Where should I study to do Pharmaceutical Chemistry?

I like to go to college an study pre-med math biology and chemistry. Do I have to have previous knowledge ?

• HI I am stay home mom for 9 years and like to go to community college to study pre-med courses. I want to know if I need to know any Math, Biology or Chemistry before I start at the college. I am 31 years old and forgat all from college I went to years ago -studied humanities.I have no knoledge at all from Biology and Chemistry little of Math. UCLA reguirements to Medical School : ENGLISH One year of college English to include the study of English composition PHYSICS One year of college Physics (with lab) CHEMISTRY Two years of college chemistry to include the study of inorganic chemistry, quantitative analysis and organic chemistry (with lab) BIOLOGY One year of general biology (with lab) MATHEMATICS One year of college mathematics to include the study of introductory calculus and statistics SPANISH Highly recommended HUMANITIES Highly recommended COMPUTER SKILLS Highly recommended Thank you so much Katerina

• Answer:

  Hey. You should definitely see if your college offers really basic introductory courses for the subjects, particularly math, chem, and bio. Typical admission prerequisites for grad/professional schools generally list the specific courses required by the school and are usually begin with the normal set of "freshman" courses (i.e. you start with two semesters of general chem then move to organic and so on.) However, I know that my college offers courses that are even more introductory and basic than these general courses and are designed for those coming in with practically no experience to the material. You may want to take these rudimentary courses your first semester before jumping into the required ones. You will definitely need to build a strong foundation of knowledge, especially for the chemistry line because I'm in organic now and it is very difficult. Also, try to throw in courses that you think you could do really well in so that your gpa will be high. Medical school is highly competitive. If no such introductory courses are available to you, go ahead with the courses you need to take and just take advantage of all resources available to you (i.e. professor office hours, on campus study centers, review books from the bookstore, online materials and practice problems. Good luck.