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[Pizza12]

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Longtime lurker here... have a question. I'm a humanities major, a junior with the goal of applying to med school. I'm half way through my pre-reqs. My advisor at school is nudging me to change my major and get a degree in biology because at this point of time, it would save me a semester because I have quite a few courses left (at least 4 semesters) in my major. Advisor thinks by changing my major I will graduate earlier and be able to apply to med school sooner. Also advisor says he does not understand why I am in humanities and working doubly hard if I already know my goal is to become a doctor and that it makes it much simpler just to switch to biology. The thing is I'm in no hurry to apply yet and and not even thinking of MCAT quite yet and I love my major. But I am also a bit concerned that my advisor might be right and maybe years later I will regret not taking his advice. Any sdn wisdom? Thanks for your responses

 

[wysdoc]

Longtime lurker here... have a question. I'm a humanities major, a junior with the goal of applying to med school. I'm half way through my pre-reqs. My advisor at school is nudging me to change my major and get a degree in biology because at this point of time, it would save me a semester because I have quite a few courses left (at least 4 semesters) in my major. Advisor thinks by changing my major I will graduate earlier and be able to apply to med school sooner. Also advisor says he does not understand why I am in humanities and working doubly hard if I already know my goal is to become a doctor and that it makes it much simpler just to switch to biology. The thing is I'm in no hurry to apply yet and and not even thinking of MCAT quite yet and I love my major. But I am also a bit concerned that my advisor might be right and maybe years later I will regret not taking his advice. Any sdn wisdom? Thanks for your responses

Choose the major you love and enjoy college. No need to rush it.

 

[fball22]

Longtime lurker here... have a question. I'm a humanities major, a junior with the goal of applying to med school. I'm half way through my pre-reqs. My advisor at school is nudging me to change my major and get a degree in biology because at this point of time, it would save me a semester because I have quite a few courses left (at least 4 semesters) in my major. Advisor thinks by changing my major I will graduate earlier and be able to apply to med school sooner. Also advisor says he does not understand why I am in humanities and working doubly hard if I already know my goal is to become a doctor and that it makes it much simpler just to switch to biology. The thing is I'm in no hurry to apply yet and and not even thinking of MCAT quite yet and I love my major. But I am also a bit concerned that my advisor might be right and maybe years later I will regret not taking his advice. Any sdn wisdom? Thanks for your responses

If the only benefit of switching is to graduate a few months earlier, don't take their advice. Continue with what you love.

 

[SpoiledMilk]

There is no preset major for medical school. As @wysdoc stated, use college to do the things you love to do. Medical school ain't going anywhere.

 

[bbbcccppp]

My guess is that your current path will get you a better MCAT and better Chances when you
Get there. Spending time is not wasting it.


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[McSurgeon]

I'm in the same situation. I'm an art history major and I love it! I started out as a bio major because the premed advisor at my uni said that majoring in one of the sciences would be easier in the long run (as far as fitting in pre reqs.) I listened to her advice and was miserable for 2 years because of it. Stick with what you love! Everything you learn will apply to medicine in one way or another. It's not all about diagnoses and hard science. It's also majorly about people. Studying the humanities will help you relate, empathize, and communicate with your patients in a unique way! Also, I don't know what your specific major is, but the critical thinking skills and visual analysis skills I've gained as an art history major helped me ace orgo and made me super good at reading radiological images. I'm hoping they'll pay off on the MCAT too lol. It's just all about applying those skills to every class and area of training.


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[Pizza12]

Thank you all. I decided to stick with my humanities major. McSurgeon - its great your skills are applicable in the science area. Btw my major is Human resource management: its a lot to do with negotiation, conflict resolution, communication with personnel and other skills.