med schools dont like it if applicants take med/health related courses in ugrad?

[sajum]

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so ive heard from one of my friends that med school do not like to see undergrads taking health/med related classes. roughly 1/2 of courses offered by my major is related to health/med. for instance, medical parasitology, exercise physiology, human osteology, evolutionary medicine etc.

should i be somewhat worried? thanks for any input

 

[tennisball80]

I don't why but it seems true. Humanities majors have a higher acceptance rate than biological sciences majors.

 

[teenmachinery1]

I took edit: medical bacteriology at my university as an undergrad so I'll let you know in a couple weeks...

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edited: so I don't get a whole bunch of how'd you do that questions. :/

 

[tennisball80]

I took first year pathology at my university as an undergrad so I'll let you know in a couple weeks...

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How did you do that?

Is your dad a famous congress man or a million dollar pornshop owner?

 

[teenmachinery1]

How did you do that?

Is your dad a famous congress man or a million dollar pornshop owner?

Yes, and yes.

 

[osumc2014]

that is ridiculous since they would better prep you whether you learn much or not

 

[brooklynblunder]

i think if your GPA is fine, they pretty much just quickly glance over that uploaded grades section of the AMCAs

 

[sajum]

owel i hope my friend is wrong

 

[7starmantis]

owel i hope my friend is wrong

They are.

I took several of them and was fine.

 

[GoBriightly]

i wouldn't worry about it. As long as you have a good GPA, you'll probably be fine. Just take what you want and/or interested in.

 

[LizzyM]

Biology courses offered by the biology department are classified as BIO. Some courses that are offered in depts of nursing and other allied health areas are classified as "health" (HEAL). Some of these classes seem rather "fluffy" such as "Medical Terminology" in comparison to, let's say an upper level biology or chemistry course or even an upper level course in the humanities or social sciences.