Medical Sciences Learning Center
The Medical Sciences Learning Center (or Med Sci), a specialized academic program within Freehold High School, is a specific course load designed for students interested in continued study of the Medical Sciences. Admittance to the program is highly selective and requires a high enough score on a Mathematics/English Standardized Test and compelling short essays regarding motivation for application. At the end of the rigorous four years of Med Sci, a few graduates have attended schools such as Johns Hopkins University, King's College London, Yale University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, the rest of the Ivy League, and a number of accelerated and guaranteed medical programs with Boston University, Northwestern University, Drexel University College of Medicine, and The College of New Jersey.
The program course load comprises the following:
- Freshman Year - AP Biology, Honors Research I/Intro to Computers, Honors Geometry/Algebra II
- Sophomore Year - AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, Precalculus (H)
- Junior Year - Honors Research II/Intro to computers II, Biochemistry/Organic Chemistry (H), AP Calculus BC
- Senior Year - Anatomy/Physiology (H), AP Physics B
In the senior year of the program, a monthly externship with the local hospital, CentraState Healthcare System, is required of all the medical sciences students. Students are separated into small groups in which they are sent to different divisions of the hospital to learn hands-on about the different health care occupations. Several areas students have been sent to include the Morgue, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Radiology, etc.
In Junior year, every student must develop his/her own research paper over the course of the year. These papers culminate in an individual presentation at the end of the year. The best work is then selected and submitted to statewide competitions. In previous years, individuals have also competed in the Intel Science Talent Search for semifinalist placement.
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