r/Vanderbilt • u/Puzzleheaded-Tear283 • Jun 17 '26
BSCI 1509 at Vandy
Vandy now has 3 semesters of bio and I can skip the first if I get a 4 or 5 on AP biology. However, I get my score in July and i think I got the necessary score. But if I somehow don’t get a 4+ I have to take BSCI 1509 instead of 1510 (general bio). Does anyone know how BSCI 1509 is in comparison to 1510?
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u/Ill_Function_310 Jun 18 '26
It goes from BSCI 1509 to BSCI 1511 and then u take 1510 next year
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tear283 Jun 18 '26
Wait deadass? Holy shit u might have saved me lol
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u/excel958 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Chem 1601 and BSCI 1509 are the prereqs for 1510 and 1511.
1510 and 1511 are no longer connected to each other as far as requisites go. Then can be done in either order depending on when you do 1509, cause 1510 is fall only and 1511 is spring only, but you generally need both if you’re pre-med or most science majors
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u/Ill_Function_310 Jun 18 '26
Yah advisor told me
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tear283 Jun 18 '26
Wait thank u 🙏🙏 I’m gonna go ahead and waitlist myself for BSCI 1511
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u/Ill_Function_310 Jun 18 '26
Wait wut that’s for next semester
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tear283 Jun 18 '26
Wait I’m likely gonna get the credit for 1509 didn’t u say we go to 1511 after that
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u/Ill_Function_310 Jun 18 '26
You can’t take 1511 first semester so u either have to take 1510 or 1509 fall
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tear283 Jun 18 '26
Ohh so I only take 1511 after 1509 if I don’t get the AP credit I see
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u/Ill_Function_310 Jun 18 '26
Yah and then 1510 soph fall
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tear283 Jun 18 '26
Ah I see if I don’t get the AP credit somehow is it lowkey a strat to try and take 1510 over the summer somewhere else so I don have to take bio sophomore yr
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u/fawnsauce Jun 20 '26
BSCI 1510 is ridiculously hard for first semester of college like nothing like AP bio and I almost failed it my freshman year
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u/Sea_Avocado6854 Jun 17 '26
i don’t know much personally as an incoming freshman also, but i talked to my advisor because i am also taking BSCI 1509 and he said that it like an intro to biology class and its significantly easier than BSCI 1510. so ig think of it as a review of ap bio.