<p>I will be graduate from high school in a few days and will be a freshman in college in the fall. I'm looking ahead to medical school applications and I have a few questions regarding math classes.<br>
I took AP Calculus BC as a junior and scored a 5 on the exam. As a senior I took two quarters of math at my state university (one of multivariable calc, the other of differential equations).
My question is...will I need to take any more math classes in college (other than statistics)? I know that different medical schools have different requirements, but I want to be on the safe side and make sure that I'm eligible for as many med schools as possible when the time comes to apply. I'm concerned that I only had two quarters of college-level math, which isn't the same as two semesters.<br>
Also, my college will list both of my university classes as passed, although I actually earned an A+ in both.<br>
I'm trying to plan ahead because if it turns out that I need more math, I'd like to take it early in my undergraduate career while it's still fresh in my mind.</p>
<p>If you want to be on the safe side, take another semester of calc.</p>
<p>With your two quarters of college credit already, I don't think it'll be an issue, but if you want to be overly cautious, then another semester would take care of it for sure.</p>
<p>So if I want to be on the safe side, should I definitely take another semester of upper level calc, or would a course like linear algebra be sufficient?</p>
<p>It probably wouldn't be a big deal if you took linear, but I'd make it a semester of calc. just to be safe. Either way, since you've been through multivariable and differential eq's, you're probably not going to have a problem convincing med schools that you've had enough math.</p>
<p>Even though your college will only list the math courses as passed, the grades will go on the AMCAS because you'll have to have the transcript sent from the state university where you took the courses, and AMCAS will add in the grades (so actually having two A's in those courses will help you).</p>
<p>You already took multivariate calculus which is the third installment of calculus. I think after differential equations, you have completed calculus so I have no idea where people are coming up with take another semester of calculus...pre-meds usually only take calculus I, whereas you have already completed calc I, II, III and differential equations. You're all set, don't worry about math anymore unless you plan on majoring in it.</p>
<p>Heck, even a discipline like Engineering/Physics that are heavy on math won't require you to go any further except linear algebra, which isn't calculus at all. If you can understand english, you can do linear algebra, which is kind of like how geometry and statistics weren't really straight up math courses but more with english language wording and remembering certain definitions/theorems/etc.</p>