Does architecture and Pre-med mix?

[Shooto2000]

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I've been thinking of becoming a pre-med major for the last 4 months although I can't seem to figure out what i want to major in. I'm not into becoming a biology major....Who knows I might consider chemisty but before I thought about anything pre med I was planning on going to college for architecture. Would it be appropriate to be an architecture major and still be pre-med and let's say I do get good grades...What are my odds of getting into med school being an architecture major?
Shooto

 

[skypilot]

I heard a story once about a guy who wanted to be a carpenter but his dad convinced him to go into orthopedic surgery where he used similar skills (drills, hammers, etc) Architecture would probably be an excellent background for medicine. Just make sure you can mantain good grades in your premed classes and don't neglect your English and language classes.

Good luck

 

[IlianaSedai]

You can do it. I majored in English and was just fine.

 

[Rapid Decomposition]

If you majored in architecture and did well in your premed classes and the MCAT, and you want to be a doctor for the right reasons (and show it by doing volunteering and stuff), you can go wherever you want to go to medical school - your odds of getting in would be essentially 100%.

 

[HoMuffin]

One of my roommates is an architecture major. From what I've seen her go through, arch is an extremely demanding major. I wouldn't see her for a week at a time because she'd be working in her studio until 4am. Unless you are very good at time management and/or have a strong passion for arch, I'd advise against it. It seems like it would be very difficult to juggle all of the pre-med requirements and all the arch studio work. Not to mention a bit pointless... at least at my school, the arch major is pretty much designed to send you out at the end of 5 (yup, five) years directly into a firm.

On the other hand, if you aren't sure yet about med school, or are really passionate about arch, maybe it would work. I'm not an arch major myself, so maybe someone else could shed more light on the subject.

 

[kam730]

I am not familiar with programs at other schools, but at my school to get a bachelor's in architecture it is a 5 year program which requires something like 170 hours, it works out that you have to take 18 hours almost every semester just to graduate in 5 years. A friend of mine who is in the program probably works harder than anyone else I know, including chem and biotech majors. I would say anything is possible especially if the program you are considering isnt as rigorous as the one at my school, but it would be very difficult and would most definitely require an extra year of undergrad.

 

[Smoke This]

Word. At my undergrad (as well as those of several other posters), architorture is a very demanding major. I have several friends who were architecture majors in college and I can tell you that it consumed ALL their time. I really don't think that majoring in architecture is compatible with premed, unless of course you want to take longer than four years to graduate as another poster pointed out.