Pre-Med

[AmazingMan101]

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Would a Aeronautical Science and Biochemistry double major be plausible? I want to ultimately go to med school but I also don't want to regret not flying. If med school doesn't work out, Ill have the perfect job. But medicine is my 1st priority.

 

[395237]

Would a Aeronautical Science and Biochemistry double major be plausible? I want to ultimately go to med school but I also don't want to regret not flying. If med school doesn't work out, Ill have the perfect job. But medicine is my 1st priority.

Look up the courses required for each major in your school's course catalog and talk to students who have majored in these fields. None of us know the prerequisites for the two majors, the electives, or the overall difficulty of them.

You can major in Aeronautical Science and go to medical school without also majoring in Biochemistry. Many students enter matriculate each year without a major in the traditional sciences.

 

[AmazingMan101]

Thank you, do you know anyone who has done this before?

 

[AmazingMan101]

Cmon guys, I need more info! Thanks

 

[395237]

You have an identical post in the high school section with plenty of opinions. You also have two years until you enter college, and at least three years until you decide a major.

Chill out a bit...

 

[circulus vitios]

Cmon guys, I need more info! Thanks

The thread has been active for ten minutes.

 

[Tappinfool66]

Would a Aeronautical Science and Biochemistry double major be plausible? I want to ultimately go to med school but I also don't want to regret not flying. If med school doesn't work out, Ill have the perfect job. But medicine is my 1st priority.

It might be possible. Like someone else already said, we can't know without having any information on the pre-requisites for each major. I was actually just thinking the other day when I was flying back to Spain about how much I used to want to be a pilot and how I kind of regret not having thought enough about it or considered it more. If flying is and will be a serious passion of yours, I say ditch the biochemistry major if you can't do both, do the aeronautical science major and take some upper level science classes (in addition to your pre-med pre-requisites) if you have extra time.

 

[Praefectus]

Cmon guys, I need more info! Thanks

I doubt that he'll grow up to be a neurotic pre-med...

And if you're that interested in flying, I'd recommend getting a pilot's license. It would be something unique that you could put on your med school application.

 

[AmazingMan101]

Thanks, anyone else willing to help me out?

 

[Arbor Vitae]

Thanks, anyone else willing to help me out?

You haven't even been a accepted to college yet, so you don't even know what choices in majors you will have. Each school has different programs and requirements. Some courses you have to take sequentially. You will have to check at the school you get accepted to what the degree requirements for each major are like. Then you can plan the courses and see if it is possible. Most likely it will take you 5 years instead of 4, which isn't necessarily a bad thing if you can afford it. A double major is a great reason to be a 5th year senior.

 

[AmazingMan101]

Would it be a good combination? Or will it be tooo stressful and will jeopardize my admission to med school?

 

[Arbor Vitae]

Would it be a good combination? Or will it be tooo stressful and will jeopardize my admission to med school?

What kind of degree is aeronautical sciences? Is it an engineering degree or a vocational type of flight degree?

A combined engineering and biochem degree would be pretty tough. A chemical engineering degree would have significant overlap with both types of majors but is really tough.

At all schools the beginning classes are just prereqs, so I would start out doing the premed prereqs for the first 2 years and see how you do. Then decide if you want to do both.

Trying to do prereqs for both biochem and engineering at the same time would be a nightmare. Both majors will require you to pull all nighters frequently by themselves, so I can;t even imagine what both would be like. I knew a girl who did both, but it took her 5 years. She was super hot by the way, and was a biochem/mechanical engineering double major.

 

[AmazingMan101]

Well aeronautical science (Professional Flight) so its based towards flight training, it is not anything engineering related. Just a vocational i guess.

 

[Arbor Vitae]

Well aeronautical science (Professional Flight) so its based towards flight training, it is not anything engineering related. Just a vocational i guess.

Then it might not be that bad. You can focus on the prereqs for both majors in the beginning, and then I would leave all your GEs/electives until the end. For me, I did math, gen chem, physics, ochem, gen bio, and biochem my first 2 years with some electives.

 

[AmazingMan101]

Ok, thanks for the advice 🙂

 

[NonTraditional3]

Dude, do you even have your learners permit for driving yet?

 

[AmazingMan101]

Yes I do.

 

[911 Turbo]

Just major in biochemistry.... double majoring is a bad idea in this case. Channeling your energy towards a possible backup is not very efficient... just give biochemistry your all.

(and you will need it - biochemistry is a very difficult major with A LOT of math)

 

[AmazingMan101]

Just major in biochemistry.... double majoring is a bad idea in this case. Channeling your energy towards a possible backup is not very efficient... just give biochemistry your all.

(and you will need it - biochemistry is a very difficult major with A LOT of math)

That makes perfect sense. Thanks

 

[pre med 2014]

To become a commercial airline pilot it makes no difference what degree you have so long as you have one.

The important thing is going to be your flight hours, instruction time and how much multi-engine time you have. The big airlines like a lot of dual engine time, it also looks good if you know how to handle a jet.

The biggest advantage to getting aeronautical science degree from an aviation school is that you will make connections with pilots who you can network with later for jobs. Can you can do pre med coursework at a place like embry riddle? I hve no idea what the curriculum is like at those colleges, but my gut tells me no tey don't have a pre med curriculum.

Most regular colleges have aeronautical engineering but not 'aeronautical science', which is basically what you will learn when you get you PP.

