AP credit and premed

nanotechnology
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:46:01 +0000

I didn’t have a problem jumping into orgo after skipping intro chem with AP credit, but it’s a personal thing. (I also had a very strong chemistry program in high school that included a semester of organic chemistry and got a 5 on the AP exam.) The same goes for placing out of bio and calc. Northeastern does have 1-semester bio classes for students who took AP bio, instead of the 2 semester sequence, which is what will be recommended for your daughter.

For pre-med, they care that students took the material at college, not just AP. For bio and chem, that shouldn’t be a problem, since she’ll have other higher-level bio/chem classes. For math, taking a statistics class after calc BC might do the job. (There’s a bigger emphasis on stats for pre-med now.) The pre-med advisors can also help sort out some of the details of her specific case if she chooses to go to Northeastern.