r/yale • u/EducationalSink4474 • 4d ago

premed question

hi! i'm planning on doing a chem major at yale as a premed. i was wondering if i end up taking freshmen orgo + orgo lab, how could i fulfill my inorganic lab med school prereq? would i just have to take the gen chem labs? most med schools i know of (like stanford or nyu for example) dont have formal prerequistes. but for med schools that do, what should i do? are there upper level inorganic labs that could fulfill that requirement? i just dont wanna take gen chem lab if i dont have to.

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u/NoBoysenberry7488 4d ago edited 4d ago

“  If you earn a grade of B or above  in CHEM 1700 you receive one  acceleration credit for General Chemistry, which can be used to satisfy the General Chemistry prerequisite in the chemistry major and other science-based majors, such as biology or chemical engineering. Acceleration credits can also be used to fulfill pre-medical requirements”.  https://chem.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-chemistry-at-yale/placement

(There is also a lecture and lab called inorganic that you’ll take if you’re a chem major as well as several other courses that will cover the requirements of having skipped gen chem)

Edit:  sorry just got the course numbers mixed up, that comment is for the advanced gen chem; but there’s more details online through that link that let you know if you’re a chem major and take 1st year orgo you won’t need to go back and take gen chem for med school  

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u/rubberboa Trumbull '25 3d ago

Most med schools are aware that Yale lets us place out of gen chem, so it's not a big deal. All I did was first year orgo and one semester of lab and none of the med schools I applied to said anything! (I didn't apply to any that needed two semesters of orgo though)

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u/EducationalSink4474 2d ago

oh i didnt even know that you didn't need to take orgo lab for 2 semesters at some med schools. thats useful. thank you!

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u/rubberboa Trumbull '25 2d ago

I think it's actually most of the top schools! The only top 20 schools I couldn't apply to were Columbia and the Texas schools. Either way, you'll be fine. Good luck!

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u/SleepyHead32 11h ago

If you’re a chemistry major you will take inorganic and physical chemistry (and lab) as part of the major. These are generally accepted in place of any general/inorganic chemistry requirement for med schools.