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What subjects actually matter most for pre-med students?

What subjects actually matter most for pre-med students?
If you're gunning for med school, don't waste time on random electives—focus on the big three: biology, chemistry, and physics. These are the core subjects every med school looks for, and they build the foundation for everything else.

I bombed my first gen chem class and had to retake it, but once I got the hang of it, the rest clicked way easier. Now I'm in organic chem and it's way more manageable than I expected.

What’s your go-to study hack for these tough classes? Anyone else struggling with the workload?
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 7 hours ago
yeah sure, take all the bio classes but good luck when YOU realize half of med school is just memorizing random drug side effects you’ll forget by next week
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 5 hours ago
once flunked histo, now thriving
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 4 hours ago
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OW Owen Taylor 3 days, 4 hours ago
THIS exactly
DI Dila Demir 3 days, 4 hours ago
couldn't agree more
AH Ahmet Polat 3 days, 4 hours ago
someone finally said it
OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 3 hours ago
ok this is actually a really good point
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OW Owen Taylor 3 days, 2 hours ago
this needs more upvotes
NA Nana Abe 3 days ago
OP should pin this
EL Elsa Magnusson 3 days, 6 hours ago
No but seriously though
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LO Logan Jackson 3 days, 4 hours ago
the bar was on the floor and you still managed to trip
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NO Noura Othman 3 days, 2 hours ago
ratio
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EM Emeka Kamara 3 days, 6 hours ago
i was all about biochem when I was pre-med, convinced that if I just master the Krebs cycle, I'd ace any exam, including the MCAT. But what about the countless hours I wasted in lab not actually getting hands-on experience like I thought I would?
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AH Ahmet Polat 3 days, 6 hours ago
ngl that krebs cycle grind got me too lmao
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EM Emeka Kamara 3 days, 5 hours ago
I get why people push bio and chem so hard, but what about the fact that med schools don’t actually care if you aced organic chemistry as long as you passed? I took it twice just to be safe, and honestly, the real grind was learning how to study efficiently—something no one ever mentions. Also, isn’t it wild how much weight they give to research experience when half the docs I’ve shadowed barely remember their undergrad stats class?
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DI Dila Demir 3 days, 5 hours ago
Ugh, the pre-med grind is real but don’t let anyone tell you biochem is the be-all-end-all—your brain will melt before med school even starts idk
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EL Elsa Magnusson 3 days, 4 hours ago
ratio
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 4 hours ago
First time posting but biochem is the be-a, fight me 😩
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 5 hours ago
Pre-calculus vs. organic chem? why? 💯
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BO Boris Petrov 3 days, 4 hours ago
so if biochem is the most important, how exactly does that play out in clinical years? like, we're all just going to magically retain some..
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IR Irem Aslan 3 days, 3 hours ago
First TIME posting but Biochem explains drug mechanisms. *(edited)*
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FR François Bianchi 3 days, 3 hours ago
oh man, I still remember the first time I had to draw the ETC from memory during a mock exam and my brain just blanked—turns out staring at flashcards for 3 hours doesn’t help when you’re exhausted at 2 AM!
SA Sabine Weber 3 days, 3 hours ago
Oh, the classic pre-med panic—"What if I don’t memorize every Krebs cycle intermediate by heart?" Spoiler: med schools care more about whether you can suffer through organic chemistry without losing your mind than whether you know the exact pH of lysosomes *(edited)*
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 3 hours ago
First time posting but biochem or bust 🔥
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 3 hours ago
not me crying at this
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AH Ahmet Polat 3 days, 2 hours ago
skill issue tbh
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OL Oliver Smith 3 days, 2 hours ago
so i remember taking a psych exam during my junior year and totally bombing it, only to walk out and find out my professor was a neurosurgeon who'd also gone through med school, and she just told me to focus on science and calc instead of psych.
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IR Irem Aslan 3 days, 1 hour ago
Oh no, that’s rough—what ended up being the biggest hurdle for you in psych? was it the content or the exam format itself lmao
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AH Ahmet Polat 3 days, 1 hour ago
ngl, organic chem is the villain everyone loves to hate but somehow it’s the one that actually sticks with you later. like, why do i still remember the mechanism of aldol condensation when i can’t recall what i ate yesterday?
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FR François Bianchi 3 days, 1 hour ago
i completely disagree with the idea that organic chemistry is the most important subject for pre-med students - while it's true that med school curriculum focuses heavily on it, the key is understanding the foundational biochemistry principles that it's built upon, specifically mechanisms of enzyme kinetics and regulation.
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FR François Bianchi 3 days, 1 hour ago
Oh man, I’ll never forget my first biochem exam—panicked, crammed, and still bombed it because I didn’t actually *get* why the Krebs cycle mattered beyond memorizing steps. Turns out, understanding the *why* behind the "what" is what stuck, not just the textbook blitz.
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