Majoring in Education

[DrStraggler]

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Would Majoring Biology Education help me, hinder me, or do nothing?

I love to teach, and see it as a fall-back if I don't get into Medical School or potentially even a gap year or two of teaching before I go to medical school.

Thanks for the input!

 

[painterly]

I think it'll help you. Interviewers (and admissions committees) like to see people with outside interests. Also, if you're taking a gap year, being a science teacher is a great activity/well-paid job. I was a fine arts major, and am taking a year off to teach chemistry and live my life before med school right now.
There's a lot of hype and talk about the kinds of things you 'need' to do or be to get into med school (bio major, hospital volunteer, pre-med society, etc.), and none of that is really true. It's your life! Major in whatever you want, as long as those prereq's get finished, you're good. The happier and more fulfilled you are when you apply, the better you'll do on the interviews as well.

 

[Freakfarm0]

Would Majoring Biology Education help me, hinder me, or do nothing?

I love to teach, and see it as a fall-back if I don't get into Medical School or potentially even a gap year or two of teaching before I go to medical school.

Thanks for the input!

The only problem I can forsee is you having to take specific classes to obtain a major in education not counting for the medical school undergrad requirements.

For example: At my undergrad, we had a biology for science majors and then a biology for everyone else. The biology for everyone else did not count toward the specific medical schools to which I applied.

Also, you would have to take all of the other science pre-reqs (inorganic/organic chems with labs, physics with labs, etc.) which are not required for a degree in education, but are required for application to medical school.

That shouldn't be too much of a problem, seeing as how education majors have a ton of free electives.

I think an education degree would be a help to you in the long run. There are plenty of non-science majors in my class.

 

[plumhill]

During an interview, I wouldn't mention that it's a "fall-back career" for you (adcoms want to see that your'e dedicated to the field and whatnot) but I think that's an excellent major choice! The ability to teach will also be useful in your medical profession, if you go into academia/overseeing residents and med students/etc