<p>This isn’t SAT verbal. You don’t need a large vocabulary. You need good reading comprehension skills.</p>
<p>Piao:</p>
<p>In answer to your PM (your inbox is full):</p>
<p>At Duke, we are told that if any of our subscores are below 10, we should retake the MCAT.</p>
<p>The test is curved, so that there is no algorithm by which you can know your score.</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>and when and how can i try to find the clinical experience? what prior knowledge do i need to have?</p>
<p>how much research do i need to have? like two or three summers? i kno we can also do research during school days. but will that take a lot of time and hurt my gpas?</p>
<p>Check with local hospitals. If you have none, look for a job that requires none - volunteering in the pediatric unit, playing games with kids, etc.</p>
<p>The more you can reasonably fit into your schedule without excluding other things - importantly including your studies - the better. How well you can balance them is really not a decision anybody else can make for you.</p>
<p>thanks.
so, if i major in econ and doing premed. what math class do i need to take in freshman yr? i am pretty sure i got 5 on cal BC ap, and i don’t want to take that again.</p>
<p>It totally depends on your school. Check with them. Usually, after BC Calc comes multivariable calc.</p>
<p>so, i can take macroeco in my freshman yr first semester, right?</p>
<p>i don’t kno why we need to take more math classes (like multivariable cal & liner algebra) besides the required cal?</p>
<p>Again, it totally depends on your school.</p>
<p>And your second question doesn’t make sense. Why would you have to take classes beyond required classes? That’s the definition of not required - is you don’t have to take them. For what it’s worth, any economics department worth its salt will use heavy doses of multivarialbe calc.</p>
<p>in what order and when do ppl usually take the courses required for med school? (chem, orgo, bio, physics, calc)</p>
<p>One possible way to do it:</p>
<p>Year 1: Gen chem, one semester bio, English
Year 2: Orgo, one semester bio
Year 3: Physics</p>
<p>what about if my school doesn’t have animal physiology. is there any other class i can take to fill that gap on mcat?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Animal phys isn’t really a part of the MCAT - you’re supposed to be able to derive everything just by thinking about it. It just helps if you’ve learned animal phys. But what kind of school doesn’t offer physiology?!</p>
<p>You could take Kaplan (;)) to fill in the gap…</p>
<p>I work for kaplan, hence the wink.</p>
<p>Without a wink or without conflict of interest, that actually is what I would recommend.</p>
<p>hey,
there are some new questions come to me recently:
- does med school care about the numerical grades besides gpa?
- does med school care about the VARIETY of courses we take besides premed requirement and major?
- do they care about repeating courses or P/F courses?
- can required premed coureses be declared as P/F?
- do they care about the couresload and honors program?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<ol>
<li><p>No.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes. Most med schools would like to see science majors take a broad range of humanities courses.</p></li>
<li><p>Of course.</p></li>
<li><p>Absolutely not. You should not take any premed prereq. P/F.</p></li>
<li><p>Of course but not as much as they care about your GPA.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>thanks,
i mean, i am not a science major. i major in social science. but for the humanity classes, i was planning to take more psychology and philosophy, but if they care about the variety, i prolly should take some other classes besides taking several psychology and philosophy classes right?</p>
<p>so, i should take one course in each area (preferably) for required liberal arts courses?</p>
<p>I don’t even know what (1) is asking. Is he asking, like, whether medical schools care about a 98% vs. a 96%?</p>
<p>yea, kinda. like do they care about whether you have 99 or 93?</p>
<p>No, I can’t imagine how they would even know that.</p>