AP, Community College, and Online Courses

Note that though AP, community college, and online courses may be accepted at URochester for course credit, they may not meet the pre-requisites for some medical and health profession schools or for the requirements of all URochester majors or minors. Students should consider the requirements for their major and future programs of interest in their planning. Students are encouraged to discuss their individual situation with any Greene Center Healthcare Community Advisors and/or can check the admission requirements of all graduate programs they are interested in.

Healthcare Advisors in the Greene Center regularly follow updates and trends within the healthcare program requirements. In reviewing data from the last three applications cycles of MD/DO schools in which multiple URochester alums matriculated, we have seen a number of trends. Within these generalities there are exceptions or case by case evaluations at some schools. Students should discuss their particular situation and their schools of interest with a Greene Center Healthcare Community Advisor in their planning.

General trends include:

  • AP and Community College credits for MATH (Calculus) and STAT (Statistics) are accepted at most medical, dental, and vet programs.
  • AP and Community College credits are accepted as prerequisites at many (though not all) medical, dental and vet programs if they are included on the transcript of your university and higher-level courses are taken within that discipline at the university. (For example: if a school accepts AP credit for CHEM 131, higher level might include CHEM 132 and BIOL 250 with labs).
  • There is greater variation of course requirements for DO (Osteopathic Medicine), Dental, and Vet programs, so students interested in these programs should discuss this with a Greene Center Healthcare Community Advisor and check the admissions requirements of graduate programs they are interested in.
  • Online classes are not generally accepted for prerequisites at most schools.

Note that different health professional programs treat AP and IB in different ways. It is your responsibility as a prospective applicant to inform yourself of the specific requirements and policies of the programs you intend to apply to.