<p>So...I have credits for :
Eng lit
Eng comp
Calc AB
Gov
Microecon.</p>
<p>I heard that medschools don't accept AP credits...??</p>
<p>To what extent is this true? Does that mean I can't use any of these or what?</p>
<p>Why do med schools need to accept AP credits?</p>
<p>Dhs, you can use those AP credits, but you would still need to make up for the med school course requirements because med schools still want to see how well you did in a college environment. In other words, you would have to take a higher level course of the same subject to fulfill the course req’s.</p>
<p>You have to contact Med. Schools on your list. My D. contacted the ones that she planned to apply. They were very quick responding. All that she contacted accepted AP English and AP Calc. It does not mean that Med. Schools on your list will do the same. CC is not correct place to ask.</p>
<p>"med schools still want to see how well you did in a college environment. In other words, you would have to take a higher level course of the same subject to fulfill the course req’s. " - This is assumption/opinion, this is NOT the fact. Facts tells otherwise. But again, contact each Med. School adcoms.</p>
<p>What about transferred credits? Can I take those classes at a community college?</p>
<p>You can coursework at a CC if you want, but any CC courses will count as part of your AMCAS GPA. Oh, and certain courses (i.e. pre med requirements) should be taken at your primary undergrad unless you have a compelling reason for taking them elsewhere.</p>
<p>you take take all those credits. except for maybe calc. im not sure if there are schools out there that wont accept math ap credits.</p>
<p>Most med schools that will accept AP classes require that your transcript show the college class (by course number and description) that it has replaced. You will still need to take the requisite number of pre med requirements but they can be upper division or higher level classes which often times are not “weed out” classes like some of the entry level classes.</p>
<p>^Not for math and English. At least, as I have mentioned the Med. Schools on D’s list (only 8 though) accepted her AP Calc and AP English. She needed to take only second semester for each, since she got credits only for one semester. </p>
<p>However, at D’s school it was not advisable to skip first Bio, no matter AP or not. She mentioned that good thing that she did not skip it. It was weed out killer class taught by 3 profs lecturing at the same time, each his specialty. Many Honors kids did not survivie or fell out of pre-med track after that class. D. also mentioned that being SI to Chem. prof. she found out that many did not have sufficient background in Gen. Chem after AP Chem. in HS. She took it because her HS did not offer AP Chem, but they taught it at much higher level, so prof. hand picked her to be his SI. Anyway, it all depends on specific UG and HS and only pre-med advisor can intelligently advise in this, since he is familiar with specifics of UG program. I would not advise taking upper level classes without checking it out at your UG.</p>
<p>^Miami</p>
<p>Note that I said “most” Med schools. Your D applied to a very narrowly focused set of schools. Most people apply much more broadly and with much more geographic diversity. Our experience was as I stated. In any case it is important to review what each school that a candidate might be considering says to be completely safe. In our case it involved making a few phone calls and/or sending some emails to the Med schools when it was not perfectly clear about their policies. For example, Texas Med schools require one math class actually taught * in college *, but at the time the websites weren’t clear about that or the fact that statistics would suffice in many cases.</p>
<p>My recommendation for anyone is to use what they learn here as a guideline but to personally check with the schools in question to be safe.</p>
<p>^Agree completely</p>
<p>So…am i allowed to go to a community college to complete the credit? It’s technically “in college.”</p>
<p>yes you can, but you had better earn all A’s at the juco. But also take some upper division science courses once you transfer to the 4-year Uni to demonstrate that you can handle the increased rigor.</p>
<p>No i meant just for those credits. Like for the summer, you know?</p>
<p>You can certainly take them (econ, calc 1, freshman writing) at your local CC, but you still need to earn As.</p>
<p>@dhs911230, why would you want to retake classes for which you said you already have credit? I’m certain that you can find better things to do with your time. I entered college (Chemistry/Piano Performance Major, premed) with 55 credits (AP exams in Music Theory, Calc BC, Physics C, Bio, French Lang, Eng Lang, Chem, Statistics, World History, US Gov) and will not retake any of these classes. If you need to take an upper division class to satisfy a certain MS’s requirements, so be it. Upper division classes are much more interesting. :)</p>
<p>Hmm…I see. Well i’m not very strong in english literature. I’m not a good writer either. I figured upper courses might be more challenging for me. But I think i’ll take a look at what UT can offer me for upper courses! :]</p>
<p>Try to find interesting humanity courses with writing credits. Avoid the grade deflating “writing” courses if you can.</p>
<p>i’ll just leave this here… <a href=“Undergraduate Resources | Rice University”>Undergraduate Resources | Rice University;
<p>frever,</p>
<p>Very much impressed. Rice did a good job. </p>
<p>For calculus, there are only six schools that would not accept AP credits. California has four. That was my impression also. Many do not require any. I really do not see a compelling reason not to use the AP Calculus credits except for California residents. It is better to take other science or humanity courses for medical school purposes. Or, do some more EC’s.</p>