Concerned about MD requirements hindering my acceptance!

[okemba]

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Hello everyone. I'm going to applying to MD/PhD programs next May, and while I have a good GPA, MCAT, research, and clinical experience... I used a lot of AP credits for my biomedical engineering degree.

I actually went and worked out my BCPS things, and I am fine with all BCPS classes. I have substitutes (higher-level) for all intro BCPS classes. So thats fine.

As far as English, I AP'd out of both semesters of that, and I know I'm going to have to take 2 classes of that.

But humanities.... meh. Meh meh meh. I have taken 1 psychology class in humanities. And I see like... some schools requiring something like 20 hours in the humanities.

Is this actually a problem?

 

[Kaiju]

I'd call some of the schools you're thinking of applying to and see if it's a problem (even though you won't be applying for another year, certainly wouldn't hurt to hear straight from the source at admissions).

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

For med schools, "humanities" basically means anything that isn't BCPM, engineering, or pre-professional. History, english, psych, socio, polisci, criminology, economics, philosophy, ethnic and gender studies, art, music, film, etc. Surely you've taken more humanities than just psychology. It's impossible to graduate without a lot of humanities credits unless your school has very weird GERs.

 

[okemba]

Literally have take none. AP'd out of everything except for one single I/O Psych class that I've taken.

So.... yeah. I will call them and see if it's actually an issue.

 

[byaaaaaaah23]

The only school I can think of with this requirement is USC (as of last year). I remember a few schools saying they recommend you take humanities/social sciences courses, but not required.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

The only school I can think of with this requirement is USC (as of last year). I remember a few schools saying they recommend you take humanities/social sciences courses, but not required.

No, there are a bunch that have humanities requirements. Emory is another school that comes to mind immediately.