Northeast Ohio Medical University prerequisites

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. The single most universal prerequisite: essentially every MD and DO program asks for it, and it is the foundation the MCAT assumes.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. Take it early: organic chemistry, biochemistry, and most upper-division biology all sit behind it, so a late start pushes the whole sequence past your MCAT date.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab at most schools. A meaningful and growing minority accept one semester of organic plus one of biochemistry. Do not drop the second semester on that assumption until you have checked the schools you actually want.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester, lab rarely required. Roughly two thirds of schools require it outright and the MCAT tests it heavily, so treat it as required even where it technically is not, and take it before you sit the exam.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. Algebra-based is accepted almost everywhere; take the calculus-based sequence only if your major needs it or a target school names it.

2 semesters · 6 credits

Two semesters of English or writing-intensive coursework. Many schools accept writing-intensive courses from any department, but a few name English specifically. If your writing credits come from elsewhere, confirm before you count them.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Most schools with a math requirement accept statistics or calculus; statistics is the more widely accepted of the two and the more useful for reading clinical research, so the baseline tracks it here. If a target school names calculus, its own requirements will say so.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Required outright at a minority of schools (several of them highly selective) and accepted in place of statistics at most of the rest. Take it if calculus is already in your major's path.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. A minority of schools require it, but a quarter of the MCAT is psychological and social foundations: this is the cheapest points on the exam.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Same reasoning as psychology: required by fewer schools, tested directly on the MCAT.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Required by a small number of schools and a common way to fill the upper-division science coursework that strengthens a science GPA.

50+ hours

Most medical schools ask for 150+ hours.

NEOMED's Early Assurance pathway asks candidates to "meet or exceed any two of the following four": 50 hours of research experience, 50 hours of clinical experience (employment or volunteer), 200 hours of non-clinical employment, or 200 hours of non-clinical service/leadership, documented in AMCAS at the time of application. Physician shadowing counts toward the clinical category. Because only two of the four are needed, no single line here is individually mandatory, and these figures are published for Early Assurance, not for the standard AMCAS path, where NEOMED publishes no hours. Source: https://www.neomed.edu/medicine/admissions/paths/early-assurance/admission-requirements/

50+ hours

Aim for 40-50 across more than one specialty, including primary care. DO programs weigh shadowing more heavily and several ask for hours with a DO specifically. If DO schools are on your list, get those hours and the letter early.

200+ hours

Most medical schools ask for 150+ hours.

One of the four Early Assurance categories: 200 hours of non-clinical service or leadership, which NEOMED says can include club involvement and tutoring. A parallel 200-hour non-clinical employment category exists that these subject keys cannot represent. Any two of the four categories satisfy the rule.

50+ hours

Most medical schools ask for 100+ hours.

One of the four Early Assurance categories: 50 hours of research experience. You need any two of the four (research 50, clinical 50, non-clinical employment 200, non-clinical service/leadership 200), so research is a way to satisfy the rule rather than a requirement in itself. NEOMED publishes no research figure for the standard AMCAS path.