<p>what's the best major for admission to a good medical school???</p>
<p>i would assume something like premedicine or biochem or biomed but my ap chem teacher says those are pretty prototypical for premed students and medical schools love students with double Es (not talking cup size) cuz of its degree of difficulty and its somewhat of a standout and i was wondering if that had any credibility.</p>
<p>You’re considering taking EE not because you’re interested in it, but because you think med schools will be impressed? That’s remarkably stupid.</p>
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<p>Whoa…was that all one unpunctuated sentence?</p>
<p>Anywho, asking “Do med schools care what you major in?” is opening a can of worms that could feed rural a country for a decade.</p>
<p>I’d imagine mixing pre-med and engineering would be difficult to do in 4 years, unless you choose Bio[medical] Engineering, or ChemE and take bio over the summer. Many schools have post-bacc options specifically for students who decide to apply to med school, though, so you might want to look into that.</p>
<p>Med schools are less interested in your major and more interested in your passion for medicine. As long as you get the requisite premed classes in, your major shouldn’t matter. Of course, a major like biochemistry will obviously help you out when you’re actually in medical school, but this has nothing to do with admissions chances. It’s much better to major in something you are passionate about than to do an “impressive” major. Also, just so you know, there is no such thing as a premed major.</p>
<p>I suggest you look into what med school admission comities really look at. Il give you a taste, if you have a 3.9 in EE and another person had a 4.0 in Art History, the Art history will win every time.</p>
<p>For the record, do you know that for a fact, member, or is that just wild conjecture?</p>
<p>Do you have a problem with me or something. Are you mad, that I corrected you a few times. So to answer your question, its very well known. Read any medical school admission book, or ask any prior applicant. </p>
<p>This is a forum, it is opinion based. In our world there is no such thing as fact. But maybe if you were a logical person you would know it. Possibly if you were a scientific person you would know that.</p>
<p>But how would an art major even begin to compare with a biology major on the MCAT?</p>
<p>I would avoid engineering if you really want to get into med-school.</p>
<p>All you need to get into med school are basic maths and sciences such as:
Cal 1 and 2
Physics 1 and 2
Chem 1 and 2 and Organic 1 and 2</p>
<p>As long as you’ve done well in these courses, it doesn’t matter if your major is art history, biology, latin, or finance.</p>
<p>Thats it. Score well in these and you should be competitive enough. GPA is much more valuable than whatever your major was.</p>
<p>Spend your extra time doing extra-curricular activities that involve health care: i.e. volunteer at a clinic/hospital, get certified in CPR, any activity that is health-care related that you can put on your CV. This is important because the vast majority of med-schools want to know what you do outside of school, and they want to see your CV + letter of intent + references (in many cases).</p>
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<p>The art major would still need to take all the required pre-med courses. The Mcat mostly tests on these topics. Most people study biology or some other major which includes these requirements, to make it easier.</p>
<p>"Do you have a problem with me or something. Are you mad, that I corrected you a few times. "</p>
<p>I don’t have a problem with you. Where you think you have corrected me, you have made outrageous claims with no evidence to back them up.</p>
<p>There is a difference between fact and opinion. It is alright to give your opinion on these forums; often, an opinion is what’s asked. However, when it comes to questions of fact, you need to be able to back up what you say with (acceptable) evidence. You seem to be willfully ignorant of any evidence supporting your claims.</p>
<p>Opinions are not evidence for questions of fact.</p>
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Though you source nothing yourself. </p>
<p>Also I ask you to stop foolishly using the word fact. No such thing exists,</p>
<p>I like this dynamic that you’ve invented between us, member. So I am the voice of reason, and you’re the post-modern nihilist.</p>
<p>I provide plenty of sources. I use the BLS OOH for most job-related information. For academics, I usually talk in terms of specific schools and programs. I form my opinions on the basis of fact (oops!) and answer questions of fact with evidence.</p>
<p>Thanks, though.</p>
<p>Never once seen ya use one to back up your claims. According to you your opinions mean nothing and every word should be summarized and supported with a reference.</p>
<p>You must not have read many of my posts. I frequently quote the BLS OOH to back up my claims about job opportunities, wages, and working conditions. You might try consulting it sometime.</p>
<p>I have also taken it upon myself to provide thoughtful answers to questions by going to the schools’ websites and finding information about programs. I provide links and references. I clearly separate my opinion from fact.</p>
<p>“According to you your opinions mean nothing and every word should be summarized and supported with a reference.”
Unsubstantiated opinions are worthless. Worse than that, they’re dangerous, because if you’re giving people information you pull out of thin air, they might just act on it, not knowing any better. Reasoned opinions based in fact and explained without resorting to fallacies (you might look into this if you have the time) are fine. The important thing is that you present the person with the facts you used to reach your opinion, so they have the tools necessary to agree or disagree with you. If you don’t have any facts to post (read: evidence demonstrating the plausibility of the fact) then I would caution you against wasting people’s time.
(If you’re wondering why I feel this way, it’s because it’s the ethical thing to do in anonymous forums. It preserves individual autonomy by allowing readers to make informed decisions about whether to believe or disbelieve, agree or disagree. I will provide references to the ethics of personal autonomy if you so desire.)</p>
<p>You seem to be very anti-intellectual. I have to wonder why that is.</p>
<p>Anti-intellectual, because after going to a top U, getting a degree. I know the mentality of most academics. Their is a reason they teach. Id love to see some pots of you citing sources. Maybe from subjective sources. The govt by the way is far from subjective. If anything they use the bls site to shape market sector infiltration.</p>
<p>“Read any medical school admission book.”</p>
<p>Could you give me an example of a book that explicitly states, “Undergraduate major does not matter in medical school admissions”?</p>
<p>how 'bout some school career services sites</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/health/info_sheets/admissions_req.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/health/info_sheets/admissions_req.pdf</a></p>
<p>[Health</a> Advising: Medical School Requirements | School of Natural Sciences](<a href=“http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/students/undergraduate/health-professions-advising/ha-medical-school-requirements]Health”>http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/students/undergraduate/health-professions-advising/ha-medical-school-requirements)</p>
<p>i dont think many people would major in engineering to go to med school. It’s going to be very hard if you major in any engineering just for going to med school. You have to like the engineering field you’re in. To answer your question, since not many people from engineering would go to med school, I think any field would be fine</p>
<p>EE would be hard to complement a pre-med path. As a previous poster commented, ChemE and Biomedical Eng. is a better choice simply because it usually contains most, if not all, of the pre-med required courses in its basic sequence. That means you might just be able to take all the pre-med courses before your junior year, which is right around the time you apply to medical schook if you intend on going there right after you graduate from college. </p>
<p>Btw I love how this forum has suddenly turned in to an LD Debate round. If anyone here is familiar with high school LD debate, you probably know what I mean. haha</p>