Upper divisionals are the biggest part. Personally, I feel that if you major in something nonmedical or non-science related (art, interpretive dance, etc) that medical school is not your primary focus, or your taking the easy way out. BIO I and II is a survey course that have almost no application to the MCAT/future medical school. I would have a 4.0 if I was an history major, but I don't because I wanted to learn practical information. College if about preparing yourself for a future career, not learning mindless stuff that interest you (thats what wikipedia is for).
🙄 I think it shows that you're well-rounded and have other interests, which is a good thing. One-track minds aren't necessarily better. "Chicken has bones, so... yes." Also, anyone that bothers to study for and do well on the MCAT and jump through all the hoops to apply to medical school is obviously focused.
And LO-freakin-L at artistic courses being the "easy" way out. A class in which the grade is subjective, based on what the professor likes or doesn't like about the way you do something, is NOT necessarily easier than objectively-graded courses at the same level. It's actually quite infuriating at times.
Lol to each his own. The nice thing about engineering is that it is employable without grad school, so in that sense you do. I'm sure your major will help you pwn physical sciences though. Challenging majors >>>> humanities. IMO.
LOL again.
Can we just agree that major in Biology would better suite someone for medical school as opposed to one in Women Studies? 😴
I think a science major prepares you about as well for medical school as one semester of introductory Spanish prepares you to move to Spain for a year. You might be ahead of the game for a few weeks and that's the end of it. An undergraduate science major scratches the surface of the depth, detail, and volume of material that'll be covered in medical school.
Best pre-professional major.
My defense of non-science majors aside, I really do wish I'd stuck with my psychobiology major. Don't know WTF I was thinking when I switched BACK to theatre but I'd guess it started with "Derp..."
This thread was extremely frustrating to read - the amount of ignorant thinking...ugh.
No kidding.
Major in whatever you want. Do well in your pre-reqs. The caveat to a humanities major is that if you don't do exceedingly well in your pre-med pre-reqs, then the ADDCOMS don't know that you can handle the workload of medical school.
I'm not sure I'm following. Anyone that doesn't do well in the pre-reqs is going to have their ability to handle medical school called into question, whether they majored in Biology, Math, Business or Dance. And if you can't handle General Bio and Chem, it doesn't bode well for higher-level science courses like Biochemistry.
Who the hell cares about how hard your major is? lol If you get accepted into a respectable Medical school, you'll most likely get into a residency of your choice, regardless of your underwater basketweaving major or your BioChemIwannaBeADoctor major.
Either one can get a good MCAT score which is the biggest factor of a Medical school acceptance, don't flame anyone elses majors..
👍 Out of the entire application, MCAT (and sGPA, IIRC) are the best predictors of performance in medical school and on the boards, are they not?
Truly, it does NOT matter what you major in to apply to medical school. A non-science major can even be seen as advantageous, and it is the last time you'll really get to study something OTHER than hard sciences, so if you want to, do so. The only things that matter are:
1. You like it.
2. You do well in it. GPA 3.5+
3. You have time to partake in meaningful ECs as well.
If it'll make you feel better by thinking you'll be more prepared for medical school if you major in Biochem, then you go right ahead, but I think you're kidding yourself.
