<p>What is your major? </p>
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<p>I'm interested as I was thinking about majoring in biology, but I found out that it would mould me as a 'common' applicant for when I apply to med school. So I am still researching possible majors that I'd be interested in, so far I have thought about mostly the majors in the liberal arts category.</p>
<p>The “boring” (possibly in the eyes of a medical school adcom) biology major :)</p>
<p>The “slightly less boring” Chemistry major</p>
<p>The world is so weird, I mean it would only make sense to be in the scientific majors if you are doing pre-med, but everyone is always looking for ways to stand out. It might seem ‘boring’ to the admission guys to think that would make my application ‘just another one in the pile’, but to me biology/ chemistry is facinating, no wonder there are so many enrolled in this major.</p>
<p>Music/Psych double degree… but I took most of the req’ts for a biochem major as electives</p>
<p>Bio/Chem simply adds no diversity. Bio majors also don’t tend to do that great on the MCAT (esp. VR and, to a somewhat lesser degree, PS).</p>
<p>Further, people who do extremely well in non-science majors AND ace their science classes are obviously, on the whole, going to be better-rounded students who are likely to offer more diverse viewpoints in a med school class. Finally, people in the humanities & bx sciences tend to be better communicators and more social than most science students. This can be quite helpful during clinicals, as can the creativity and out-of-the-box thinking & problem-solving of an artsy major (e.g., music, film, theatre, art, etc.).</p>
<p>To be honest, from my own experience, most students in the bx sciences (who are of a caliber to apply to med school) have a FAR better understanding of such things as the scientific method than do most science students of equivalent caliber. Why this is, I’m not quite sure, although it may have to do with how they are trained in labs (often spending more time cleaning dishes than designing or implementing projects, where in bx science labs, you generally begin designing experiments – or at least being involved as a confederate or observer – from the get-go – we typically use freshmen in intro-level courses needing extra credit for the grunt-work). The difference in understanding is astounding.</p>
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<p>Everyone seems to forget that once you get to med school ALL you will study for the next 6-10 years is science or science related material. Undergrad is a time to explore your interests and passions and to broaden, explore and take risks…</p>
<p>It’s not a matter of trying to stand out, it’s a matter of trying to become an even more interesting person who can comfortably converse intelligently about numerous things…being around med students 24/7 can and does get awfully boring at times… trust me.</p>
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<p>If bio/chem is fascinating to you, then explore those two for your possible major. But for others like apumic, music is a passion, but s/he also likes science. Heck, there are many philosophy majors that could ace bio/chem if they really wanted to, but they choose a different path because it’s what they like a LOT better.</p>
<p>apumic, DS comes from the opposite dirtection but likely does many things you may have done. He is a bio major who takes at least one music class every semester (and take a music lesson outside of the school and participates in many music related activities several evenings in a week.) If a minor were offered at his school (it is not offered), he would likely be a music minor. He is somewhat turned off by the “modern music” aspect of some music classes though, but he does not mind taking liberal-artish music history classes.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about being boring if you are a bio major. If it was that such a big deal then so many of them wouldn’t be in medical school right now.</p>
<p>Biochemistry and Dance.</p>
<p>I would also point out that, while it is true that people who do humanities majors and also well in their science pre-reqs tend to do better statistically, this is a very biased group. As a student of dance I can, bluntly, say that most of the kids in that department would not have been able to do that great in their pre-reqs in the same way that I struggled in the non-academic portions of my dance studies. I have horrible spatial reasoning (albeit better now thanks to dance). They also had no interest. So you are not getting run of the mill humanities majors applying to medical school, just the few multi-talented and driven individuals that choose to.</p>
<p>“It might seem ‘boring’ to the admission guys to think that would make my application ‘just another one in the pile’, but to me biology/ chemistry is facinating,”</p>
<p>See, you have the idea here. Passion and interest is all of the excuse you need to major in bio. You are majoring in bio for the sake of bio, which is much better than majoring in ANYTHING for the sake of pre-med.</p>
<p>D1: English w/Creative Writing concentration; was almost Spanish, never considered science. Needs the ying/yang balance of humanities & science.</p>
<p>D is Classics major. Like entomoms D, she needs and enjoys the balance.</p>
<p>My D was a Bio and Chem double major with a Religious Studies Minor. That is, she was until she dumped P-Chem her last semester because of med school interviews and lost her Chem major by that one course. (She missed so many classes at the start of the semester she had no idea what they were talking about.) I had repeatedly counseled her against the double science major because her school’s required foundation courses in varied disciplines left IMO few empty course slots (that she filled with her Minor). I told her to drop one of the majors and just “Take the courses that interest you. That excite you.” Dad. That’s what I am doing. I love this stuff.</p>
<p>Molecular and Cellular Biology, with an emphasis in Immunology and Pathogenesis…because that is what I’m interested in and like. Because it’s what I want to study the most/have the most enthusiasm for. It might be common…but I don’t think what you major in makes that huge a difference, right? I’ve heard a lot of advice of “major in what you are interested in”.</p>
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This ^^^.</p>
<p>Math major here. Was thinking about adding biopsych, but it would never fit in my schedule. Good luck choosing, it’s a pretty hard decision - just make sure you choose what YOU want, not what YOU THINK and adcom would want.</p>
<p>" See, you have the idea here. Passion and interest is all of the excuse you need to major in bio. You are majoring in bio for the sake of bio, which is much better than majoring in ANYTHING for the sake of pre-med. " SOLD! 
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<p>I might be following the neuroscience path, although I don’t want to confirm this because there still is a loooong way until I even get to med school. But depending on which university I go to, I will probably major in something I really like such as behavioral neuroscience/ biology/ chemistry and choosing a minor in a more ‘art’ section. I am also very artistically inclined and I play the piano since I was 9, so it would definitely be an area that I enjoy. I think I just wouldn’t choose it for a major because I have come to the conclusion that above arts I prefer biology. </p>
<p>Acceptd, I was researching biopsych this area is amazing! I hope my college has intro. to psych.</p>
<p>Was originally studying kinesiology, now majoring in Human Biology. To somewhat touch onto what mmmcdowe was saying, I’m not studying bio to utilize as a stepping stone for medical school - I just have a genuine interest and a passion for the human body, and I like that I can apply a lot of what I learn to myself and everyday life. :)</p>
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Yeah! It’s really, really interesting. I ended up choosing math over it though because a) I’m a nerd, b) my last prof. was the freakin’ man, and c) the field of psych. is a little too new for me (most of the **** is all theory, not fact - albeit very interesting theory).</p>
<p>Biology major (I think it’s actually called “Biological Sciences” which sounds slightly stuffy to me), leadership & public service minor.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t change it for the world. I look forward to upper level bio classes every semester I’ve had them, and get such a kick out of volunteering/getting out there/pushing my leadership potential that my minor’s a piece of cake.</p>
<p>Take the advice of doing bio for the sake of bio and nothing for the sake of pre-med. That was very well said!</p>
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<p>Which is why I am majoring in Econ.</p>