Best Major?

[PMRSoon]

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Looking to get into med school with PMR, what major looks the best on your resume?

 

[Leer]

underwater basket weaving

 

[loveoforganic]

I would think biomedical engineering would probably be of interest to you, but I doubt program directors give two craps.

 

[PMRSoon]

Exercise Science is pre-med, correct?

 

[orthomyxo]

Exercise Science is pre-med, correct?

No, exercise science is exercise science. You don't need a specific major to be pre-med.

 

[loveoforganic]

There isn't a "pre-med" major. You major in whatever you choose and complete the premed requirements (which vary slightly by school, but generally include gen chem 1/2, gen bio 1/2, intro physics 1/2, organic 1, the associated labs for all of the prior, organic 2, and less frequently, biochem, statistics, calculus, probably some others). Will have to look into schools of interest to see their exact requirments.

Just to be clear, since I'm sure this q is coming, major really doesn't matter much. Majoring in something you're passionate about and can maintain a good GPA in are far more important than any negligible "impressiveness" of a major as far as med school admissions are concerned.

 

[NewEngland21]

Exercise Science is pre-med, correct?

Anybody who is at an undergraduate institution that is getting a Baccalaureate, and takes the several medical school pre-reqs is pre-med.

 

[James Sacket]

Looking to get into med school with PMR, what major looks the best on your resume?

There's no such thing as "best" major. Your whole undergrad experience should be focusing on what REALLY interests you, NOT what you think med schools want to see. If you do what you like, you'll get better results to show med schools.

There isn't a "pre-med" major. You major in whatever you choose and complete the premed requirements (which vary slightly by school, but generally include gen chem 1/2, gen bio 1/2, intro physics 1/2, organic 1, the associated labs for all of the prior, organic 2, and less frequently, biochem, statistics, calculus, probably some others). Will have to look into schools of interest to see their exact requirments.

Just to be clear, since I'm sure this q is coming, major really doesn't matter much. Majoring in something you're passionate about and can maintain a good GPA in are far more important than any negligible "impressiveness" of a major as far as med school admissions are concerned.

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