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Pre-Medical Course Requirements

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Before applying, almost all medical schools require that their applicants complete a pre-medical track at their undergraduate institution. While students can usually major (or concentrate) in any academic field, this is a set of courses (or their equivalents) that need to be taken during your college (as a part of your major or along with it - note that pre-medical track is usually not treated as a  major  or a  concentration ) specifically as a pre-requisite for applying to a medical school: 2 semesters of general chemistry + 1 semester of chemistry laboratory 2 semesters of physics + 1 semester of physics laboratory 2 semesters of biology + 1 semester of biology laboratory 2 semesters of organic chemistry + 1 semester of organic chemistry laboratory 1 semester of calculus + 1 semester of statistics (not all medical schools have this requirement, some require up to 1 full year of calculus , though) 1 semester of English increasingly more schools require also at least ...