Accounting and PreMed...

College Majors Business Major
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<p>I am considering doing accounting and premed.</p>

<p>I would need to only take O-Chem, and a series of BioChem at my school along with all the accounting course work in order to get done.I will have to give up 2 summers, but I am 100% content with that.</p>

<p>I am transferring to the University of Washington, I will have taken 1 year of English, Math:including Calculus 1, 2, and 3, and Taylor Series, roughly 2 years of Humanities: psych, humanities, flim, women studies, sociology. As well will have 1 year of calc based physics, 1 year of general chemistry, and 1 year of general biology. Finally, I will have the necessary business courses completed: 1 year of basic accounting, management, business law, etc.</p>

<p>Transfer GPA: 3.87</p>

<p>I am considering doing the B.A. in accounting because it gives me a nice fall back if I don't get into medical school.</p>

<p>Just wondering if anyone has done this before, has advice, etc?</p>

<p>And, all the Accounting majors, what was your GPA? How much time did you put into studying?</p>

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<p>I am a freshman accounting major. I have a 4.0 but have not taken real accounting classes yet.</p>

<p>From what I hear, an accounting major is extremely rigorous and very time consuming. At my school, a 3.2 is required to graduate with honors in accounting while a 3.5 is required for honors in other business disciplines (this implies accounting is much harder). Accounting is perhaps comparable to engineering in difficulty (although fewer classes taken than engineering perhaps).</p>

<p>Premed accounting would be challenging. However, no one’s to say it’s not doable. An easier plan could be a finance, economics, or other business degree with premed.</p>

<p>However, you do seem to already have many classes under your belt. In that case, you do have a bit of an advantage. With your situation, it looks easier than normal. If you feel confident, I’d go for it. Just know accounting is time consuming.</p>