<p>There used to be no calc on MCAT whatsoever couple years ago. I do not know about ner MCAT.<br>
As far as Med. School goes, from comment of MS1 (D. just finished first year), there was some math studyiong kidneys, she never mentioned calc though.<br>
On the other hand, you need higher level of Bio, like cell, genetics and physiology for MCAT. There were nothing from from first Bio class on MCAT.</p>
<p>“How common is it to have a stats class in MS”
-D. never mentioned any math class in MS, no stats, no calcs. She mentioned also that calcs are pretty useless, she took only AP in HS, but stats are very useful to take in college and an easy “A”. It is useful for understanding of Med. Research Lab procedures.</p>
<p>@jasonleb - sorry typo. Should read “refuse to accept the old MCAT”</p>
<p>I also selected the PBL option in medical school. My medical school had regular lessons in Statistics for PBL students and questions from these sessions, taught by a PhD statistician, always appeared on the examinations when we finished a block. </p>
<p>While I see little utility in medical students learning Calculus, it is a very different story with statistics. Much of medical school, residency and private practice involves reading articles from medical journals about studies that were done on the best way to treat certain conditions. These articles require a good understanding of statistical techniques and terminology to be comprehensible. It takes a good understanding of Statistics to be able to read these articles and be able to discern just how reliable and usefull the findings of a study are.</p>
<p>Because I had taken so much advanced Math as an undergraduate I found the Statistics sessions to be a welcome respite in my medical studies and was glad there would be Statistics problems on examinations which assured me of getting some points.</p>
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Honestly Med schools should replace the year of calc with a year of stats requirement.</p>
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<p>D1 feels the same way! (She has double BS in physics and math.)</p>