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The individual medical schools in Texas have the final say. TMDSAS is really not much more than a transcript processing center.
If you receive lecture and lab credit for a year of introductory biology from CLEP, if the medical school accepts it, it may be with the stipulation that you have 2 one hour biology lab courses taken in person. It really comes down to the labs. The medical schools expect that students do all of the labs in a real laboratory at a brick and mortar college or university. Required labs are:
2 hours biology (normally with intro biology)
2 hours inorganic chemistry
2 hours organic chemistry
2 hour physics
"All A/P and/or dual credit for prerequisite courses must be retaken or substituted with a higher level course." TTUHSC :: School of Medicine : Admissions : UMSI
"Biology courses must be as required for science majors. One year may be completed by Advanced Placement credit. The other year must be completed in residence at a college and must include a full year of corresponding lab experience." https://med.uth.edu/admissions/admissions-criteria/
clep3705 Wrote:"In certain circumstances a limited amount of online course work not required for the major and not a prescribed course for application to medical school may be considered." The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine
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Read the research on how medical schools actually view online courses: The Acceptability of Online Courses as Criteria for Admission to Medical School
More research: https://www.aamc.org/download/277172/dat...isites.pdf
The individual medical schools in Texas have the final say. TMDSAS is really not much more than a transcript processing center.
If you receive lecture and lab credit for a year of introductory biology from CLEP, if the medical school accepts it, it may be with the stipulation that you have 2 one hour biology lab courses taken in person. It really comes down to the labs. The medical schools expect that students do all of the labs in a real laboratory at a brick and mortar college or university. Required labs are:
2 hours biology (normally with intro biology)
2 hours inorganic chemistry
2 hours organic chemistry
2 hour physics
"All A/P and/or dual credit for prerequisite courses must be retaken or substituted with a higher level course." TTUHSC :: School of Medicine : Admissions : UMSI
"Biology courses must be as required for science majors. One year may be completed by Advanced Placement credit. The other year must be completed in residence at a college and must include a full year of corresponding lab experience." https://med.uth.edu/admissions/admissions-criteria/
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