<p>Ap Physics I (easier than Accelerated Physics, but replacing AP Physics B at our school)
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Physics C
Anatomy and Physiology Accelerated
AP Environmental Sci</p>
<p>In what year should I take what? I want to go into a career in healthcare, so wht is the typical pre-med curriculum like?vwhat years should I double up?</p>
<p>Lastly, do I need to take Physics C or Environmental if I want to go into medicine?</p>
<p>APES is a joke, so you could that that whenever you want.
Bio, Chem, and Physics are actually hard, so you should only take those if you took the honors class in frosh/sophomore year.
I don’t know about Anatomy as that’s not a course at my school.</p>
<p>Woah, slow down. You have to go through undergrad (pre-med) first, take the MCAT and then that will determine if you get into medical school.</p>
<p>Technically, none of those courses are mandatory for you to attend medical school,but to get a science basis. Like a very small introduction to what you will do in college. For pre-med, you will be required to do all of the sciences at some level and Biology and Chemistry at much higher levels. </p>
<p>My school makes you take honors first.
This was/is my order (I’m a junior)
Freshman year: Honors Biology, Honors Earth Science, Honors Biomedical Tech (like anatomy)
Sophomore year: Honors Chem 1, AP Earth Science
Junior Year: AP Chem, Honors/AP Physics, </p>
<p>I’m not planning on going pre-med, I want to major in some variation of behavioral biology, cognitive science and neuroscience.
I do stuff over the summer and outside of school like shadow/intern with the director of neuroscience at Duke and I researched cell biology and archaeology over the summer with professors and scientists.
This is just the beginning, ultimately none of this will help you get into med school.</p>
<p>You can major in whatever you want, but you have to take certain required classes (in college, not high school) to apply to medical school.</p>
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<p>AP Bio, AP Chem, and AP Physics C should probably be taken in three separate years, in that order (though the order doesn’t matter that much). However, I took AP Bio and AP Chem at the same time and I was fine. Anatomy & Physiology would probably go well with AP Bio, and it doesn’t matter when you take APES. </p>
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<p>No, but you should take the most challenging courses your school offers (that you can do well in) regardless of your career plans. If you don’t want to take both, take AP Physics C.</p>
<p>There are specific classes you might need if applying for BS/MD programs.</p>
<p>Based on your name, it sounds like you are interested in HPME. In order to apply you need SAT II in Chemistry and SAT II Math II. In order to do well in them (I see HPME admittees averaging 770+, you need to do well in AP chemistry level class and Pre-AP Pre Calculus class.</p>
<p>Nothing you do in high school is relevant other than your college policy and medical school policy in accepting AP credits when applying to medical schools. It is advised that most requirements needed be met in college rather than using AP credits since med schools have varying policies and one can’t assume to get into a school accepting AP credits.</p>
<p>Thanks again everyone. I know that what I do in high school doesn’t matter for medical school and that pre-med isn’t actually a major, but what I was thinking that if, for example, I have to take organic chem as a freshman in undergrad, it might be a good Segway from AP Chem in senior year, but I don’t know. Basically, I want to be as well prepared as possible for undergraduate because I don’t want it to be very difficult. So, if APES doesn’t help me in college, then I won’t take it. I’m trying to take the most useful courses and trying to plan them accordingly.</p>
<p>It might get you out of a distribution requirement, and that would allow you to take more courses related to your major. But AP Bio, AP Chem, and Anatomy would probably be the most useful courses to take.</p>
<p>If you want to do medicine you need the following in college:</p>
<p>2 years of chemistry (1 year organic), definitely some biochem with labs</p>
<p>1-2 years of biology with lab</p>
<p>1 year of physics with lab</p>
<p>1 year of math (one class of statistics and one calculus) and English</p>
<p>1 semester each of Psychology and one semester of Sociology (not listed as required now but will be by 2015).</p>
<p>So assuming you will do organic chemistry because you finished AP chem is not a valid one since you will just be taking more chemistry to meet the 2 year requirement.</p>
<p>Ok, so how does this sound: (as a note, I’ve taken an honors class in chemistry, which my school refuses to accept, so I had to take chem as a freshman)</p>
<p>Freshman: Accelerated a Chemistry </p>
<p>(Taking BIO 161 at a community college to help prepare for AP Bio)</p>
<p>Sophomore: AP BIO and AP Physics I (going to prepare for Physics in the summer)</p>
<p>Junior: AP Chem and APES</p>
<p>Senior: AP Physics C and Accelerated Anatomy and Physiology</p>
<p>(Don’t worry, because it all seems to fit in my schedule)</p>
<p>Do you think that any one of these years can become too rigorous and make my GPA fall?</p>