<p>With sign up for fall classes fast approaching I though this might be an interesting topic. For instance some medical school pre reqs may include organic chemistry, microbiology, physics, calculus - which of these are important to take before MCATS? (OK - I'm trying to help out my daughter who is trying to figure out her fall classes and does not want to end up with Calculus, physics, organic and micro in the same semester - but it would be useful info for all the pre meds out there).</p>
<p>Physics and orgo.</p>
<p>Calculus is not useful at all and microbio might or might not be helpful but is unnecessary.</p>
<p>Hard to imagine trying without:
1.) Organic Chemistry
2.) Intro Biology (or AP Biology)
3.) General Chemistry (or AP)
4.) Physics (or high school, or AP)</p>
<p>Very helpful:
1.) Animal physiology
2.) Molecular and cell biology</p>
<p>A little helpful:
1.) Genetics
2.) Microbiology
3.) Biochemistry</p>
<p>Don't waste your time:
1.) Evolution
2.) Anything with plants</p>
<p>Not directly tested, but you'd better be good:
English. Literature, Writing, Expository, it doesn't matter. English, English, English, English. Just do it. Lots of it.</p>
<p>(Math -- any math -- is a very good course to take and be good at, but does not appear anywhere on the MCATs.)</p>
<p>What about courses like Virology or Immunology?</p>
<p>No relevance. Not that they're bad classes. But they don't come up.</p>
<p>What about Finance and Quantum Mechanical Basketweaving?</p>
<p>Not useful; extremely useful.</p>
<p>sorry if this is a stupid quesiton, but what about inorganic chem?</p>
<p>"Inorganic" often refers to "General Chemistry," in which case (see above.)</p>
<p>If it means something else, no -- not on the exam.</p>
<p>why does everyone say MCATs when it's clearly one test so it should be MCAT.
Same thing goes for ACT or SAT when people say how did you do on the ACTs?</p>
<p>Maybe they're referring to the separate subject tests?</p>