Undergrad AP Credits?

[WayOutWestMom]

Med school policies on AP credit and the substitution of an upper level course for an intro one are all over the place. Please consult MSAR for the policies of individual schools.

Read this FAQ on the topic–

FAQ Pre-med courses, AP/IB/etc. credit and college/DE courses, etc.

Frequently asked questions from pre-meds in college and prospective pre-meds in high school often involve AP/IB/etc. credit and college or dual enrollment courses taken while in high school. This page hopes to answer some of these questions. (Thanks to @WayOutWestMom for help writing this page.) A. Course requirements and policies relating to the issues described here for specific medical schools can be found in the Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR®); see https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/medical-school-admission-requirements/ (requires subscription or payment to see that part of each medical school’s profile). Medical schools may also list some information on their own web sites. Due to variation in requirements and policies, check the requirements and policies for each specific medical school that you are interested in. B. Medical schools commonly require or expect applicants to have completed a set of pre-med…

Many (most?) med school do allow the use of AP credits for pre-reqs, although every med school that does also expects everyone who uses AP credit to supplement those credits with additional UL coursework in the same academic department which granted the AP credits. (IOW, if you accept the credits for AP bio, you’re expected to take additional UL coursework in the bio dept. )

if you do decide to accept AP credit, do not retake the same class you received credit for. That’s called grade grubbing and adcomms do not look favorably at people who do that.