<p>Will colleges look at you application more harshly if you say you are applying pre-med, or as a biochemistry major? Or what about if you apply as the colleges most common major?</p>
<p>Well, pre-med seems to be a major that isn´t terribly popular among medical schools. If you have the goods (GPA, MCAT, ECs), I think it will be a minor point to most. It is my impression that they don´t feel that pre-med majors are good at preparing you for medical school, which is why most schools are phasing out the major and just making it a concentration at most. I personally never met a pre-med major on the interview trail, but take that with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Most schools don’t have a pre-med major, so this is a moot question. “Pre-med” is just a bunch of courses that medical schools require matriculating students to have taken in the past.</p>
<p>If you’re applying to college and don’t know what you want to major in, there’s nothing with marking “undecided” on the form or whatever.</p>
<p>No, I know that Pre-med isn’t a major (hence the biochemistry major), but you can indicate that you want to be a pre-med student as an undergraduate (on the common app and even in interviews). My question was does your choice of major have any weight in admittance factors to college.</p>
<p>If you are interviewing at med schools I think that they will be able guess that you are pre-med lol. I know thats not what you meant but its funny anyways. Some schools allow you to designate pre-med on your transcript. Some majors have pre-med concentrations that show as well. I doubt it will make an admissions dif though. Too many people change their mind.</p>
<p>I guess that would be an indicator, haha. But thanks for your response :)</p>
<p>Some schools may still restrict the number of potential pre-meds. Years go my alma mater Franklin and Marshall did that and also had higher admissions standards. Don’t know if they still do that but expect their website will indicate that.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>