What classes should I take in high school if I want to be premed later?

If you think medicine might be your path, the most useful high school classes are the ones that build a strong science, math, writing, and reading foundation. For senior year, the best picks are usually physics, a higher-level math class, and at least one rigorous English course.

Since you’ve already taken biology and chemistry, physics is the next science I’d prioritize. It helps with problem-solving and gives you background that will matter later in college science courses. If your school offers AP Biology, AP Chemistry, or AP Physics and you’re prepared for the workload, those can be very helpful too.

For math, take the most advanced class you can handle well, ideally precalculus, calculus, or statistics. Calculus can be useful, but statistics is also very valuable because medicine and research rely a lot on data interpretation. If you can choose only one based on fit, I’d lean toward the class where you’ll learn deeply and earn a strong grade.

Don’t overlook English. Premed students need to read complex material, write clearly, and communicate well, so a strong literature or composition course is absolutely worth taking. Psychology can also be a smart elective.

If available, other good options include anatomy and physiology, research, health science, or medical terminology. Those are helpful, but they’re less important than doing well in core science and math.

A solid senior schedule for a future premed might look like physics, precalculus or calculus, English, and then an elective like psychology, statistics, or anatomy.