Non sci major

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JSTAR04

JSTAR04

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I know someone that wants to major in a liberal arts degree. Can he get into a med school with an above 3.5 gpa since the major isnt difficult and just have a science gpa of 3.0 or above. Hes an URM if that helps him.
 
Yeah, but hopefully his degree is really cool and differentiating. A lot of liberal art majors are psych or sociology, which is fine, he just needs to make himself interesting.
 
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gyngyn said:
Nonscience majors are at an advantage in some respects, but below average required courses or MCAT can not be offset just by being more interesting.
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How would you feel about a social sciences major with a medicore sGPA but a solid (not amazing, but solid) MCAT score?
 
gyngyn said:
Nonscience majors are at an advantage in some respects, but below average required courses or MCAT can not be offset just by being more interesting.
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Could you elaborate on those advantages? I'm a non-science major and I'm interested in your perspective.

OP, a 3.0 science GPA is too low... People in here says that a GPA greater than 3.5 is competitive. Also, I remember someone here said that when applicant is non-science major adcoms look at pre-reqs' grade more closely.
 
lobo12 said:
Could you elaborate on those advantages? I'm a non-science major and I'm interested in your perspective.

OP, a 3.0 science GPA is too low... People in here says that a GPA greater than 3.5 is competitive. Also, I remember someone here said that when applicant is non-science major adcoms look at pre-reqs' grade more closely.
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i hear what your saying. The major is Pol Sci. It is an easy major im sure he can get a 3.5 but the science gpa is what im worried about. Hes a URM can he just got to an HBCU i heard they accept mcat scores of 24 and a gpa of 3.2
 
JSTAR04 said:
i hear what your saying. The major is Pol Sci. It is an easy major im sure he can get a 3.5 but the science gpa is what im worried about. Hes a URM can he just got to an HBCU i heard they accept mcat scores of 24 and a gpa of 3.2
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He's poly sci AND not pre-law?

Whoa...
 
lobo12 said:
Could you elaborate on those advantages? I'm a non-science major and I'm interested in your perspective.

OP, a 3.0 science GPA is too low... People in here says that a GPA greater than 3.5 is competitive. Also, I remember someone here said that when applicant is non-science major adcoms look at pre-reqs' grade more closely.
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The first goal of the applicant is to get past the screeners. After reading a few thousand applications from human bio majors, the viewpoint of someone a little different might catch their attention. You'd have to be a lot more interesting, though, if your gpa and especially MCAT are not close to the mean for that school.
 
gyngyn said:
He would have a good chance at the schools where his stats were at or above the mean (especially if his essays captured the imagination of the screeners.)
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Awesome, thanks. My sGPA is near the median sGPA of the schools to which I am applying, +/- 0.05. My MCAT score is two to four points above the median MCAT of the schools to which I am applying.
 
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what would you say the percentage is for non science majors in med school compared to science majors, some say 50/50 i say 80/20 sci majors beung the majority.
 
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