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Many of the medical schools on the east coast require two English courses. Some schools will accept your AP courses, while others will not. We do not have a list of English courses that we can recommend. Medical Schools prefer you satisfy the English requirement with writing-intensive courses. We recommend looking into classes from the following departments: English, Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, and the College Writing Program
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Yes, most medical schools accept community college coursework to satisfy prerequisites; however, we highly recommend that you take the vast majority of your required courses here at UC Berkeley (this does not apply to transfer students).
For other Health Programs, certain courses will need to be taken at a CC, since they are not offered at Berkeley,
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No! The trend, both at Berkeley and nationally, is for applicants to take at least one year off before starting medical school. The average age for new medical students is 26. Time only gives you more opportunity to strengthen your application- additional classwork, fit in MCAT, gain clinical experience, research, job experience, or travel.
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No! All required courses for health profession programs need to be taken for a letter grade. Exceptions have been made for the year 2020 only.
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It is not a requirement, although many of our students have some form of research experience before applying to medical school. Research can come in various forms, not just lab research. For example, psychology research, clinical research or public health research, to name a few. The OURS department has excellent research information, workshops, and resources. We encourage you to sign up for their newsletter to keep up-to-date on research opportunities.