Question about med. pre-req

[Guest archchivalry]

Hello.

 

I surfed around many medical school

websites and looked for admissions.

 

They showed me that I need some pre-reqs.

(Like Biology, Chemistry, English, Humanities)

Is the pre-req for what year of University?

Is it any level of University?(Even first year?)

and also does the difficulty of the course matter?

 

Also what are humanities course?

Is Humanity = arts, foreign languages?

and social science = History, and others?

 

Is it possible to take pre-reqs in summer session?

 

I have other question about chatting.

Is there any specific time when all people get together

and discuss in this forum?

 

Thanks

[Guest aneliz]

Yes, you could use a 1st year level chemistry or English course to satisfy the pre-req. What you can't use is a 'final year high school equivalent' credit offered by your university...or a 'science for arts students' course. It needs to be a mainstream, regular credit course. I think most of us used first year chemistry and biology courses to meet the pre-reqs.

 

Humanities = English, other languages, philosophy, religion, history, classical studies, drama, music, fine arts

 

Social science = economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, geography.

 

Yes you can take pre-reqs in the summer. But the marks will generally not count towards your GPA (unless you are applying to a school that calculates a cGPA - like Mac)

 

There is no time that everyone gets together to chat on this forum...although there are usually quite a few people here ~11 PM EST I have found.

[Guest archchivalry]

Wow..thanks for reply

 

You answered everything I wanted to know.

(for now:D )

[Guest Dare2B]

hmm... that’s interesting.

 

Psychology is listed as a social science by most med schools, but at UofT (undergrad) it is listed as a science.

 

so if the course is considered a science by UofT, does that mean that when we apply to med school, they will look at that curse in the same manner. or will it be counted as a social science.?

 

 

 

Thanks

[Guest blinknoodle]

Dare,

 

I know exactly what you mean. At Mac psych it is also considered as a science. I had a lots of non-science courses, so it wasn't like I only had 1 or 2, but I am fairly confident my psych course was ok for Ottawa, Queen's and Western. For Toronto it was considered a "life science". If I recall correctly though, some medical schools defaulted to your home university definition and others ignored them. I just can't remember which was which.

 

Cheers,

-bn

[Guest 007]

At Queen's, psych can be considered either an arts course or a science course. You can also graduate with either a BA or a BSc in psych.

[Guest Jixe]

Aside from course pre-reqs, I believe places like UWO Meds require that 2/3 of the courses you take each year must be at your year level (i.e. if you're in 2nd year, 2/3 of your courses must be 200-level courses).

 

Can anyone confirm this (for UWO/UofT or any other med school)?

[Guest CTU24]

Jixe...here's the answer to your year level question via the U of T website:

 

Applicants are expected to have taken courses at a level corresponding with the year of their program. For example, a student who applies for admission while registered in the third year of undergraduate work should have at least three third year or higher courses in his/her program.

 

I hope that answers your question.

 

CTU24

[Guest mitchie41]

Does anyone know if this applies to 4th year too?

Or has anyone applied without having 60% of their courseload in 4th year at the 400-level?

 

 

 

If you're not an honours student, you're probably not going to be taking many 4th year courses. In fact, most major programmes don't require ANY 4th year courses.

[Guest Jixe]

Good point mitchie.

 

Most schools have life science courses at the 200/300-level.

 

Because of this rule, I'll be prohibited from taking a few 100-level courses next year (even though these courses are normally taken in 2nd year).

[Guest Jixe]

More info on the course level rule please!