UHP Notifications and Pre-Medicine at GW

arain13
Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:38:25 +0000

premedhopeful, hey i’m a freshman at gw and i’ve decided to do premed, but since there is no premed major at gw, basically what i’m doing is majoring in something else (i happen to be majoring in psychology) and then doing all the requirements for med school which is the following:

2 semesters of chem, 2 semesters of bio, 2 semesters of physics and 2 semesters of organic chem. also its recommended that you take at least 1-2 semesters of calculus

it’s a lot, but it’s easily doable especially since your son seems like he knows what he wants to do right from the start. i had both chem and calc credit from ap credit, but it looks like i’ll have to retake them (at least chem since calc is only recommended) since the grades don’t show up on the trascript for AP’s and that’s what medical schools look at. i didn’t take any sciences or math this year since i’ve been focusing on my psychology major and general curriculum requirements which means i’m going to have to double up on bio and chem for sophomore year. Depending on the main major he chooses, he’ll be able to fit all of it in plus more if you plan right. also, there are specialized health professions advisors as well as your major advisor that help you plan your schedules, timing, etc.

hopefully this helps, you can message me if you have anymore questions