Chances of getting into med school if I graduate from college in 2 years?

[plumazul]

<p>@yesdee,

how do read this? School that does not accept AP credit (N), will not accept upper level credit to satisfy the requirement (Y*)? My understanding is all schools accept upper level credit to satisfy the requirement.</p>

<p>As an example in the pdf, JHU has N in the Bio. If it does accept upper level credit to satisfy the pre req, it should be Y* (= upper level credit in the discipline will satisfy the requirement). Many people will read it as - do not use AP bio credit, take bio 101 and 102 and then take upper level bio classes. Thoughts?

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<p>Yes you are correct that (virtually?) all schools accept upper level credit to satisfy requirements. The “N” would mean that you have to take the required number of hours in upper division classes. The Y* means you just need to take an upper division class at your university. In the case of chemistry, since AP Chem is so ubiquitous many/most universities offer a quantitative analysis class(mostly lab) that you can take after Orgo to satisfy medical schools. I never took any intro science classes, but for bio I took several upper division classes. I interviewed at JHU. When a student has AP credit, professional/graduate schools want you to move on and take upper division classes. It serves no purpose to waste time retaking anything. However, because of the way the AP exams are scored(notwithstanding the fact that some colleges will give credit for a score of 4) I personally feel that only a score of 5 means you’ve mastered the skills of that class. </p>