Does your major give you a slight advantage?

[blackarrowmoose]

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I know the answer is probably no but i was really curious. The major im completing is a integrated dual degree science curriculum which is quite intense compared to many other majors at my school. For example we have to take honors orgo-II instead of regular orgo and i really don't mind. I like learning, i had to take honors gen chem I and then gen chem II next semester. Im completing this major because i genuinely am interested in the material but i feel like for the amount of work into mastering the material vs regular class there has to be some kind of perk. Theres relatively 30-40 of us in our freshman class.

What do you all think?

 

[NickNaylor]

lol @ honors versus regular classes

I really don't think it makes that much of a difference unless the program has a reputation for being rigorous. The only things I can imagine it being helpful for are the MCAT and the first year of med school. And even then the utility is a reach.

 

[jvesco22]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=781603

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=775100

How many different ways are you going to ask the same question brah? No one cares, really...

 

[apumic]

I know the answer is probably no but i was really curious. The major im completing is a integrated dual degree science curriculum which is quite intense compared to many other majors at my school. For example we have to take honors orgo-II instead of regular orgo and i really don't mind. I like learning, i had to take honors gen chem I and then gen chem II next semester. Im completing this major because i genuinely am interested in the material but i feel like for the amount of work into mastering the material vs regular class there has to be some kind of perk. Theres relatively 30-40 of us in our freshman class.

What do you all think?

No advantage. Slight disadvantage, possibly. Remember, academics are really only what gets your app past the secretary. Once she stamps it "received" and passes it off to the actual admissions committee.... J/k, sorta. But seriously, academics are FAR less important than most people tend to assume. Once you've got the excellent grades, great MCAT, etc., it's the other aspects of who you are (and the evidence for those qualities) that matters. The value of your grades and such runs out pretty quick beyond the first dumping of the chaff.

 

[wanderer]

No advantage. Slight disadvantage, possibly. Remember, academics are really only what gets your app past the secretary. Once she stamps it "received" and passes it off to the actual admissions committee.... J/k, sorta. But seriously, academics are FAR less important than most people tend to assume. Once you've got the excellent grades, great MCAT, etc., it's the other aspects of who you are (and the evidence for those qualities) that matters. The value of your grades and such runs out pretty quick beyond the first dumping of the chaff.

If you have high MCAT, high GPA and a decent PS you will get a nice amount of interviews as long as you apply broadly. Once you have a high number of interviews you will get in somewhere unless you really get nervous while interviewing or are a total dick.
Anyways the most advantageous major is the one that you will do best in but still sounds normal. If your school's bio major is a joke, then that is probably the best major to take.

 

[deleted357625]

No just how well you do towards your degree.

Each major has it's own advantages and disadvantages.

But i heard music majors have a 66% acceptance rate

 

[gettheleadout]

No just how well you do towards your degree.

Each major has it's own advantages and disadvantages.

But i heard music majors have a 66% acceptance rate

Let's not turn this into that thread...

 

[apumic]

Let's not turn this into that thread...

lol...

I heard nursing majors have a 25% acceptance rate*.

I also heard bio majors had a 40% acceptance rate and humanities had a 50% acceptance rate*.



* These are approximations. If you want the actual numbers, go look them up for yourself!

 

[Geekchick921]

Well, every theatre major I know that applied to medical school got in.

>.> <.< >.>

 

[gettheleadout]

lol...

I heard nursing majors have a 25% acceptance rate*.

I also heard bio majors had a 40% acceptance rate and humanities had a 50% acceptance rate*.



* These are approximations. If you want the actual numbers, go look them up for yourself!

lol I heard nursing majors should change their majors if they want to apply to med schools

 

[jm192]

lol I heard nursing majors should change their majors if they want to apply to med schools

I also heard that applicants that consume alcohol are accepted at a slightly higher rate than those whom do not.

No. Not really even sure why I chose to quote you. Just saying EVERYONE drinks. A VAST majority of medical students consume alcohol. Help your chances, drink too.

 

[gettheleadout]

I also heard that applicants that consume alcohol are accepted at a slightly higher rate than those whom do not.

😕 are you disagreeing with what I said?

 

[wereallrelated]

lol...

I heard nursing majors have a 25% acceptance rate*.

I also heard bio majors had a 40% acceptance rate and humanities had a 50% acceptance rate*.



* These are approximations. If you want the actual numbers, go look them up for yourself!

I am interested in looking them up. Where can I look them up? Thank you.

 

[indya]

I am interested in looking them up. Where can I look them up? Thank you.

http://www.knox.edu/statistics.xml

This is from 1999 (more than a decade ago), but it is more specific for each science major than the one that aamc publishes ("biological sciences, physical sciences, etc") so could be a little useful

 

[jm192]

😕 are you disagreeing with what I said?

No. And in hindsight, I'm not even sure why I chose to click quote.

Just, everyone in med school drinks. I'd say 95%+. Thus, if you drink, you are clearly more likely to be accepted.

To give a more serious answer, I've had a chance to talk to admissions persons now, and I have friends that have done summer programs that allowed them to talk to adcom members. The resounding response has been that they don't care WHAT you do, as long as you do the pre-reqs. I

Once admitted having a solid bio background will help. I would guess a solid chem background would help for Biochem. But, getting in, it seems they're not too worried about your major.

 

[gettheleadout]

No. And in hindsight, I'm not even sure why I chose to click quote.

Just, everyone in med school drinks. I'd say 95%+. Thus, if you drink, you are clearly more likely to be accepted.

To give a more serious answer, I've had a chance to talk to admissions persons now, and I have friends that have done summer programs that allowed them to talk to adcom members. The resounding response has been that they don't care WHAT you do, as long as you do the pre-reqs. I

Once admitted having a solid bio background will help. I would guess a solid chem background would help for Biochem. But, getting in, it seems they're not too worried about your major.

Oh haha okay cause I was at a loss to find a connection between what we each said... And does that necessarily mean they drank before matriculating?