Getting to medical school?

[gottamakeit]

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Does anyone know of a major in college where i do not have to do alot of essays besides math?
How about agriculture and life sciences...anyone else?

 

[jbrice1639]

just about anything that isn't humanities/social sciences...

although you'll still have to take a few writing intensive courses...just about every college requires some form of a composition I and II course for graduation (and yes, i said 'just about' because i know someone will feel the need to say that their school doesn't require you to ever write anything...)

 

[SailCrazy]

Does anyone know of a major in college where i do not have to do alot of essays besides math?

Why would you have to do a lot of essays in math?!? 😛

 

[Risa]

(and yes, i said 'just about' because i know someone will feel the need to say that their school doesn't require you to ever write anything...)

ha that probably would have been me 😳

anyhoo, i'm becoming more and more certain of the fact that gottamakeit is just entertaining himself with us. the regularity with which he fires off these ridiculous questions is at this point just... wow. by all means, carry on though.

 

[ShyRem]

chemistry. Unless you count lab reports as 'essays'. Otherwise... um... how about accounting?

 

[DarkFark]

ha that probably would have been me 😳

anyhoo, i'm becoming more and more certain of the fact that gottamakeit is just entertaining himself with us. the regularity with which he fires off these ridiculous questions is at this point just... wow. by all means, carry on though.

I like his Linkin Park thread even better.

 

[jbrice1639]

anyhoo, i'm becoming more and more certain of the fact that gottamakeit is just entertaining himself with us. the regularity with which he fires off these ridiculous questions is at this point just... wow. by all means, carry on though.

i'm sure...but it does help me kill time at work... 😀

 

[happydays]

under-water basket weaving.

 

[Risa]

under-water basket weaving.

the funny thing is that, at my school, we have all kinds of classes like this, and you have to write probably MORE essays than average because they feel the need to justify their worth as a class.

sorry, just had to vent for a second, since i should probably be writing a dance essay right now 👎

 

[ND2005]

anyhoo, i'm becoming more and more certain of the fact that gottamakeit is just entertaining himself with us. the regularity with which he fires off these ridiculous questions is at this point just... wow. by all means, carry on though.

Yeah...definitely starting to get the troll vibe. Trying to give the benefit of the doubt for now though.

 

[RxnMan]

He said something about being 19 in one of his other posts. He's probably an emotional teenager going through some self-examination feelings roller-coaster. His Linkin Park thread title is just an attempt to convey those feelings to his (assumed) peers, who would get the reference.

To the OP, you're going to have to learn how to write sometime. If you go into the liberal arts, you'll write 3 or more essays a week. If you go engineering/sciences, you'll write reports and have to do presentations (which is just another form of communication). In either case, graduate school generally requires you write a thesis (or research articles), as do some medical schools. Residency programs generally require docs to write a journal article or book chapter. In short, you will have to learn how to write at some point. Don't run away from it; conveying your knowledge to others is a necessary skill. There is nothing more useless than a doc (PhD, MD, whatever,) that cannot tell others (patients esp.) what they know.

 

[DarkFark]

To the OP, you're going to have to learn how to write sometime. If you go into the liberal arts, you'll write 3 or more essays a week. If you go engineering/sciences, you'll write reports and have to do presentations (which is just another form of communication). In either case, graduate school generally requires you write a thesis (or research articles), as do some medical schools. Residency programs generally require docs to write a journal article or book chapter. In short, you will have to learn how to write at some point. Don't run away from it; conveying your knowledge to others is a necessary skill. There is nothing more useless than a doc (PhD, MD, whatever,) that cannot tell others (patients esp.) what they know.

Good point. Also, the personal statement (and to a lesser extent, the writing section of the MCAT) will make writing come into play even before that.

 

[Scalpellum]

Major in the sciences -> Little writing

 

[schreck]

Whoa
You're a little early to be worrying so much about med. school.
I agree with everyone else and I am around your age also. I am here out of curiousity/interest. Not because I'm worried about getting accepted into a school 5 years away.

Take a deep breath. Calm down.

 

[physicsnerd42]

Does anyone know of a major in college where i do not have to do alot of essays besides math?
How about agriculture and life sciences...anyone else?

Physics, bio, chem....(unless you consider lab reports to be essays)

 

[nocturnalraj]

Major in the sciences -> Little writing

hey there scalpellum!! i recognize that picture 🙂 2 questions..what the heck are we going to get earl. and 2) arent you supposed to be working??? TSK TSK (btw im at work now, ofcourse, but u already knew that!)

 

[Depakote]

under-water basket weaving.

pft. Maybe Under-Water Basket Weaving For Non-Majors. The course I took was a 400 level class for 5.0 credit hours. I had to do a 20 Page Paper on the disequilibrating effects of bouyancy and the impact this has on weave and overall wicker integrity.

It was my only C-.

 

[happydays]

pft. Maybe Under-Water Basket Weaving For Non-Majors. The course I took was a 400 level class for 5.0 credit hours. I had to do a 20 Page Paper on the disequilibrating effects of bouyancy and the impact this has on weave and overall wicker integrity.

It was my only C-.

Did you also have to write the papers under water?

 

[Risa]

Did you also have to write the papers under water?

ha yes, on papyrus. it was sooooo frustrating!!!