Transfer advice BME major & premed?

[WayOutWestMom]

Agree with @NiceUnparticularMan

You should read this FAQ about premed and AP classes.

Not all med school accept AP/IB credits. Some will accept some, but not others. And medical schools expect students who have AP credits for the basic pre-med course recorded on their transcript to take upper level credits in the same departments in order to prove mastery of the more basic material.

FAQ Pre-med courses, AP/IB/etc. credit and college/DE courses, etc

Frequently asked questions from pre-meds in college and prospective pre-meds in high school often involve AP/IB/etc. credit and college or dual enrollment courses taken while in high school. This page hopes to answer some of these questions. (Thanks to @WayOutWestMom for help writing this page.) A. Course requirements and policies relating to the issues described here for specific medical schools can be found in the Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR®); see https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/medical-school-admission-requirements/ (requires subscription or payment to see that part of each medical school’s profile). Medical schools may also list some information on their own web sites. Due to variation in requirements and policies, check the requirements and policies for each specific medical school that you are interested in. B. Medical schools commonly require or expect applicants to have completed a set of pre-med…

Also AP scores are not included in GPA or sGPA calculations for med school. Engineering classes are not included in sGPA calculations for med school, only bio, chem, physics and math classes are.