MD/PHD without Biology Degree
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depends. Assuming you've done all the prereqs, hopefully have taken a few upper-level bio courses, and are doing biologically-related research, that's perfectly fine. If your research and your research interests are not biological in nature, things get more complicated.
Yeah, I'll have the prereqs and at least a few bio courses and some research, and I want to do biological research in the future (at least at this time). I just don't want to get a Biology degree from my university.
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i'm by no means an expert, but i would think this would really depend quite heavily on the research experiences you make for yourself, as well as on the programs to which you apply. even within a single mstp/md-phd program, each department may have varying views on the degree situation as well. math, though, i think would be a fine major, especially because computational biology & bioinformatics is blowing up.
It isn't necessary to major in it. I didn't have much research in biological sciences (only 1-2 semesters) or much coursework in it when I applied. Mathematics fits very well with medical research these days 🙂 Some programs will see it as a plus if you do biostats research or applied mathematics... Just make sure you have the prerec courses.
I know people who did research on tomatos/agriculure or theoretical chem/math. Accepted to MSTP. Do what interests you. Most MSTPs tend to have done basic bio research. Basic <insert hard science here (i.e. math/chem/physics/bio)> research is equally good in my opinion.
The only research experiences I think would be bring up questions are clinical research (aka collecting data projects) or humanities related research (ie. psych/social studies).
The only research experiences I think would be bring up questions are clinical research (aka collecting data projects) or humanities related research (ie. psych/social studies).
