<p>Thank you all for your time and advice/info, it has been oh so helpful! :)</p>
<p>I haven’t been on here in awhile, since then I’ve changed my list a bit, I’m not the biggest fan of Psychiatry and am sure I don’t want to pursue a career in it, I also now thinking plain Clinical Psychology is going to be too soft of a science for me, I’m still thinking about Biopsychology and Neuropsychology though and very interested in them. I’m thinking about Neuroscience though, like seriously thinking about it. I’m wondering how realistic of an option it will be, though? I’m very dedicated to my work and willing to go to school for that long, but I’m not in AP Math or Science. So many people have said that this doesn’t matter but I feel like I’m not going to be as prepared as others that have taken it, is this true? Will 5 non AP High School Science credits (in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Earth Science) still do as well as math up through Functions, Statistics & Trigonometry? I am starting college over the summer and in other high school advanced, honor’s, and AP classes.
I’ll obviously have to take calculus but I don’t think college level Trigonometry and Statistics to Calculus will be a good jump, you can take basic or intro calculus courses and still look good enough for a science path at a grad school or med school, correct?</p>
<p>I am going on a college tour next week, I’m going to get to see the college of science and hear about their programs, I’m really excited for that, it’s going to help a lot!
Next year will be my last year of high school, it’s going by so fast! I’ll be starting college in 11 months!</p>
<p>Sorry if this is off topic, but the original poster mentioned they were interested in neuropsychology maybe. I am also interested in this field, but do I need to do premed to be a neuropsychologist? Should I be taking organic chem and physics during undergrad? The reason I ask is because the two classes are NOT mentioned in the neuroscience concentration at my college.</p>
<p>No, you do not need to take premed requirements to go into a neuropsych training program for grad school. Most neuropsych programs are specialties within clinical psych.</p>
<p>Premed for psychiatry- the recommended premed track is pretty rigorous and starts right off Freshman year. S is very smart but is more of a humanities type - calc & organic chem are going to be a challenge for him. He didn’t take AP math or Science in HS, although at least one of his teachers thought he should have. He is planning on Psychology as a major. I guess he will dip a toe in the water with the premed regular chem and see how he does. Thinking these science courses will definitely be a downer on his gpa a bit, but I guess there is no way to get around it. He needs to keep his gpa up due to scholarship requirements. I read there was one school that accepted humanities students without the usual scienc and mcat, but you can’t count on that. Then I was thinking he could take 1 of these courses each summer (the only way I got through Organic Chem!) but I read med schools frown on that- they want to make sure you can stand the rigor of med school.
Oh well, we shall see.</p>
<p>Bump- I guess my real question is can you get through premed requirements without taking the AP Math/Science route in HS or having those subjects not be your strongest areas?
Not sure why calculus is necessary, as well as Organic Chem. I think S can get through the others Bio, Chem, Physics (?) ok. When do students typically find out they can’t do premed- after they have trashed their gpa with these courses?</p>
<p>After the list of requirements, it states:
“AP/CLEP credit is not acceptable for prerequisite courses. On-line, electronic, distance learning or correspondence courses will not be accepted.”</p>
<p>I believe if a student took the AP Physics exam and passed, they would be expected to either repeat the course in college or take a higher-level chemistry class (Please correct me if I’m wrong, anyone). If the student repeated the course, he/she would already have prior experience in the subject, which can be very helpful.</p>
<p>I’m sure your son will be able to get through the pre-med requirements fine, since it looks like his heart is into it Also, he can definitely find a few study groups to help him get through the classes, if needed.</p>
<p>I apologize for not being able to answer all your questions, ldinct, but I hope this helps in the least bit. I wish your son the best in his college endeavors!</p>
<p>Thanks, my point about not taking APs in high school was that the math/science types take the Math/Science APs in high school. My S hasn’t taken any non-humanities APs. I would think that the APs would help them with college math/science as well. I suggested that he take AP BIO to see if he could hack it, but he is going to take AP Envi Sci which isn’t going to be helpful.</p>
Also, he can definitely find a few study groups to help him get through the classes, if needed.</p>