<p>Hi. Do all prereqs have to be finished and graded by the time you apply to med school (ie the end of Junior year)? If the second semester of physics is taken first half of senior year, is that a problem?</p>
<p>You would be better off finishing up all your requirements not just before you apply to med school but before you take your MCATs. These prereqs will be helpful prep toward your MCAT. </p>
<p>Remember you need all the edge you can get in scoring well in your MCATs.</p>
<p>1.) Coursework might help some for MCATs, but is hardly the crucial component and can certainly be overcome, especially in physics.</p>
<p>2.) For admissions purposes, you should aim to have "almost all" the prereqs completed by time of application. A couple won't be a big deal.</p>
<p>Thanks. It just turns out that if you place out of physics (AP credit), the college won't let you take physics 1-2. So, you have to take upper level courses that you can't always schedule with everything else you have to take.</p>
<p>which school r u in?</p>
<p>Greenguy, </p>
<p>What you state is not true for all schools. I know kids who placed out of courses due to APs, however, have enrolled in same courses at College.</p>
<p>This is allowed by some schools primarily because AP level is really not the same as a College course(especially the associated labs).</p>
<p>I think you are both right. Most colleges will not let you BOTH use your AP's to get credit for, or place out of, a course, AND take the course. However, most will let you forego the credit and placement you could have earned from the AP, and take the course instead.</p>
<p>Whether you should apply without having finished the prerequisites depends a lot on the overall strength of your application, and is worth discussing with your advisor who is familiar with results from your college. If you are borderline to begin with, then you want everything in your favor, including the best MCAT's you can manage, before you invest time and effort in applying. If you have a perfect GPA, sky-high MCAT's, several first author publications, and outstanding recommendations, then the schools are not going to care much at all about seeing your physics course grade. Particularly if you did well on this section of the MCAT.</p>