<p>Ah, so a general education on top of a major would be ideal? That makes sense. :)</p>
<p>I think that you Americans are actually pretty lucky in terms of the breadth of your education. In the UK we do study about 14 subjects from 12-16 but between 16 and 18 we study between 3 and 6 depending on your aspirations.
At British Universities you generally study one single honours BSc/BA for 3 years and progress straight on to work or graduate studies!</p>
<p>I think that if the US education system were to change it would be good to have a ‘core’ that everyone has to take at undergraduate level (the subjects you mentioned plus a language, imo). It would leave for less room for indecisiveness but would also give everyone a solid knowledge base :)</p>
<p>Hopefully, the UK will be stepping in this direction soon too. We are seeing progression with a few Universities offering courses they are calling Liberal Arts and Sciences where you can chose classes every year but they are a minority.</p>
<p>I think that probably one of the engineering premed tracks would give a good, solid education. At ones I have looked at you have to take a language, humanities subjects (sociology, psychology etc), science classes in bio chem phys stats, and you also learn a useful STEM trade. The major is practical and you have to do labs for premed too.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how many electives you would have left but if any – politics, econ and history related stuff would fill the gaps for me :)</p>
<p>I’m only 17 so maybe I am still naive but I think that sort of route makes sense. It would be hard, granted, but it seems like a solid plan!</p>