Pre med and high school AP's

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This may help with respect to AP credit and applying to medical school:

FAQ Pre-med courses, AP/IB/etc. credit and college/DE courses, etc.

Frequently asked questions from pre-meds in college and prospective pre-meds in high school often involve AP/IB/etc. credit and college or dual enrollment courses taken while in high school. This page hopes to answer some of these questions. (Thanks to @WayOutWestMom for help writing this page.) A. Course requirements and policies relating to the issues described here for specific medical schools can be found in the Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR®); see https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/medical-school-admission-requirements/ (requires subscription or payment to see that part of each medical school’s profile). Medical schools may also list some information on their own web sites. Due to variation in requirements and policies, check the requirements and policies for each specific medical school that you are interested in. B. Medical schools commonly require or expect applicants to have completed a set of pre-med…

Note that grades in college courses taken while in high school will be included in GPA calculations for medical school applications.

Note also that repeating a college course or AP credit will mean marking the repeat as such on the medical school application.