Is calculus (or any math) necessary for med school?

MyOpinion
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:43:34 +0000

I do not believe that the majority of applicants take a whole year of calculus but the one semester of calculus is pretty much a given for a premed. Those shooting for Harvard and the like must take a whole year and since they are also applying to schools that do not have that specific requirement, they will be compared to students who only took a semester or a gutter course in math/stats.

Clearly, who do you think is going to look bad within that pool of applicants? Go for a year. Your application will be stronger.