<p>How necessary is “Organisms and Populations” Bio 110 for the Mcat? I don’t want to take the course because the professor is bad. Yes, I’m frank about my reason. I have AP credit so I don’t need it to take it or the second semester course. The second semester course is “Cells and Molecules”. I contacted the medical schools that I’m interested in, they said that any two semesters of biology with a lab is okay. I plan on taking only the second semester course.</p>
<p>Organisms and Populations BS 110 is described as such: "Biological diversity and organismal biology. Principles of evolution, population biology, and community structure. "</p>
<p>Cells and Molecules BS 111 is described as such: “Macromolecular synthesis; energy metabolism; molecular aspects of development; principles of genetics.”</p>
<p>I think the latter is essential while the former is unnecessary. Any help please? I have to know before I meet with my undergrad adviser at the end of August. Thank you!</p>
<p>If you can find a syllabus of your Bio course, you can compare whats covered in the course you want to skip and whats on the MCAT. You can also see how well AP Bio is.</p>
<p>A sad sad fact of college is that a lot of your professors will be “bad” so skipping a class because of a bad professor won’t get you far in college. Whatever major you choose will require classes that either sound awful or boring or had a strict, dull, or confusing professor. My intro bio professor could put a room of 300 people to sleep given an hour, fortunately class only lasted 50 mins.</p>
<p>Seems like the same situation at my school. Generally, students opt out of the “Org & Pop” with AP credit, and then take “Cell/Molec” to get the material-prep for the MCAT</p>
<p>As long you take genetics in some class I don’t think it would be a prob. Also, you should realize that you need TWO bio semesters and TWO labs. Make sure you take another class as well as the 2nd one you mentioned.</p>
<p>Does the lab class need to match the lecture class, if the school you go to has separate lab and lecture classes? (That is, you are allowed to take the lecture but not the lab, or the lab but not the lecture, or both.)</p>
<p>DS always took the corresponding lab. He wanted to play it safe because he did not know the rule.</p>
<p>I’m prepping for the MCAT right now. Between the two books I’m using for my bio review (The Berkeley Review and Examkrackers), there are a total of maybe 5-10 pages on stuff like this. However, if physiology is not covered in your intro bio sequence, you may want to take a physiology class before taking the MCAT.</p>
<p>Oh and you may want to find out where mendelian genetics is covered too. Mendelian genetics is pretty simple, but it was covered in the populations section of the Examkrackers bio book, which suggests to me that at some places Mendelian genetics is covered when covering populations.</p>