<p>Okay, I have a paper that I got at a counselor's office that says what the average premed/predental requirements are.</p>
<p>It says I would need 3 semesters of chemistry for dental school. Chem 1a, Chem 3a, Chem 3b.</p>
<p>However, when I go to most dental/med school websites, it says they need 1 year of Gen Chem and 1 year of Ochem. </p>
<p>Does this mean you can have chem 3a count as both? Is it kind of like weasling your way out of a full 4 semesters?</p>
<p>1 year of Gchem: chem 1a/chem 3a
1 year of ochem: chem 3b/mcb 102</p>
<p>Career center website said that med schools count it that way for Berkeley students.</p>
<p>What about the biochemistry requirement that a lot of dental schools have? I thought MCB 102 was biochemistry...</p>
<p>Are there any biochemistry courses in the IB, ESPM, or other departments?</p>
<p>MCB 102 is biochemistry. I'm not familiar with dental school reqs but from what you say about the reqs, it sounds like Chem1a/3a/3b is the chem req and the biochem is MCB 102.</p>
<p>For med schools, there is no real biochem req, but there is a chem req, 1 yr gchem, 1 yr ochem.</p>
<p>So by taking Chem1a/3a/3b/MCB 102, you fulfill reqs for both med/dental schools but in different ways</p>
<p>you can also take chem1a/3a/3b/mcb 100a/mcb 100b</p>
<p>Side note, if I am not mistaken there should a physiology course requirement for pre-dent. Most pre-health tracks other than med require physiology class often.</p>
<p>Sometimes, dental schools that require physio, will require a lab course for physiology. The only courses that meet a physio w/ lab requirement are in IB. The problem is that both lab and lecture are heavily reserved for IB majors. The main course used is IB 132/L. It is offered in spring and summer. In spring there are only eight lab sections, three in summer. In spring the class has tons of reserved seats for declared IB majors, in summer it is open to all.</p>
<p>IB 132 like 131 is phase 1 priority even for lecture. I have heard of seniors who phase 2'ed and didn't get into 131, same applies for 132</p>