MEDICAL SCHOOL -Typical Medical School Admissions Requirements

My son the Doctor. My Daughter the Doctor. Watching them grow up and become a professional is amazing. Following are some typical requirements for admissions to Medical School.  Remember, getting in is only the first step! Read, Read, Read as my father always said.
Your job is to make sure you are qualified, and then make sure you distinguish yourself from your peers. Qualifying yourself is the easy part. That's done with grades and scores. Distinguishing yourself is what's difficult.

Medical School Subject Requirements

Chemistry: 8 semester hours (including laboratory work). General inorganic and organic chemistry, with at least three hours of laboratory work, are required. Work in qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, and physical chemistry is acceptable.

Biochemistry: 3 semester hours. A general biochemistry course is required. It should include the topics of pH and dissociation; structure and chemistry of amino acids, peptides, sugars, fats and nucleic acids; kinetics; thermodynamics; and subcellular structure and function. Students should also have been introduced to the topics of enzymology, carbohydrate metabolism, biological oxidation, and molecular biology. Laboratory work in biochemistry is not required. 

Biology: 6 semester hours (including laboratory work). This requirement may be satisfied by six semester hours in either general biology or zoology, or by courses of three semester hours each in zoology and botany, but not botany alone. Some exposure to genetics is recommended

Physics: 6 semester hours (including laboratory work).

English Composition and Literature: 6 semester hours.

Non-science subjects: 18 semester hours. At least 18 semester hours, including the six semester hours of English Composition and Literature noted above must be in subjects other than physical, chemical, biological sciences, or math.

The above list indicates minimum requirements but it should not be inferred that admission is probable for any applicant who meets them.

Since the many fields of medicine offer opportunities for those talented in both the humanities and the sciences, students should allow personal interests to dictate their choice of undergraduate major. In general, the study of a few subjects in depth is recommended. We also recommend courses in genetics and cell biology, as these topics contribute to preparation for the Medical School curriculum.