questions on JHU med admission requirements

[mireyhman]

Hello
I just have few questions on admission requirements

1.
I’ve read the admission requirements and I was not clear about a statement by “College Biology, one year, and laboratory exercises, one year (Credit for advanced placement or pre-college exams are not acceptable as a substitute)” what does [credits for advanced placement or pre-college exams are not acceptable] mean?

I did IB in New Zealand so I was exempted from BIOL 111 (Principles:Organismal Biology) and 112 (Cell and Molecular Biology) which are the required courses for freshman at McGill University. So I was wondering whether the requirement above would affect my admission to Johns Hopkins due to not taking BIOL 111 and 112. However I did other biology courses (more advanced, I guess)

2.
another requirement that I am having a problem is “A minimum of 24 semester hours (or equivalent) in areas of humanities” I have managed to take non-science courses but then some of them are under Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option which means the result of that course would not be included in my GPA while it counts as earned credits. Would this negatively affect my admission?

PS: for the information, I am majoring in Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University

[yokelridesagain]

I don’t have specific experience applying to medical school at Hopkins, but…

In general, chemistry and biology requirements cover any courses in those disciplines that are part of the general curriculum offered by the College of Sciences or the equivalent thereof at your university. Things like “Biology for Nursing” or “Chemistry for Business Majors” usually don’t count. Cell biology and physical chemistry do.

As to the second question–I don’t think there’s anything in the admission requirements prescribing a particular mode of grading. Now, as to whether it will negatively impact your application–is this a standard grading practice at your institution? Would other medical school applicants from McGill likely have taken humanities courses on a pass/fail basis? If the admissions committee thinks that you took courses pass/fail to avoid receiving low marks, thereby artificially inflating your GPA, they will likely view that as a negative.

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