Taking Calculus for Med School

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm a college freshman finishing up my first semester. I plan to take calculus next semester.
I have a 5 in AP Calc BC. Definitely not prepared to take multivariable due to intense competition.</p>

<p>I attend a school with enough academic rigor (don't want to say the name of the university) that taking Calc 2 would actually cause me to have a high chance of not getting an A. I am extremely tempted to take Calc 1, but some part of me says that I honestly can't justify myself doing that.</p>

<p>But what I want to ask is do med schools really care how far you go into math? Not talking about requirements...beyond that, as in admission selection. </p>

<p>Will it hinder my chances of acceptance if I take calculus I instead of calculus 2? </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I believe fewer than a 5 medical schools in the US require Calc 2. Unless you’re aiming for a dual degree (MD/PhD or MD/MS Engineering or something similar) then you don’t need calc 2.</p>

<p>You can retake calc 1. Or you can take statistics. Stats is much more useful than calc 2.</p>

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<p>You don’t need calculus at all for medical schools. I agree stats is much more useful than any calculus to understand studies and research.</p>

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<p>Repeat Calc 1 for the easy A (forego AP credit), and then Stats. Or better yet, reverse the order. Take Stats first and then Calc 1 in spring, which is bound to have a little weaker competition.</p>

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<p>I would recommend taking Calc I while it is still somewhat fresh in your mind. Then sometime in your sophomore, junior, or senior year take Statistics. The level of math you take doesn’t affect your admittance to medical school so if Calc I comes easy, get an A so you can help your GPA. What university to do you attend?</p>

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You should avoid blanket statements as this is not true for some schools. ;)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/slife/pre_med/Math_Req_for_Medical_School.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/slife/pre_med/Math_Req_for_Medical_School.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Except as a prerequisite you do not need calculus for medical school. Feel free to take Calculus I and get it behind you.</p>

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<p>Will most medical schools accept AP credit for calculus I and II. I skipped both and am taking differential equations this semester but I don’t plan on taking another math course in college.</p>

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<p>The grading curve may not be so easy, because a lot of students in calculus 1 are repeating their AP credit.</p>