Which med schools is calculus required for?

WayOutWestMom
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 02:32:00 +0000

Some points to consider:

1. Most medical schools will not accept CLEP credits for required coursework, including calculus.

2. For med school admission, recommended = required, if you want to be considered a competitive applicant.

3. For the most accurate list of required pre-reqs, please consult the MSAR or the individual admission webpages of an individual school. **

4. If you want to be considered a strong admission candidate, AP/IB credit should be supplemented with additional upper level coursework in the same department as the AP/IB credits

5. There are medical schools that do require calculus for admission. In fact there are several that require two or more semesters of calculus, including : Harvard, WashU, UCSD, Carle Illinois, TexasTech’s Engineers to Medicine program.

**Admission requirements can and do change over time. Just because something is not required currently does not mean it won’t be required by the time you are applying to med school. Ohio State famously changed its admission pre-reqs DURING the application cycle one year which sent applicants scrambling to find a human anatomy and physiology class at the last minute.