<p>Some people say don't take it if you're going to med school. Should you take other classes, such as AP Spanish and Physics, over it?</p>
<p>I’m taking it now and I heard it helps once you’re in college-when you have to take even harder anatomy courses. I think it gives you a little preview of whats to come ahead! & AP Physics-you’re going to have to take that class in college b/c med schools don’t take ap credit. To my knowledge they dont.</p>
<p>I would take Anatomy if you’re pre-med. You’ll have a better grasp of it for college.</p>
<p>I took Anatomy and Physiology in high school. I thought it was both incredibly interesting and helpful. My sister took it in High School, again in college (it’s not required), and she has been TA-ing in the class for two years. She loves it. Also, she is going to be so prepared for Gross Anatomy in Med School. It’s essentially like she has learned the information four times already.</p>
<p>Totally unnecessary. You should most definitely take something like AP physics or other AP classes over anatomy (especially over high school anatomy).</p>
<p>Hey I’m going into my Senior year. My courses aren’t anywhere near as rigorous as the ones I’ve been seeing on this site haha, but I wanted to ask if I should take Anatomy, or Pre-calculus. I’m thinking about pre-med, nursing, or dentistry. I don’t think I can handle physics, anatomy, and pre-cal, so i wanted to know which one was better. help appreciated : )</p>
<p>take pre-calc.</p>
<p>Is the anatomy teacher there known to be difficult? I hear HS anatomy in general is pretty easy (& unnecessary), you might be able to do both if you really wanted.</p>
<p>Most medical schools require calculus, so it would be wise to pick pre-calculus.</p>
<p>Med schools will accept AP Physics credit granted that you fill that requirement with a more advanced physics course. Also, you could just retake the physics course. It would be helpful on the MCATs to have AP Physics under your belt because normally it’s not taken until the Junior year (around when you take the MCAT). Also it appears more rigorous than Anatomy and Physiology. I would suggest AP Physics.</p>
<p>If you can take AP class instead of Anatomy. Don’t take Anatomy&Physiology.</p>
<p>I ended up taking it. I can’t change it to physics due to extreme class loads this year. Perhaps the class is a way to demonstrate to colleges my passion for medicine.</p>
<p>Not really no. Medically pertinent ECs are how you show pre-med programs (assuming you are applying to selective ones that actually pick rather than most programs where anyone can join).</p>
<p>I have a question, so even if I take Anatomy and physiology, it’s totally unnecessary for me, like I wouldn’t learn anything that I would need for medical school. Cause my parents really want me to take it as it prepares for what you want to do but I really want to take a AP class. So tell me is A&P really worth for medical school or at least college?</p>
<p>Take the AP class, high school anatomy is in now way going to prepare you for medical school. It may spike your interest in it, but you aren’t even going to retain that extremely minimal amount of A&P taught in high school. Even if you did, as I said it is a very low amount of info that you are getting relative to what you are going to learn in medical school. It won’t give you an edge.</p>
<p>Plus, colleges evaluate the strength of your transcript largely by counting your AP classes. So that’ll be the better route for getting into college.</p>
<p>^ohmygosh!!!Thank you guys. Do you think ap statistics is a better choice or ap art history?</p>
<p>How much math do you have?</p>
<p>me? I have like 2 math classes.:)</p>
<p>I meant in terms of level. If you have already taken AP Calc then perhaps stats isn’t as necessary for applications. If that were the case I would take the one I was more interested in. Well, technically if it were me I would just take the one I was more interested in period.</p>
<p>I am taking algebra 2 and pre-calc. Would I need to do ap stats as a sophmore to have a better “attraction” from colleges?</p>