by DrDave » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:02 am
I don't think there would be much of a difference in how the medical school would view that. I know that as a chemistry major, I had the option of taking "baby" p-chem (physical chemistry) or "regular" p-chem - I had been thinking the same thing: would medical school view a slightly worse grade in p-chem comparable to a better grade in baby p-chem? In the end, I took baby p-chem as I didn't think med schools would really take into account the different intensity of the courses, and career-wise, I didn't think the different level of chemistry would make any difference. I figured if I wound up not going to medical school and pursued graduate school in chemistry, I probably would have taken graduate level p-chem anyway.