High School AP Chemistry, Biology, Physics-Which should I choose for medical college?

Question

I have a little trouble choosing my science courses over my High School Junior and Senior Year. The choices are AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. For Junior year, I can choose AP Chemistry or AP Biology, and for Senior year, I can choose the previos two or Physics. I'm thinking with going with AP Physics for Junior year, but what do you think I should pick for my other class? I want to be a doctor and go to a medical college, so what's reccommend?

I already took Biology(Freshmen year) and Chemistry(Sophmore year). I'm taking regular Physics next year, along with an AP course. And I don't know which AP Science I should take. So I am/have taken all three sciences already, I just need to know which AP course should I take?

I actually got confused which to take because I went to my Guidance Counseler yesterday. She went through this book of college requirements and most med schools say they prefer Chemistry and Physics("preferably both")

Answer 1

well when you apply to med. school they're going to be looking at your science undergrad. courses and for pre-req for med school you need uni. physics, bio and chem. so i would recommend taking all your sciences in high school since it will prepare you for your uni. science courses cause those are the ones that you want good grades in! you should also take calculus b/c i found uni. calculus much harder than high school calculus where the sciences in uni. were comparable to high school science. your first year of undergrad. will be all the sciences plus labs, calculus and an elective which is usually psychology. hope this helps. good luck!

Answer 2

The sciences that you take in high school aren't going to directly affect your acceptance into med school. Doing well in any of those classes along with maintaining a good GPA and doing extracurriculars and community service will help you get into a good college. But you still have to go through 4 years of undergrad school before you apply to med school. Which is 4 more years of Calculus, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics. Taking those courses will prepare you for college, but you still have a long way to go because you will have to take all of those courses again in college.

But I would reccomend taking Bio and Chem together because they relate to each other and then take Physics your senior year which is usually when you take it anyways. Good luck with your studies!!

Answer 3

The difficulty of the course all depends on the school you're attending and your teacher. For example, Ap Bio has a horrible reputation at my school because our teacher is known to be torteuring and since we're on the block schedule the class only lasts for half of a school year which makes it more intense. Chem AP at my school is a year long course and the teacher isn't that bad so it's much easier then Bio. If your planning on going into pre-med I would go with Bio because if you score a 4 or a 5 ont the AP test then you can take a semester of molecular biology and a semester of bio instead of a full year of bio.

Answer 4

If you have to skip one, skip Physics. You don't need much physics for med school.

Now, you realize medical school is a grad school right? You have to go to undergrad and get a bachelors first. Your major doesn't matter. You just have to fulfill the prerequisite courses that med schools want.

What you do in high school barely matters in your application to med school. The only way these AP classes come in is if you're trying to use them to fulfill some of those prereq classes. Then, you have to see if the med school will accept that or not. If they do, they usually want to see you pass the AP test with a 4 or 5.

Answer 5

wow i was basicly in the same situation. if you are going to take calculus next year then i would recommend u take physics. even if u are going to study medicine you still have to have a great understanding of many phyiscs concepts like electrostatics which explain why certain things like respiration and osmosis occur. physics prepares you for college biology and chemistry. many high schools dont provide ap physics and u are lucky. i took bio freshman year and chem sophomore year and now im a junior and in ap physics b and next year im taking ap physics c. if u find biology and chemistry really hard then i recommend u take em so u get some credit and won't have to endure the hard version in college. but yea stick to one path.

Answer 6

take whatever will get you the highest GPA. Honestly, your real science training is going to be in college and med school. for now, just get into the absolute best school you can

Answer 7

I think you should go with AP chem and physics.

Answer 8

i would guess biology. although you will probably have to take chemistry eventually as well