Taking Bio and Chem at my school

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm an incoming Freshman. And I'm confused about how to take Pre-Med prereqs at my school. The classes are Bio 111/111L, Bio 112/112L, Chem 111/111L, and Chem 112/112L. </p>

<p>The L is obviously the lab. On the website, it claims that all the "classes" are 4 credit hours. The labs say "0." </p>

<p>I know they're obviously not 0. I've heard the lab hours equal the class hours. Does this mean I'd have, for example, Bio 4 hours a week as well as lab 4 hours a week? That's 8 hours for one class. I was hoping to take both Chem and Bio first year. If this is the case, I won't be able to.</p>

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<p>welcome to being science major. The labs can be as much work as the lecture portion, if not more, but barely count for much credit at many colleges.</p>

<p>But to answer your question, the lab is zero credit hours, so yes, you can take Chem & Bio concurrently if you want. (Personally, I don’t recommend it, bcos I think Bio goes better after chem, but many east coast schools suggest you take both together. Stanford, Northwestern, and several UCs, for example, require Chem before Bio.)</p>

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<p>I took both bio and chem together, and I did not think it was to bad. It does suck that the lab is 0 credit, but its grade probably counts in the class (that’s how it works in my school).</p>

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<p>Why does bio go better after chem?</p>

<p>I haven’t looked at bio in 3 years (I’m taking AP Chem right now). </p>

<p>It makes sense that I would finish my premed reqs in this order:
Bio -> Chem -> OChem -> Physics </p>

<p>With MCAT either after Physics or before…</p>

<p>If I took Chem before Bio wouldn’t I have trouble with OChem later on?</p>

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<p>It’s just my opinion, and that of several top Unis that require Chem as a prereq to Bio. Of course, the vast majority of colleges do not have such a prereq, so they obviously feel differently.</p>

<p>I just think that Bio just makes more sense after chem, particularly the cellular stuff.</p>

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<p>^^^^ That’s weird. You don’t need chem to do well in bio. The studying method needed to do well in both classes is also really different.</p>

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<p>^^Like I posted colleges, a bunch of colleges believe in that “weird” policy, including some highly ranked ones. But many others do not believe in it.</p>

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<p>Bluebayou, look my post. thanks it’s been a while</p>

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<p>If you major in a science field you better get used to spending hours in the lab every week. This past semester i spent 12 hours a week in the lab plus at least six outside of it doing postlab/pre labs etc. And that was only for 4 credit hours!</p>

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<p>This is normal fresh schedule for pre-med. You should be able to handle these along with other classes. You will be better off asking your pre-med advisor and current pre-meds in regard to specific classes at your school. Classes, including intro’s are different from UG to UG.</p>