In addition, many professional schools suggest specific courses such as sociology, psychology, advanced biology, or advanced chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, anthropology, biochemistry, genetics, embryology, physiology and comparative anatomy, although none of these are required. Timely Completion of science courses Students should plan to finish the science courses by the end of the junior year in order to be prepared for the Medical College Admission Test, which should be taken in the spring of the junior year. Any major is acceptable. However, students majoring outside the sciences and even those in the sciences, must show their ability to do superior work in science. The preferred time to take it is in the spring of the applicant's junior year, after completing the required science courses listed above.
Some students take it for practice in the fall of their junior year.
Applicants to dental schools must take the Dental Admission Test, given in the fall and spring of each year. Again, spring of the junior year is the recommended time to take this test. Tests in other Health Professions Other health professions have similar testing programs as well. Information is available from the Career Development and Advising Center. The relative importance of these factors varies from school to school and from case to case.