Whats your Major?

[ctaborda]

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Whats your major to get into medschool.

 

[Ames980]

history..... not that its going to get me into med school, but a little late to change it now!

 

[jpro]

It doesn't matter, really. Just major in somthing you find interesting. It doesn't have to be Biology. I picked physics, but I really enjoy it so I get good grades. Most pre-meds are biology majors which means if you major in biology it won't stand out. Do whatever you like because you will get plenty of biology and anatomy once med school starts.

 

[jpro]

history..... not that its going to get me into med school, but a little late to change it now!

That's good. Those adcoms love to see liberal arts majors, seriously.

 

[ctaborda]

I know, the thing is I really like Biology and also humanities, so I am trying to find something that I could Double Major with.. Or something has them both.

Carlos

 

[elliot]

Nuclear Med at Long Island University.. dont rank on me i know it isn't a great school but im dumb

 

[GWMD2B]

Yeah, do something that interests you and make yourself stand out, while still demonstrating you can do well in upper-level Bio.

I was a religious studies major myself.

GWMD2B

 

[jpro]

I know, the thing is I really like Biology and also humanities, so I am trying to find something that I could Double Major with.. Or something has them both.

Carlos

If that is what you enjoy then go for it. Double Major if you want, but you could also Minor in something else. Don't get me wrong Biology is a great major, its interesting and the research is really cool. The reson I say do whatever you enjoy is because people tend to do better in classes they like which translates into a higher GPA. Oh, one last thing, the liberal arts guys do seem to do very well on the Verbal section of the MCAT. There was a thread recently talking about the importance of that Verbal score. Pretty interesting.

 

[Ames980]

so i more or less base all of my admissions info on a meeting i had with the head at dartmouth, and i know all schools are different, but she kept on going on and on about how they love to see that you do things that youre passionate about because if youre passionate about life and what you do youll be an even better doctor. plus majoring in something you love will help make some of those *more* painful science classes do-able. i personally chose history cause, as jpro said, we'll be doing intense science for the next couple years.
double major! have fun with it 🙂

 

[thewzdoc]

Information Technology (yes....a tech geek )

 

[Nebmuse]

Music
MCD Biology

 

[ctaborda]

I would be interested in doing something between:

History, Music, Biology, Marine Bio, psychology..

Which would be better as for medical school admissions?

Carlos

 

[medic170]

I majored in a very specific major, Interdisciplinary studies...Ha. I'll tell you what, it has been a great major for pre med. I had the freedom to take my prerequisite sciences and I have received a great all around education in many disciplines. I also got to do an original research thesis my senior year and get my upper level writing requirment. Most people do bio or chem research for med school, but since I had so much humanities and social science in my major, I did mine on racial disparities in health care, which I think will be a unique thing to bring up in my interviews. I figure that I will learn all the hard core I science any man can stand in med school, so I wanted to enjoy my major and learn about everything else as an undergrad!

 

[MEG@COOL]

My major is a SURGERY DOCTOR.

 

[medic170]

My major is a SURGERY DOCTOR.

you are the most dorky troll I have ever seen on SDN 🙄

 

[thewzdoc]

I would be interested in doing something between:

History, Music, Biology, Marine Bio, psychology..

Which would be better as for medical school admissions?

Carlos

There is no "better". If you mean "ordinary" then take bio. Just be sure you have all the prerequisites done.

 

[skiz knot]

I would be interested in doing something between:

History, Music, Biology, Marine Bio, psychology..

Which would be better as for medical school admissions?

Carlos

Apparently Carlos needs to major in Reading, because it has already been posted that it doesn't matter which major he chooses.

 

[SaltySqueegee]

http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2003/mcatgpabymaj1.htm

MCAT scores and GPAs for Applicants and Matriculants by Primary Undergraduate Major, 2003

👍
Take this information with a Grain of Salt lined Margarita... 😀

 

[lordank]

Anthropology...not too many of us

 

[bigdan]

Occupational Therapy, thank you very much.


dc

 

[queeneleanor77]

Essentially it was a neuroscience major (but called interdisciplinary studies at my school) - not too many of us either.

