For students looking to prepare for the Medical College Admission Test, pre-med courses are a necessity. Exploring topics such as biology, physics, neuroscience, and chemistry, pre-med prerequisite coursework will vary slightly depending on the school that a student wishes to apply for.

The United States of America commonly called the United States, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in first North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in northwestern North America, west of Canada and east of Russia across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-North Pacific. The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.

An Associate of Science is a degree that emphasizes information and disciplined learning. Earning an AS may help students begin their academic career and help put them on the pathway to a four-year degree or enter the workforce in a highly skilled career in their chosen field.