Am I over my head with My college Choices?

Pre-Med & Medical School High School Student Topics
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<p>Current Education: Junior in High school
Interests: Psychology and Philosophy
Pursuing Career: Psychiatry
College I will be attending: University of Pittsburgh
Medical School: No way to Know this early, but striving for University of Pittsburgh's Medical School</p>

<p>At the University of Pittsburgh I wish to declare a duel major in Psychology and Philosophy. Psychology requires 34-35 credits for completion, where as Philosophy requires 24 credit hours for completion. On top of this I need to complete my Pre-medical Requirements to be accepted into an accredited Medical school. These requirements consist of:
Biology with lab-8 credits
General or inorganic chemistry with lab-8 credits
Organic chemistry with lab-8 credits<br>
Physics with lab-8 credits
English-6 credits
My question is, could I complete these requirements in 4 years? Please give any feedback that may be of help, I appreciate the time and consideration, thank you :).</p>

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<p>For the pre-med requirements, you’ll need to add 1 semester of biochem, 1 semester of stats and one intro level sociology class. The additional classes will be required for the 2015 MCAT.</p>

<p>Many medical school also require 2 semesters of “college level mathematics”. Calc 1 is often required or recommended. Pitt SOM expects applicants to have “a strong mathematical background”.</p>

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<p>I have to ask why do you want to double major? </p>

<p>A double major will not advantage you in any way in med school admissions.</p>

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<p>The reason for this is not because I want a better chance to get into med school, rather because Psychology and Philosophy passionate me, and furthermore I believe they will greatly affect me in my career as a Psychiatrist.</p>