 

[Medikit]

Chemistry with an emphasis in biochemistry and my other major is general biology

 

[Fermata]

Mine keeps changing. 🙁

 

[thewzdoc]

Mine keeps changing. 🙁

Oh?you?re one of ?those??. just get a liberal arts degree and be done with it?. 👍

 

[VFrank]

Genetics and Molecular Biology at Northwestern -- yup, pretty normal.

 

[Fermata]

Oh?you?re one of ?those??. just get a liberal arts degree and be done with it?. 👍

It's just that I like everything. 🙁

 

[adamj61]

Biochem! I have yet to see anyone else here biochem


Certificate (no minors at my school) Afro-Am Studies

 

[Medikit]

Biochem! I have yet to see anyone else here biochem


Certificate (no minors at my school) Afro-Am Studies

You've also yet to read my post 🙁

 

[WalterSobchakk]

Microbio major/Italian minor. Just pick a major you enjoy and do the required pre-med classes on the side if you have to.

 

[thewzdoc]

It's just that I like everything. 🙁

Me too....I started in Aerospace Engineering at UH....moved on to anthropology and physics....and finally decided on Information Technology. I still read as much as I can about anything scientific or Aerospace related.

 

[Farmers]

I would be interested in doing something between:

History, Music, Biology, Marine Bio, psychology..

Which would be better as for medical school admissions?

Carlos

Music.

 

[Asclepius]

@ss-whoopin'! 🙄

(Religion, Philosophy, and Greek...adcoms loved it. Go humanities!)

 

[OSU ACTON]

x

 

[mdsadler]

Immunology and Infection

 

[WalterSobchakk]

Come va, OSU? Dove studi? Non c'e` un "major" d'italiano all'Universita` di Florida dove studio 🙁 . E` sempre buono vedere altra gente che parla, non vedo molti fuori i miei classi.

 

[GBFKicks]

Anthropology/biology

 

[NRAI2001]

alcohole chemistry

 

[Caristra]

Major: chemistry and either english/philosophy or religion (the sencond major shifts a lot. I have not declared it yet)
Minors: BIOCHEM (I'd major in it but my school does not offer that.) Biology, either philosophy or religion and english depending on which ends up being a major.

 

[adamj61]

You've also yet to read my post 🙁

I saw it...but you are a chem major. I prefer the applied side...although 3D nmr is tight.

 

[fullefect1]

Double Major = Drinking Beer/ Tapping Kegs

 

[thewzdoc]

Double Major = Drinking Beer/ Tapping Kegs

I think all my friends that went to SDSU had this double major.

 

[freaker]

English and art history. And a minor equivalency in French. One of my science professors commented that those were things people did, not things they studied. Simpleton. 😡 ( )

 

[akpete]

Athletic training and Human Biology double major.
Chem minor
Only 11 credits of biology left, so I'm taking an interior design class!! 🙂 I'm so excited about that; it has nothing to do with science.

if I would have had time I probably would've looked into art history too.

go do something fun!! 🙂 🙂

 

[ctaborda]

How the hell do some of you guys manage to have 3 majors!?!?

Like Bio, Psychology and history!?

😀 its getting INTERESTING!

 

[nascentdoc]

biochem major/math minor

 

[Premedtomed]

Finance major , business administration minor and a minor in Chemistry perhaps

Do Finance, gives you a good take on how to run your own practice in the future 😉
besides, I don't think there are many premeds with a Finance major

 

[gizmoduck]

cellular biology with a minor in chem

....eppendorf pipettes are my friend

 

[Gutierrez001]

double major in Biochemistry and History.

 

[wanderso]

Bachelors in Music and a Masters in Music.

 

[bsklaw83]

History
Health Medicine and Society (I created this one)