<p>Hey all: I'm going to Brown next fall, and they don't have any set bio courses for pre-meds. Instead, they just say to take 2 bio courses. So, my question is, what should I take? Since I wasn't fortunate enough to have AP Bio at my school, I'll start taking Foundations of Living Systems, but from there I don't know what to take: genetics, physiology, etc?</p>
<p>Any thoughts, especially which 2nd bio course will help prepare me best for the MCATs? </p>
<p>(Also, since I'm planning on majoring in human biology, any thought on 2nd and third bio courses would be helpful too)</p>
<p>In order, most to least relevant for the MCATs:</p>
<p>Physiology, Cell Biology, Genetics, General Biology. Big drop-off. Developmental biology, Microbiology.</p>
<p>Many more courses are relevant for medical school. The obvious candidates include neuroscience, immunology, any kind of histology or pathology coursework. The major ones, however, are Anatomy and Biochemistry.</p>
<p>I didn't know they tested anatomy on the MCAT. Really? Hmm...</p>
<p>Since I'm planning on majoring in Human Biology, I'll get Intro Bio, Genetics, Intro to Neuroscience, Intro to Biochemistry, a class in "Organismal or Population Bio" (whatever that means), and one other bio elective.</p>
<p>They don't test anatomy on the MCAT. He said that it's just relevant for med school. Obviously, anatomy would be a course you'll be taking in med school. I took histology this past semester. Not terribly fun but not bad either.</p>