Liberty University Biomedical Science major?

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Anyone here going to LU with the intent to apply to LUCOM for medical school? I have a whole lot of question and do not know where to get the answers.

 

[TragicalDrFaust]

I have a friend who went there for UG and knows people matriculating at the med school. I might be able to answer some of your questions! I asked her a lot about it while I was trying to decide if it would be too conservative for me.

 

[Billyrmd]

One of my best friend did this major at LU and it's a bad idea. It's useless clinically if you don't make it to medical school, wastes your last chance in life to study anything else, these majors have lower MCAT scores, and they are filled with "those" premeds.

 

[hungrydoc710]

My best fried did this major and it's a bad idea. It's useless clinically if you don't make it to medical school, wastes your last chance in life to study anything else, these majors have lower MCAT scores, and they are filed with "those" premeds.

Lol what does MCAT score have to do with the major?

 

[Billyrmd]

Lol what does MCAT score have to do with the major?

Statistically, "prehealth majors" score lower on the MCAT, as do biology majors. This may be due to these kids over-estimating how prepared their are because afterall, they're a biomedical science major. In other words, their major gives them a false sense of MCAT aptitude. While a literature major probably studies more in the context of preparing for the MCAT, and as we all know, slaying the MCAT is about actually practicing for the MCAT, not going as deep as possible into the basic sciences for the sake of it.

It's a shame that a few schools even offer a premed major (or premed-like major), but they know high school seniors love telling people they are premed (going to be a neurosurgeon) so it attracts a lot of kids.

 

[Billyrmd]

OP, my word of subjective advice, major in something to fall back on and enrich you/stretch you. I am not a fan of Liberty's graduate program ("SMP") (3 friends did it) let alone the undergraduate Biomedical Science program. Have fun at Liberty, they have a lot of nice stuff 🙂

 

[hungrydoc710]

OP, there are better SMP's out there if you need.
VCOM and WVSOM have programs in place that with a 494/495 MCAT + 3.5 in thier masters program, you get an auto-acceptance into thier med school. Had a buddy go thru it last year and is currently an OMS1 at my school.

Cheers.