lehman20 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I am beginning to plan my class schedule for next year and was wondering, do you guys think Genetics or Immunology would be better to take in preperation for PA school? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lehman20 Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I am beginning to plan my class schedule for next year and was wondering, do you guys think Genetics or Immunology would be better to take in preperation for PA school? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsquirrel Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm starting PA school in a couple of months and I took immunology but not genetics. I feel like I picked up the basics of genetics from intro bio, micro, immunology, and biochem...my point being, you will learn a bit of genetics along the way, but you will never really get immunology unless you specifically study it. You should also look at the prereqs of the schools you are interested in...many schools require genetics, some require "upper level bio", but very few specify immunology. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsquirrel Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm starting PA school in a couple of months and I took immunology but not genetics. I feel like I picked up the basics of genetics from intro bio, micro, immunology, and biochem...my point being, you will learn a bit of genetics along the way, but you will never really get immunology unless you specifically study it. You should also look at the prereqs of the schools you are interested in...many schools require genetics, some require "upper level bio", but very few specify immunology. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hubbardtim48 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I took genetics and not immunology, but had two good friends take both and they stated they like genetics better because it could be applied easier. One was pre-PA and the other was pre- Pharm. I loved my genetics classes and we had some awesome fruit fly labs and I really learned a lot about genetics and it has been helpful so far. I think a lot of schools I looked at required or recommended genetics. None of the schools I looked at never said anything about immunology. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hubbardtim48 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I took genetics and not immunology, but had two good friends take both and they stated they like genetics better because it could be applied easier. One was pre-PA and the other was pre- Pharm. I loved my genetics classes and we had some awesome fruit fly labs and I really learned a lot about genetics and it has been helpful so far. I think a lot of schools I looked at required or recommended genetics. None of the schools I looked at never said anything about immunology. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulday Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 definitely look at the pre-reqs for the schools you're interested in. i took genetics and it was great. i haven't taken immunology so i don't know which one is more applicable. if you have to choose, i would just go with whichever one will count toward pre-reqs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulday Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 definitely look at the pre-reqs for the schools you're interested in. i took genetics and it was great. i haven't taken immunology so i don't know which one is more applicable. if you have to choose, i would just go with whichever one will count toward pre-reqs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisemakl Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Genetics is typically a pre-req for most PA programs, so you may not have a choice. That being said, if you have the chance to take both or to choose, Immunology was my favorite science class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisemakl Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Genetics is typically a pre-req for most PA programs, so you may not have a choice. That being said, if you have the chance to take both or to choose, Immunology was my favorite science class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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