________ to Med School

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<p>Hello CollegeConfidential. This is the first time I have posted in this forum so if this is in the wrong place, you may have to move it.</p>

<p>I am a current high school Junior considering and researching a career in medicine. I have looked into 7/8 year med programs and I have come to the conclusion that I am not interested in those and would rather complete an undergraduate degree and then go to medical school. However, after thoroughly researching my options, almost everything I read complains of the burnout students face in medical school, with grueling hours studying to maintain GPAs and achieve high MCAT scores.
My question is, what pathway should I take before going to medical school if I decide to go? I have heard that pure "premed" majors are useless as they limit your options following the undergraduate level. What are some interesting pathways students/CCers have taken?
Additionally, following the undergraduate level, if I decide to not go to med. school/can't even get in, what can I do?</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to read. If these questions aren't appropriate for this forum, I apologize.</p>

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<p>Any major is ok as a pre-med, as long as you take the pre-med courses. Of course, you will have to get a high GPA and MCAT score regardless of major.</p>

<p>Choose a major that you are interested in, whether you ultimately go to medical school or not.</p>

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<p>most people don’t get into med school. so you if you major in chemistry… you become a chemist, major in math… you because a mathematician working in offices doing analysis for companies, biology major works in a lab. psychologist works in a clinic or something. </p>

<p>pick something that interests you. I an pro geology, engineering, business, education major because there are more jobs available that you don’t need to go to grad school for. </p>

<p>ex: a chemist will make $20 an hour and work in the lab, but a chemist that went to grad school will make more money and be the manager etc… plus more lab jobs want to higher people with grad degrees compared to undergrad. </p>

<p>I am in engineering.</p>

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<p>I head that a physics major/math minor, does better on the MCAT because they have learned how to decipher problems better.</p>