<p>My kid had a similar schedule and it was the writing seminar that tried to kill her. ;)</p>
<p>Are you all saying that this student could use his AP Calc credit, then take Stat in college and be set for the med school admissions process?</p>
<p>Possibly. </p>
<p>It depends on HOW the school in question records the AP credit on the transcript. If the AP credit is recorded as equivalent to an actual course at the school (Ex. AP Calc AB, score 5 = MTH 151 4 credits), then it’s possible that med schools will accept the AP credit in lieu of a Calc I course. </p>
<p>Possible, but not a guarantee, as policies vary from med school to med school.</p>
<p>But if the the school records the AP credit differently (ex. AP Calc AB score 4 = 3 general math credits) or ONLY gives advanced standing without credit, then no, med schools won’t accept the AP score in lieu of an actual class.</p>
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<p>Other than UCLA and Cal Davis, I can’t come up with another MS that doesn’t either accept AP credit for both calc and statistics or has no such requirement. </p>
<p>(Uniformed Services Univ of the Health Sciences School of Medicine also has a stated policy of not taking any AP credit, but I’ve been told that you can talk to them about your studies and that they very often accept the credit on an ad hoc basis)</p>
<p>So if this was taken freshmen year:
Bioethics class (required)
PE (required)
Writing Course (required)
Biology (with lab)
Chemistry (with lab) </p>
<p>Would I do this sophomore year:
Physics
Orgo
Calc/Stat
Bioethics course (required)</p>
<p>The math/orgo/physics/basically biology combo seems crazy. Plus, when will I have time to take courses in psychology +sociology. Is it possible that I just take physics my junior year and take the MCAT in the spring? Or is that too late?</p>
<p>I’d push the physics back to junior year. (It’s what most pre-meds do.) Take MCAT in April or early May, but no later.</p>
<p>Add psych or soc or cultural anthro to soph schedule. Pick 2 of 3. (To meet new MCAT requirements.)</p>
<p>Add biochem and genetics to jr schedule. (New MCAT requirements)</p>
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<p>Isn’t knowledge of it necessary for the MCAT?</p>
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<p>Yes it is. Physics should be done early in college or in high school as AP Physics C (what I did).</p>
<p>SS-- are you planning on taking the MCAT after your soph year? (A reason to take physics as soph instead of waiting until jr. year.)</p>
<p>If you are doing this to avoid the new MCAT, this strategy may not work. AAMC and the admission departments of ALL US allopathic med schools haven’t decided if the 2015 MCAT will REQUIRED for all applicants for 2016 admission. AAMC will issue a binding policy decision this July. It appears quite likely that the new MCAT will be required for those applying to start med school in 2016 or later.</p>
<p>However, if you just want to get all your science reqs out of the way–your soph schedule is quite do-able. Physics is mostly reasoning and math skills. Quite different from the skills called upon in OChem. (And both my kiddos who were double science/math majors would call only three science/math classes each semester an easy year…They often had 4 or some cases 5 science/math each semester for multiple semesters in a row. They survived–and with their GPAs intact.)</p>
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How can they do this when MCAT scores are supposed to be good for 3 years. If someone took the current one and waited to apply until 2016 are they going to make them take it again? Seems a bit unlikely.</p>
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<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/faqs/[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/faqs/</a></p>
<p>Although currently MCAT scores are good for 2 or 3 years (It’s school dependent), it appears that due to magnitude of the change to the MCAT and the re-norming the exam will undergo, AAMC is seriously consdering requiring ALL applicants for 2016 to take the new exam since the changes may render it impossible to accurately compare a pre-2015 MCAT score with a 2015 MCAT or later score.</p>
<p>And AAMC can do whatever it wants—it controls the admission process of all US med schools. You play by their rules or you don’t play…</p>