Do medical schools accept AP credit?

Question

AP biology, history, calculus?
I know a lot of grad schools will not. Would it be better to just retake all of these classes in college?

Answer 1

Depends, some graduate schools will accept whatever the undergraduate college accepted. Others will say, for each hour of AP credit, you will need to make up the hour in upper level courses in the same discipline.
Look at the school's you're interested in, and they should have a policy.

Answer 2

Depends on the med school, but generally, it only counts as 1 semester. So if you have AP Calculus BC, and the med school wants a year of math, you'd still have to take 1 semester in college. Not every AP will be accepted. You really have to check each med school to see what their policy is on this.

I'll include Harvard Med's response on this as an example:

We will consider other course formats or combinations that are sponsored by the undergraduate institution attended and provide equivalent preparation. When advanced placement credits used to satisfy portions of the chemistry, physics, or mathematics requirements noted above, scores from the AP examination must be submitted prior to matriculation. If these credits are not shown on the college transcript, either the scores from the placement examination or a letter from the chairperson of the respective department certifying that the student has met the requirement in question must be submitted. If there is doubt about the suitability of advanced placement credits, you should contact the Faculty Associate Dean for Admissions for approval before final admissions decisions are made in February.

Answer 3

To go to medical school you must have completed the Pre-Medicine curriculum and passed the MCAT. AP will only be accepted in college when you choose pre-medicine as your so called "major" (because it's not really a major). In other words, AP is used for the classes you need to GO to Medical school, NOT the classes that you will take in medical school.

Answer 4

No. you won't be able to use something taken in intense college - AP, IB, twin enrollment, CLEP, DANTE, and so on - to get out of any premed standards. all the premed classes could desire to be taken at a 4-365 days college or college in case you're enrolled there as an undergraduate student. somebody gave you very undesirable suggestion.

Answer 5

Yes, but most med school prerequisites are upper level, so the AP courses do not apply.