<p>It’s not really “required”. Basically if you do well on the MCAT it’s not a problem, since it’s a part of it. Besides which, no medical school in the nation is going to take the time to sift through applications and make sure you took a stinkin’ gen chem class. I know for a fact that primary readers just skim over classes. As long as you’ve got the general mix of sciences, no one cares.</p>