Any Psychology premed majors? Med Students that majored in Pyschology?

[TheFamilyDoc]

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Hello everyone. I am a Psychology premed major and I absolutely love it. I was wondering are there any Psychology majors that had a hard time on the MCAT or in medical school compared to your peers that majored in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry etc. I am taking the prereqs now and dont have any problems with them. However these questions are always in the back of my mind. I was at UCLA SOM last week and met a girl that did sociology premed and she seemed pretty content.

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Psychology Major and Philosophy Minor here. Its some what of a struggle, but nothing I can't handle plus a few gray hairs. 😀

 

[Schizotypy]

Hello everyone. I am a Psychology premed major and I absolutely love it. I was wondering are there any Psychology majors that had a hard time on the MCAT or in medical school compared to your peers that majored in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry etc. I am taking the prereqs now and dont have any problems with them. However these questions are always in the back of my mind. I was at UCLA SOM last week and met a girl that did sociology premed and she seemed pretty content.

There are a ton of threads about psychology majors applying to med school. A quick search should answer a lot of your questions. As a psychology major, I don't think I faced any MCAT difficulty compared to biology majors, and I believe the new MCAT will have some social science questions.

 

[Double Trouble]

There are a ton of threads about psychology majors applying to med school. A quick search should answer a lot of your questions. As a psychology major, I don't think I faced any MCAT difficulty compared to biology majors, and I believe the new MCAT will have some social science questions.

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[TheFamilyDoc]

Thanks everyone!

 

[loveoforganic]

Psych and chem. MCAT was fine, 1st semester of med school sucked balls

 

[Neurosis]

I was a Psych major, switched to Biochemistry after taking 12 credits of upper level psychology . So many papers/essays, and the only class i genuinely enjoy seems to be abnormal psychology. Beyond the prerequisites I don't think it matters what you do with your undergraduate study. Just make sure you get a GPA above a 3.7 and you're golden.

 

[CretaKano]

Psych major and did better on the mcat than most of my biology major friends. I'll be matriculating this fall and don't expect to be at a disadvantage. You sound like you'll be fine 🙂

 

[EvilSpawn]

I'm a Psych major as well, and I don't really see it as a disadvantage. If anything, it makes you stand out just a little more than say a Bio major. I think it helps to showcase your more human and less robot side. Also, I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like I've read somewhere that Psych majors do better on the Verbal section of the MCAT than others.

 

[TheFamilyDoc]

Thank everyone. You all are exactly right. The MCAT only covers the prerequisites which I am taking anyway and im sure med school can only cover so much of what you learn during undergrad I did a better search and found similar threads about Psychology premed and it gives me peace of mind

 

[Kairos]

Did any of you psych majors have trouble finding research opportunities? Wouldn't professors prefer bio/chem/neuroscience/etc. majors over psych majors?

 

[Snikkers]

Did any of you psych majors have trouble finding research opportunities? Wouldn't professors prefer bio/chem/neuroscience/etc. majors over psych majors?

There's nothing wrong with doing psych (social, clinical, bio, etc) research.

 

[Tgamlen]

Psych major here! I'm starting a post-bacc program this summer to finish the rest of my pre-med classes that I don't have. Does anyone know what the break down of GPA is for admissions? My cumulative GPA is slightly lower than ideal (spent 4 years at a community college doing GE and music). My major GPA (psych) however is 3.7 and my science GPA so far is 3.85. Will admissions pass on my application with a low cGPA but competitive mGPA and BPCM??

Thanks!

 

[Schizotypy]

Psych major here! I'm starting a post-bacc program this summer to finish the rest of my pre-med classes that I don't have. Does anyone know what the break down of GPA is for admissions? My cumulative GPA is slightly lower than ideal (spent 4 years at a community college doing GE and music). My major GPA (psych) however is 3.7 and my science GPA so far is 3.85. Will admissions pass on my application with a low cGPA but competitive mGPA and BPCM??

Thanks!

Try the What are my Chances forum.

 

[DuskPhilosophy]

I started off as a Biology major with a chem minor, and then i just decided to go all in and double major with the psych and biology. I struggled a bit with the MCAT but I believe that was just my lack of focus when studying ( tried to study during the summer and by myself). Despite my struggles with the MCAT I am pretty confident in my science background, and I'm looking forward to MS-1 to show my stuff. I think being a psychology major will pay off in the long run of treating patients, but maybe not as much with getting through the first two years of basic sciences.

 

[DocJaz]

Thank everyone. You all are exactly right. The MCAT only covers the prerequisites which I am taking anyway and im sure med school can only cover so much of what you learn during undergrad I did a better search and found similar threads about Psychology premed and it gives me peace of mind

I think the best thing you can do for yourself is to do what makes you the happiest and even more so what gives you the best chances at excelling. Im senior graduating this June and I been in your boat and I wish someone sat down with me years ago when I was being so indecisive--when I thought being a Bio major was just as important as getting into medical school or when I thought it was the "honorable" thing to do but at the end it does not matter.What matters are your numbers at the end of the day. Don't even doubt yourself, you are better off pulling stellar grades on your social science classes (if thats what you enjoy and do well in) and taking your pre-med preq(plus biochem, genetics, physiology) slowly. Don't rush just take one or two at time....rock them! Do research on the side....Now I can almost guarantee you that if you do that you will beat a lot of bio students who have less then stellar grades to med school. I was bio student and i know how it is. The upper level bio classes are killer, well at least in my school--its hard to pull off A's and this pulls your GPA down.

Also about being prepared for med school...trust me no one major can prepare you or anyone for the rigorous of med school, my bf is doing MD/PHD and he had BioEng background and he even struggled through his first two years of med school, my point is everyone is at equal footing, and med school is not like undergrad...so don't waste your time worrying about that. Just focus on your grades! the preq classes and research and you'll be good to go

 

[TheFamilyDoc]

I think the best thing you can do for yourself is to do what makes you the happiest and even more so what gives you the best chances at excelling. Im senior graduating this June and I been in your boat and I wish someone sat down with me years ago when I was being so indecisive--when I thought being a Bio major was just as important as getting into medical school or when I thought it was the "honorable" thing to do but at the end it does not matter.What matters are your numbers at the end of the day. Don't even doubt yourself, you are better off pulling stellar grades on your social science classes (if thats what you enjoy and do well in) and taking your pre-med preq(plus biochem, genetics, physiology) slowly. Don't rush just take one or two at time....rock them! Do research on the side....Now I can almost guarantee you that if you do that you will beat a lot of bio students who have less then stellar grades to med school. I was bio student and i know how it is. The upper level bio classes are killer, well at least in my school--its hard to pull off A's and this pulls your GPA down.

Also about being prepared for med school...trust me no one major can prepare you or anyone for the rigorous of med school, my bf is doing MD/PHD and he had BioEng background and he even struggled through his first two years of med school, my point is everyone is at equal footing, and med school is not like undergrad...so don't waste your time worrying about that. Just focus on your grades! the preq classes and research and you'll be good to go

Thank you. I plan on serving the underserved as a doctor and I feel that social sciences will be of great relevance.