AP Credits and Course Selection??

mrrochester
Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:34:14 +0000

I am an incoming freshman to the UW and I plan to go to medical school after undergrad.
So, I am wondering, if I am planning to go to medical school, should I take the intro classes again?? Teachers at my high school said that I better not skip the intro classes for what I intend to major in, because they might use different terms and cover few things that are not taught in AP classes. But then I reason, if UW recognizes the AP scores, they should have already made sure that students who received such scores should be capable of attending their more advanced classes.
I also realize that some medical schools do not accept AP/IB credits, so that makes prospective med school students required to take the prerequisites
I was thinking that, maybe, I could skip courses that are not science-related?? Or will I do fine (and well) skipping all the intro courses that I have received AP credits?
Also, for MATH, I had a 5 on AP Calc AB but I’ve never taken BC, is it better to go for MATH 124 or MATH 125??
I am so confused >.< I hope there will be some advisers/counselors during the A&O Session so I could ask them these questions!!!