my senior year schedule at high school is it good for medicine?

Question

I am taking AP CHEMistry, AP PHYSICS B, and Honors Anatomy for my senior. as a junior I took Honors Physics and AP Biology. My question is does it look obvious to colleges that I want to pursue a career in science like medecine especially when I have AP Calculus Ab this year?

Answer 1

It certainly fits the profile for it, but they probably would just think you were trying to take the most advanced classes available to you, so you should still be clear in your intentions. I wouldn't worry too much about trying to tell a school you're there to study anything in particular, since they know people change their minds constantly.

There's a post below that makes an excellent point about genetics as an important premed course, and I would read and take note of what that person says. I'd like to add to that Organic Chemistry. O-chem was the course that was the weeding-out course at Brown for the premeds, and many students take it more than once to get the A (if they don't get the A, they'd simply drop and retake it). None of the material is terribly difficult, but it's *a lot* of material so it can be overwhelming to learn it all and do well.

But like I said, colleges don't take what you indicate on your application too seriously, unless you satisfy some kind of quota (for instance, I know a lot of girls at Brown who said they wanted to study physics on their application so that they had a better chance of being admitted; to me that's a little dishonest, but I'm not in a position right now to change it).

Answer 2

Yes, but let me give you some advice about an important college class you will need to do well in for medical or graduate school admission. That class is genetics.

Genetics requires only college algebra, but many students taking genetics have a major problem with the type of math used in the class.

That is the math of permutations and combinations.

You can learn this math with a college class called Finite Math, it only requires College Algebra as a prerequisite, is no more difficult than calculus.

You can use discrete math in your higher level biology classes much more often than the calculus they also require biology student to take. It also is excellent preparation for the statistics they require.

Too often, biology students in college hit a brick wall in their studies because they lack this important class and advisers don't usually recommend the subject to their students.

Answer 3

This sounds like a good selection of courses for a premed. But colleges are not going to really care that you are a premed. They care that you get good marks and will be a competent student when you arrive. Very many students change their majors after they get to college, in fact a lot of colleges dont even require you to officially commit to a major until the end of your sophomore year.

It sounds to me like yuo are over-obsessed with this.

If you take tough courses, do well in your GPA and get into a good college (I mean, a top 100 school, not an IVY) and then do well in college, you are going to get to Med School. and even if you cant get into a top college for financial or some other reason, you can still get into med school from State U,

But you don't need to obsess. Take it easy, do your work, and have some fun along the way!

Answer 4

Of course it is. You definitly look like you want to work in medicine. The colleges will look at that, but most importantly they will look at your GPA, in those courses you took and are taking.

Answer 5

I would ask someone who is a doctor. also ask them if they have any tips of any other things you could do to improve your chances. . .