<p>I'm just wondering what would be the best major to pick for pre-med.</p>
<p>I was accepted under the Pre-Bioengineering: Pre-Medical major. Should I (and can I) change that? What is it, exactly? @_@</p>
<p>It's Bioengineering that gears you towards med school. It's a really intensive curriculum; people can double major by the time you finish. however, it's a pretty good major because it'll make you a really well rounded science person. Bioengineering in UCSD is all really intense since it is THE bioeng school. </p>
<p>Why would you think about switching already? Don't bother thinking about switching until you've at least started school. Then see how it goes. By the way, human biology is generally the easiest major people use to apply to med school</p>
<p>Oh, haha. I only thought about possibly switching because I heard that Human Biology would be better in some aspects. After hearing about some people taking more than 4 years to graduate, coupled with my fear of being unable to maintain a high GPA... I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be getting myself into something horrible (like physics...).</p>
<p>Physics is a fundamental in engineering. =P</p>
<p>which college you admit? It the Revelle best of pre med?</p>
<p>"It's Bioengineering that gears you towards med school."</p>
<p>Uh...The is not true at all. Bioengineering gears you toward (drum roll) bioengineering. Bioengineering is about as far from practicing medicine as you can get while still learning biology. There is no preferred pre-med major (and pre-med is not a major in and of itself). As long as you take the medical school prerequisites you will be adequately prepared for medical school and the MCAT. Sure a bio major might give you a slight edge, but you should major in something you really enjoy, a subject in which you want to spend a lot of time trying to get good grades. Bioengineering fairly difficult and highly specialized. If it turns out you like it, great, but don't take it because you want it for med school. You can major in anything you want as long as you take the prereqs so don't confine your wide array of options just because of med school. </p>
<p>Here is a link to UCSD's career center's page on med school.
<a href="http://career.ucsd.edu/sa/Handouts/medicine.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://career.ucsd.edu/sa/Handouts/medicine.pdf</a></p>
<p>Here is a very good forum for people who are interested in med school.
Student</a> Doctor Network Forums</p>
<p>Here is UCSD's general catalog where you can see all of thee requirements for each major and see descriptions of each class thee school offers. Reading the course descriptions of the classes required for a major can be helpful in considering the major.
Courses</a>, Curricula, and Programs</p>
<p>You should also look at these for any other colleges you are considering. And just to reiterate, there is no preferred biology major, no preferred major of any kind for med school.</p>
<p>Philosophy.</p>
<p>No seriously, humanities majors have a higher chance of getting into med school than any other major</p>
<p>Source: How To Get Into Medical School, Barron's.</p>
<p>at math nerd, He asked what's bioeng: premed? ...and I said, "It's Bioengineering that gears you towards med school." as in the bioengineering major that gears you towards premed. hope that clarifies things...</p>
<p>Remember there are mutiple alternate paths to Medical School.</p>
<p>The Bioengineering premed track is NOT intended to be for premed students with the sole intention of getting all students under that major into a medical school. It's for premed students who show an interest in bioengineering, but also need to fulfill the premed track. Realizing such difficulty of courses the university has devised a method so that premeds can take some BioE classes without having to face the entire difficulty of the major.</p>
<p>In the end med schools do not care what you major in, so you might as well major in what you love. If you love bioengineering then major in it. If you love art then major in it.</p>
<p>Btw the Bioengineering premed track isn't even accredited. But if you love it so much it shouldn't even matter.</p>
<p>Bioengineering: pre-med is still a bioE major and engineering majors are known for being difficult. It may be hard to maintain a high GPA that's needed to be accepted into med school.</p>
<p>there's no such thing as the best major for pre-med.</p>
<p>do what you like. if you love the engineering aspect of it, then stay in bioE: premed. if you dont, then get out and switch to something you like. the pre-med part will take care of itself.</p>
<p>one day puts it perfectly. to hammer the point home (if not for you, then for other people): </p>
<p>there is NO such thing as the "best" premed major.</p>
<p>you need to pick something that interests and excites you for your time in college. enjoy your 4 (+/-) years here. if you view college merely as a stepping stone to med school instead of a chance to develop and hone other interests and pursuits, it's going to be a pretty miserable experience.</p>
<p>What they said ^</p>
<p>Be whatever major you want (can be non-science), take the min pre-med reqs, and take the MCAT.</p>