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Claude M
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food chemistry? plz? i would like informed answers plz
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what are my chances of getting into medical school with a first degree in
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nakedatschooldream
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It really depends on whether you met the requirements that qualify you as premed with your first degree.
Here is what I found:
Medical schools require that you take certain pre-medical classes as undergraduate.
The "pre-med" classes required by virtually all schools in the US are as follows:
* A year of Freshman Chemistry along with the appropriate laboratory courses
* A year of Organic Chemistry along with laboratory courses
* A year of Biology along with laboratory courses
* A year of Physics along with laboratory courses
* A year of English
* A year of Calculus or other advanced math classes, including Statistics
In addition, many schools require a certain number of credits in non-science classes. Less common are the schools that have more specific requirements such as coursework in Behavioral Sciences (Psychology), Philosophy, etc. Consult particular medschools (or look at their web sites) to find out the specifics.
Pre-med requirements play a very important role in admissions for several reasons.
1. Pre-med requirements make the bulk of the science classes you will take in college and determine your Science GPA, which one of the determinants of your chances of admission.
2. You will need to get recommendations for medical schools from science faculty, and if you do not take other science classes, getting them from professors who taught pre-med classes will be your only option.
3. Pre-med requirements cover most of the material you need to know for the MCAT. The better you know the stuff covered in these premed classes the better off you're when the time comes for taking MCAT.
4. Schools ask you explicitly to list premed requirements along with your grades on their secondary applications, which means they bear a lot of weight.
Acing Premed Requirements
There is an obvious way to succeed in your premed classes: work hard, and this is obvious and true for all classes.
Yet science classes that make up the premed requirements are different from all others. For one, they are the lifeline to your medical career. They also require different approach than let's say History, Psychology or Anthropology.
In all your science premed classes: Freshman Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Calculus and to some extend in Biology, the difference between a good grade and a bad grade is not necessarily knowing stuff. You can read Chemistry all you want and know every tiny fact about it but the chance is that this alone will not ensure you a good grade.
Here is what I found:
Medical schools require that you take certain pre-medical classes as undergraduate.
The "pre-med" classes required by virtually all schools in the US are as follows:
* A year of Freshman Chemistry along with the appropriate laboratory courses
* A year of Organic Chemistry along with laboratory courses
* A year of Biology along with laboratory courses
* A year of Physics along with laboratory courses
* A year of English
* A year of Calculus or other advanced math classes, including Statistics
In addition, many schools require a certain number of credits in non-science classes. Less common are the schools that have more specific requirements such as coursework in Behavioral Sciences (Psychology), Philosophy, etc. Consult particular medschools (or look at their web sites) to find out the specifics.
Pre-med requirements play a very important role in admissions for several reasons.
1. Pre-med requirements make the bulk of the science classes you will take in college and determine your Science GPA, which one of the determinants of your chances of admission.
2. You will need to get recommendations for medical schools from science faculty, and if you do not take other science classes, getting them from professors who taught pre-med classes will be your only option.
3. Pre-med requirements cover most of the material you need to know for the MCAT. The better you know the stuff covered in these premed classes the better off you're when the time comes for taking MCAT.
4. Schools ask you explicitly to list premed requirements along with your grades on their secondary applications, which means they bear a lot of weight.
Acing Premed Requirements
There is an obvious way to succeed in your premed classes: work hard, and this is obvious and true for all classes.
Yet science classes that make up the premed requirements are different from all others. For one, they are the lifeline to your medical career. They also require different approach than let's say History, Psychology or Anthropology.
In all your science premed classes: Freshman Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Calculus and to some extend in Biology, the difference between a good grade and a bad grade is not necessarily knowing stuff. You can read Chemistry all you want and know every tiny fact about it but the chance is that this alone will not ensure you a good grade.
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Chasey Lane
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If you have the relevant experience then I'd say your chances are ok. How much have you read into this? Because when I was working on my essay, I was finding sample essays by students from backgrounds in computer programming and stuff! If you have the basic entry requirements in the sciences, and a load of health care experience on the side, you should have an ok chance, provided you address your change of career direction in your essay!