Pre Medical Core Course Requirements

The minimal premedical requirements include biology with laboratory (7 credits), chemistry with laboratory (15 credits including 8 credits of organic chemistry), physics and basic electronics with laboratory (8 credits), English (6 credits at AUB or exemption), social sciences and/or humanities (6 credits). To facilitate applications by non-science majors and from diverse fields of study, some courses taken in the Lebanese Baccalaureate Program may count towards fulfillment of the premedical core course requirements as detailed in Table 1. Table 2 presents the recommended courses depending on the major of study at AUB.

1) The new MCAT to be implemented in 2015 places significant emphasis on psychological and sociological concepts and on
critical analysis and reasoning. Students planning to apply to medical school are advised to take PSYC 201 and SOAN 201,
any two CVSP courses and PHIL 210.
1) Biology 200 is a very general course that does not prepare students well for the MCAT. Biology 201 and 202 provide better
preparation,and students are advised to take both courses.

MCAT:

A competitive score in the MCAT, which may be taken twice only, is required. If taken twice, the higher score is considered. The MCAT score must be available at the time the application is submitted. Since 2015, a new MCAT has been implemented which contains, in addition to the biological and physical sciences, a new section on the social and behavioral sciences. Students are encouraged to review the content of the new MCAT and plan their studies accordingly, e.g., by taking additional courses in psychology, sociology and anthropology, and in biology, chemistry and physics, after consultation with their advisors.
Applicants expecting to receive a bachelor’s degree after the deadline for application should be aware of the following:
• Applicants must be in their senior year.
• The cumulative average of 70 credits or more (at the time of application) should be equal to or higher than 75 percent (GPA: 2.7) for students from AUB or its equivalent for those from other universities. All required core courses must have been completed
by the end of the fall term of the senior year with an average of at least 75 percent or its equivalent (GPA: 2.7). The cumulative average in the major courses completed by the end of the fall term of the senior year must also be equal to or greater than 75 percent.
• Admission to medical school is contingent upon completion of graduation requirements and obtaining the bachelor’s degree, which should be achieved by the end of the spring term of the student’s senior year.
• Applicants expecting to receive a master’s or doctoral degree after the deadline for application should be aware of the following:
• A minimum cumulative grade average of 80 percent (GPA: 3.2) or its equivalent is required.
• Admission to medical school is contingent upon completion of graduation requirements and obtaining the master’s or doctoral degree, which should be achieved by the end of the spring term.
Conditional acceptance to the faculty is issued by the middle of April and is finalized upon completion of the requirements for the bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree.