Courses that fulfill the requirements for medical school must be taken for a letter grade. There is no prescribed sequence for premedical courses, but, since you will be judged on the basis of the work you have completed when you apply to medical school, you should take the required courses before senior year. Freshman premedical students usually elect one science course as well as mathematics. Freshmen with advanced placement equivalent to MATH 115a or b, Calculus of Functions of One Variable II, should consider taking an additional mathematics course. A useful guide to medical school course requirements is the Medical School Admission Requirements Handbook published by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Academic performance is an important admissions criterion but is by no means the only one.
The New Haven-Yale community offers many opportunities for service. A general information meeting for incoming freshmen is held during opening days.