearly see the lab sections right underneath the lecture section.</p>
<p>What exactly do you do in labs not concerned with the sciences?</p>
<p>Usually, non-science courses do not have labs but discussion sections. I can't think of a non-science course with a lab. What non-science class have you seen that has a lab?</p>
<p>I just saw COMM 180, and asked the question.</p>
<p>COMM 180 lab involves working with Excel on...stuuuuuff. I don't remember too well since a few friends of mine who took the class mentioned it in passing so I can't give a precise description of the lab. I really forgot about that lab, but when you mentioned non-science, I was thinking something that did not require problem solving skills like Art History.</p>