Colleges may offer science courses for majors and science courses for non-majors (“physics for poets”, “rocks for jocks”, etc.). There may also be different options of chemistry, physics, and math for those majors versus biology majors. Medical schools want to see science courses suitable for science majors (the biology major versions of chemistry, physics, and math are typically acceptable).
Basically, if you take the list of frosh/soph level courses for a biology major, add calculus and statistics if not included, add some highly desired upper level courses like biochemistry and genetics, and add the desired non-science courses like English composition, psychology, sociology, you will come up with a good approximation of what medical schools want to see. But check specifically for each medical school, since some have unusual requirements or recommendations.
Also, you may have to make decisions regarding AP credit when you start college, since medical schools have varying policies regarding AP credit for pre-med science courses:
- Not accepted, so you have to repeat your AP credit.
- Not accepted, but repeating is discouraged (looks like grade-grubbing), so higher level courses in the subject area are needed in substitution.
- Accepted if you take higher level courses in the subject area.
- Accepted (rare).