Do medical schools accept AP/IB credit to satisfy the undergraduate course requirements?
Many medical schools do not accept AP/IB credit. To ensure that you have the opportunity to qualify for every medical school (thus increasing your probability of acceptance) required courses should be taken at an undergraduate institution. However, if you opt to use AP/IB credit only, make sure you check with the schools you that you are interested in to make sure that they will, in fact, accept your credit. Should I take my required medical school courses at a community college? Because the undergraduate environment at UC Berkeley is relatively difficult and competitive, many students choose to take the required medical school courses at a community college hoping that it will be easier to earn a better grade there. Though medical schools will accept community college credit, several reliable sources have informed us that taking the required courses at UC Berkeley “looks better” than taking the courses at a community college simply because medical schools know that courses at UC Berke