Also, lots of commercial airline pilots are dentists, lawyers, doctors and so on because of the nature of the work hours. so don't assume you can only do one or the other. In fact, this will become more common that we see pilots with other primary careers because we are going into an era where pilots need to pay there own way for experience more and more before they can fly or free or get paid to fly. It is normal to spend $100k in flying to land an $18k/year gig at a regional airline. (And med students complain about $200k loans).

Overall, unless there is an aviation college that has pre med coursework as well, you absolutely do not need to spend your time getting a second degree at a 'regular college' in stuff you will be studying on your own time anyways. If you're not going to an aviation college, You are better off picking a college with a good flying club, rather than having an aeronautical science program, because the people who are actually flying are the ones you want to make connections with.

 

[Praefectus]

Dude, do you even have your learners permit for driving yet?

👍

 

[pre med 2014]

👍

You can fly before you can drive, it doesn't matter.

 

[NonTraditional3]

You can fly before you can drive, it doesn't matter.

lol, my point was alluding more to that the boy is in high school; as such, no need to concern themselves with double majoring to become a pilot and a doctor, it's superfluous worriment.

 

[AmazingMan101]

To become a commercial airline pilot it makes no difference what degree you have so long as you have one.

The important thing is going to be your flight hours, instruction time and how much multi-engine time you have. The big airlines like a lot of dual engine time, it also looks good if you know how to handle a jet.

The biggest advantage to getting aeronautical science degree from an aviation school is that you will make connections with pilots who you can network with later for jobs. Can you can do pre med coursework at a place like embry riddle? I hve no idea what the curriculum is like at those colleges, but my gut tells me no tey don't have a pre med curriculum.

Most regular colleges have aeronautical engineering but not 'aeronautical science', which is basically what you will learn when you get you PP.

Also, lots of commercial airline pilots are dentists, lawyers, doctors and so on because of the nature of the work hours. so don't assume you can only do one or the other. In fact, this will become more common that we see pilots with other primary careers because we are going into an era where pilots need to pay there own way for experience more and more before they can fly or free or get paid to fly. It is normal to spend $100k in flying to land an $18k/year gig at a regional airline. (And med students complain about $200k loans).

Overall, unless there is an aviation college that has pre med coursework as well, you absolutely do not need to spend your time getting a second degree at a 'regular college' in stuff you will be studying on your own time anyways. If you're not going to an aviation college, You are better off picking a college with a good flying club, rather than having an aeronautical science program, because the people who are actually flying are the ones you want to make connections with.

You seriously gave me the best advice, thank you soooo much man! And it shouldn't matter to you (NonTraditional3) what I am doing. But thanks for the comic relief! 🙂

 

[NonTraditional3]

You seriously gave me the best advice, thank you soooo much man! And it shouldn't matter to you (NonTraditional3) what I am doing. But thanks for the comic relief! 🙂

It doesn't matter to me. Message me in 6 years; would like to know if you stayed the course or if you changed your mind like every other high school sophomore that claims they know exactly what they want to do in college and beyond.

 

[AmazingMan101]

Hey I don't blame you for being a little harsh. I bet in 6 years, I'll probably reply to sophomores the same way you did! 🙂

 

[neoevolution]

Why does SDN always mock HS students who are confident they want to be premeds? I know the number who make it through might only be 10% (I see that figure frequently, not sure about the source) but there are students who attend BS/MD programs straight out of high school. At the one I will be starting, around 90% of the students complete their 3 UG years and continue into the medical school. That 90% beats average premed acceptance rates by far and is equivalent to the top GPA and MCAT bracket published by AAMC. https://www.aamc.org/download/157450/data/table24-mcatgpagridall2008-10.pdf.pdf

 

[AmazingMan101]

Exactly, thats how I feel.

 

[911 Turbo]

Why does SDN always mock HS students who are confident they want to be premeds? I know the number who make it through might only be 10% (I see that figure frequently, not sure about the source) but there are students who attend BS/MD programs straight out of high school. At the one I will be starting, around 90% of the students complete their 3 UG years and continue into the medical school. That 90% beats average premed acceptance rates by far and is equivalent to the top GPA and MCAT bracket published by AAMC. https://www.aamc.org/download/157450/data/table24-mcatgpagridall2008-10.pdf.pdf

Because over the years, theres been a **** ton of people from hSDN who want to be heart or brain surgeons and they get super defensive when someone tells them to focus on getting into college first. And its true... most don't make it into medicine at all. When you guys start your freshman year of college and start to see people drop out of a premedical track left and right, you will understand how we feel.

 

[AmazingMan101]

I actually understand that part, I guess until I experience my first day as a "pre-med" I will not know how annoying hs'ers are on SDN. Hahah🙂

 

[neoevolution]

Because over the years, theres been a **** ton of people from hSDN who want to be heart or brain surgeons and they get super defensive when someone tells them to focus on getting into college first. And its true... most don't make it into medicine at all. When you guys start your freshman year of college and start to see people drop out of a premedical track left and right, you will understand how we feel.

I understand that, it's only that posters are overly dismissive of all HS students because of a few vocal, misinformed ones. Some HS posters will make it through, and it's unfair to them to shoot them down for asking reasonable questions and trying to plan ahead (not including the high school neurosurgeons in this group).

 

[jokerman55]

Yes it would be plausible.

If you ultimately want to go to medicine, then do just one of the degrees. Juggling too much work may hurt your GPA. Additionally, biochemistry and aeronautical sciences degrees are not a combination that seem to complement eachother

 

[sector9]

Thread closed as the OP has been banned.