Every place I read, as well as the advice I got from my pre-med advisor, I hear that medical schools don't care about the difficulty of your major, or the difficulty of your classes. It's all about GPA. This doesn't make sense to me, and I was wondering if anyone who is involved with admissions or has insight to this could explain.
For example, at my school, for the pre-med requirements there are different level's of difficulty you could take. For example, you could take Introductory Physics 131 and 132, or 151 and 152. The 151 and 152 is physics for engineers and physical science majors. The same applies to all the other pre-med requirements, as well as majors. For example, at my school, doing a chemistry major is harder than doing a biochemistry major because of the more advanced calculus, more advanced physics, more advanced organic chemistry, and some pretty intensive classes. Yet, from everything I read, it seems like its all about GPA, and I just don't understand that. It's the opposite of college admissions, where they cared if you took honors or AP classes. It seems counterintuitive to me, and I feel like if I were a medical school admissions person, and I saw that this person chose to take the more advanced version of a class, that would be an advantage. Or, if they got a B in the more advanced version, I would see that as an equal to a person getting an A in the less advanced version. If anyone has any insight into why this is, that would be great, I'm just curious as to why this is.
For example, at my school, for the pre-med requirements there are different level's of difficulty you could take. For example, you could take Introductory Physics 131 and 132, or 151 and 152. The 151 and 152 is physics for engineers and physical science majors. The same applies to all the other pre-med requirements, as well as majors. For example, at my school, doing a chemistry major is harder than doing a biochemistry major because of the more advanced calculus, more advanced physics, more advanced organic chemistry, and some pretty intensive classes. Yet, from everything I read, it seems like its all about GPA, and I just don't understand that. It's the opposite of college admissions, where they cared if you took honors or AP classes. It seems counterintuitive to me, and I feel like if I were a medical school admissions person, and I saw that this person chose to take the more advanced version of a class, that would be an advantage. Or, if they got a B in the more advanced version, I would see that as an equal to a person getting an A in the less advanced version. If anyone has any insight into why this is, that would be great, I'm just curious as to why this is.
