<p>I just recently decided to be a physician rather than an engineer.</p>
<p>Now, from what I am reading, nearly everybody says you can take "any" major and get into med school.</p>
<p>So I propose to major in Theatre / minor in Philosophy. Do you people still think, with these majors, that I have a chance if my scores are up to par?</p>
<p>Edit: P.S., I am not in high school - I am currently a sophomore at a J.C.</p>
<h2>theres a pre-med sub form that would better accommodate your questions. </h2>
<p>You can major in whatever you want and, if anything, majoring in something out of the the ordinary should only help you (yah diversity!). However, this works as long as you justify your major. During your med-school interviews, you can be sure that at least 1 person will ask why you majored in Theatre.</p>
<p>This thread is filled with anecdotal and otherwise-unreliable advice.</p>
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<p>OMG, it's been such a long time since I've logged on to this site. I've recently just got accepted to medical school through the Partnership for Primary Care program of Texas A&M, and I think it's a great program because MCAT is waived for all participants. They also provide "mini medical school" programs in the summer in addition to research opportunities, plus Scott & White, the main teaching hospital was ranked 5th in the nation. I believe it's important to consider the quality of the teaching hospitals and the amount of patient contact medical student gets when choosing a medical school 'cause it's bound to be important when residency comes, right? (PPC is only available to Texas residents though)</p>
<p>1.) Ranked how? By who? On what basis?</p>
<p>2.) Yes, excellent hospitals and the chance to do things in them is good training for residency.</p>
<p>i would say wherever you can go to do well at is the best premed program
1.GPA + MCAT are you first number 1 priority
2.E.C.
3.Essay
4.Interview</p>
<p>can anyone tell me if there is a real chance for me to be accepted to Princeton? I'm not from the US so that's my biggest concern.what should I do? should I apply?</p>
<p>Impossible to say without more information. They do accept international students.</p>
<p>never go to princeton if ur interested in the health field</p>
<p>? ?</p>
<p>Brown PLEME program.
Er... to the original poster: Don't you mean like... guaranteed acceptance programs?
There's also Tufts.
Cornell.
Anywhoo these are all extremely difficult to get into.</p>
<p>duke.......</p>
<p>I keep hearing people say not to go to Princeton, but no one has explained WHY....So I ask Why should one not go to Princeton for their undergrad. if they want to go into medicine?</p>
<p>Princeton is a fine place to be a premed. I don't know why people keep saying that.</p>
<p>Look-you should not choose a school based on whether it's "good for premed". Period. Truth be told you probably have an equal chance of becoming a doctor going to any school--you should pick one based on fit, academic focus, etc. I was stupid enough to pick a school based partially on the fact that it is "good for premed" (ie, supposedly easier than most schools it competes with), and it was the dumbest reason I had by far. Even though my premed BCPM GPA is pretty good, guess what, turns out I don't want to be a doctor. 70% of people coming into college as premeds will choose other paths for various reasons (not all who quit are "weeded out" like a bunch of the more annoying premeds who like to brag claim), so I don't care how long you've wanted to be a doctor--do NOT choose a school based on its "premed reputation". Anything you hear on CC is pure speculation, because the truth is nobody is a med school adcom and in the long run the difference between schools is negligible.</p>
<p>Good grief, there's someone who gets it but doesn't want to be a doctor! Looks like the med schools lost out on yet another level-headed applicant. :D</p>
<p>Level-headed people don't apply to medical school.</p>
<p>I am the head trainer in football/weightlighting at my high school. I would really like to do this in college but major in pre-med. Does anybody know any good school that will let you do this?</p>
<p>Hong Kong doesn’t need pre-med at all. HKU is ranked pretty high in the world. You get to skip a few years and a lot of money too.</p>
<p>what schools have the best pre-med programs for INTERNATIONAL students though?</p>