Vanderbilt Premed Weed Out

bud123
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:23:01 +0000

Check the requirements at med schools you are interested in attending. Most will accept AP calc and allow college STATs as your math hours. This is a great plan as it allows you to avoid one of the five weed out classes and STATs is more applicable to the practice (and research) of medicine.

Research oriented med schools and MD-PhD programs will likely value upper level STEM classes and advanced quantitative backgrounds. If this is your goal you should consider these as long as these classes will not hurt your GPA. On the other hand many med schools value students interested in primary care in their under-served region of the state. They are clinical practice oriented schools not research oriented. These schools will likely be more interested in your EC’s and service record than advanced math and chem classes. So, it kind of depends on your career goals.