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Hi guys. I've heard time and time again that your major does not matter for medical school. But today my premed advisor threw me a curve ball and recommended I do not major in exercise science and sport studies (ESSS), a relatively new major at my large public university, as it is considered a "soft-science" and a pre-physical therapy major. She also told me that some medical schools would look at my application and see that I was an exercise science major and see that the course work is not as difficult as say, a biology major's would be. Is my premed advisor simply wrong? I was wondering what difference it would make since plenty of "softer majors" such as psychology or art majors somehow end up in medical school too.
My dilemma is that I am genuinely interested in exercise science and I feel as though I will actually be able to provide information to adcoms when they ask me why I chose that as my major, as opposed to a "harder science" major which I really have no reason to pursue other than "it's a hard science and my premed advisor advised me to do so".
My other option would be to become a molecular biology major, which involves pretty much the same coursework as exercise science, but requires genetics and biochemistry, as opposed to anatomy and physiology courses for the exercise science major. Would genetics and biochemistry benefit me more than anatomy and physiology for the 2015 MCAT?
Any opinions on what I should do? Any other ESSS majors have any luck applying to medical schools?
My dilemma is that I am genuinely interested in exercise science and I feel as though I will actually be able to provide information to adcoms when they ask me why I chose that as my major, as opposed to a "harder science" major which I really have no reason to pursue other than "it's a hard science and my premed advisor advised me to do so".
My other option would be to become a molecular biology major, which involves pretty much the same coursework as exercise science, but requires genetics and biochemistry, as opposed to anatomy and physiology courses for the exercise science major. Would genetics and biochemistry benefit me more than anatomy and physiology for the 2015 MCAT?
Any opinions on what I should do? Any other ESSS majors have any luck applying to medical schools?