Pre med and AP credit

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@WayOutWestMom

This is school dependent. Some will; some won’t.

Med schools are not required to allow substitutions. In fact policies at some med schools specifically prohibit coursework substitutions.

Seems like the FAQ on course work should be updated if the above is the case.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/214382-coursework-p1.html has the following (underline added):

@bluedevilmike

AP Courses: The sad fact is that many medical schools do not accept AP credit, at least for some of the important requirements. They will always accept higher-level courses (i.e. biochem instead of genchem), but you should plan on taking classes as if medical schools do not accept AP requirements.

It also means that if a pre-med with college-accepted AP credit wants to apply to medical schools that do not accept AP credit and do not allow substituting higher level courses, s/he will be stuck with the “repeat” notation for the retake of his/her AP credit, giving the impression that s/he is a grade-grubber even if that is not what s/he really wanted to do (but did so only because of those medical schools’ requirements).