<p>Texas med school requirements are clear about the credits required for each subject in semester and quarter hours but when you look at AAMC, it is not clear.</p>
<p>What does an year equate in classwork, labs in semester or quarter hours?</p>
<p>Probably 8-10 semester credit hour units or 12-15 quarter credit hour units, if we assume that the types of courses in question (e.g. biology, chemistry, physics, math) are typically 4-5 credit hour units per semester or quarter.</p>
<p>the issue is not all schools use the same credit system. For example, at Brown (and Yale too I believe) all classes regardless of presence of lab are 1 credit each. I believe at most schools it would be 8 credits for a year of class with lab.</p>
<p>I think most schools follow a common count although Brown and Yale follow the 1 credit per class system (MIT awards humongous number of points). I guess 8 points makes sense.</p>
<p>At Y, all regular classes (except FL) are 1 credit, but labs are .5 credit. Pomona is like B in giving 1 unit per class whether it has a lab or not. I think this type of credit system is in the minority though.</p>
<p>oh yeah, Brown/Yale/Pomona’s systems are definitely in the minority.</p>
<p>Texas wants 2 years of Biology and there are some people who respond promptly who said biochemistry can also count for Biology.</p>