Princeton Pre-Med AP Credit

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<p>If I'm going to take pre-med courses at Princeton, which one of the plans on this website would be the best to prepare me for the MCAT and med school? (Health</a> Professions Advising - Princeton University).</p>

<p>I have 5s on my AP tests in Calculus, Chemistry and Biology, but I don't know if I should skip those classes because I've completely forgotten a lot of stuff in Biology and Chemistry. I don't really even know how I scored 5s. Is taking general chemistry/biology at Princeton really worth it if I already have 5s? Or should I take organic chemistry as a freshman?</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure that I know most of the stuff in regular Chem, but I've forgotten things like electrolysis/galvanization, equilibrium constants, and a little bit of everything in the other topics. So should I just review like crazy over the summer before freshman year or retake the class? The same applies to Biology, and I shouldn't have trouble in Calculus because I'm taking Calculus BC this year. I guess my main problem here is that I have no idea of how competitive Princeton will be and am just curious as to how I should go about picking my classes to be at least competent in them.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>If you are planning to apply to medical school you will need at least a year of inorganic chem with lab and a year of organic chem with lab for most medical schools. Most medical do not accept APs for pre req classes (generally inorganic chem, organic, biology, physics, calculus) though some will if you take a class at a higher level in college.</p>

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<p>oh ok that clears up a lot of things. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Actually, the Health Professions Advising at Princeton has a handout that shows you can use AP credit to fulfill the bio, chem, math, and physics prereqs.</p>