@XtremeBlaze777 thanks!
@ucbalumnus would those advance courses be able to count towards the premed requirement given I get a 5 on the AP Test and place into those classes?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/2121228-pre-med-and-ap-credit-p1.html may be helpful for your question. Basically, medical schools are not very consistent. Some (unnamed in that thread) medical schools supposedly do not allow substitution of higher level courses for courses skipped with AP credit, but others consider repeating AP credit to be undesirable grade grubbing (for example, Minnesota explicitly says “Do not retake coursework for which you already received AP credit” at https://med.umn.edu/admissions/how-apply/prerequisites ).
@ucbalumnus Yeah that seems like a major inconsistency but thanks for the info!
Why do you want to take three math courses? Is math your backup goal if pre-med doesn’t work out? Calculus 3 is really hard especially the last chapter. Differential equations is sorta hard too because the problems take a lot of time to complete.
@NASA2014 what 3 math course? Those classes are dual enrollment and they are semester courses. Which other class is the math class? Post Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO) is the dual enrollment program where I’ll be taking the classes and Mult Calc 1st semester and Linear Algebra and Diff Equations (this is one class) second semester is the most common option for juniors who have completed Calc BC in their junior year
- why biomed engineering? It’s good if your goal is a master’s degree in biomedical engineering. However it’s not a good major for premed (it’s very hard to get a mee school worthy gpz with that major) and it doesn’t have the direct professional opportunities that engineering typically has.
Finally, it greatly reduces your college options. - AP chem + anatomy/physiology is probably the most balanced combination. Add honors English, AP CS principles (always useful), AP Spanish (or PSEO Spanish 4/202?), band, PSEO math, and gov/psych to balance things out.
@MYOS1634 Thanks! I’ve worked in a interdisciplinary lab that had biomedical engineering and I really loved it! I also shadowed some biomedical engineers and I was so intrigued so that’s why
Make sure that Anatomy and Physiology class legitimately teaches the subject. In many high schools, the class is a ‘fluff’ course for students who are poor at science. I would personally take AP Biology.
College A&P for premeds bears no resemblance to the high school course.
@Hamurtle thanks for the advice! I’ve talked to some people who are currently enrolled in the class and they said that they’re learning a lot in it. But do you think colleges will think I’m taking an easier science class? (People here have advised not to take AP Bio and chem at the same time. I’m leaning more towards AP chem and human anat and physiology)
It will definitely be seen as easier because it is. Whether that will negatively affect you is a different question. You have enough course rigor to the point where I think it won’t be seen as an easy cop out (@Hamturtle is absolutely right, A&P is for those poor at science in my hs). While it is highly typical of bio-related majors to take AP Bio, you are clearly taking a medicine-related class. While I still think you should take AP Bio, your course schedule is plenty rigorous so you should be fine without it.
@XtremeBlaze777 thanks!
Yes, the class is easier than AP Bio but it’s your best option to have both a biology and a chemistry class. Chemistry is actually crucial for premeds (2 mandatory bio courses v. 4 mandatory chem courses + biochem) but A&P will keep you in touch with the field.
If you actually like the field then it’s a good pick.
Do keep your options open though wrt majors (biostatistics, mechatronics, biochemistry… Look into these fields!)
@MYOS1634 that’s what I was thinking too so I at least had a bio and chem course. Thanks for giving other major options too!