BS in Psychology, then MD in Neuroscience... would that work?

<p>For some reason, I was spooked into thinking that basically everyone majors in psychology (except I'm pretty sure more lean towards the BA over the BS) so it's not considered really credible anymore.</p>

<p>Also, I'm worried that the two fields are too related. Will this somehow affect my chances for med school? I know that I can complete pre-med courses, but I'm not too confident that I can maintain a high GPA if I choose a hardcore science major, like Chemistry or Biology. So theoretically, if I complete the pre-med requirements, get some clinical experience volunteering at a hospital, participate in some undergraduate research, maintain a high GPA, get a solid MCAT score, and major in Psych, would I have a pretty good chance of getting into med school? Or would it be better if I had a different major? (I honestly wanted to opt for English or History or something in the Humanities because I know I'd be able to do well, but my mom sort of threatened not to help me pay for college if I did that so there's that. I think I could settle for Psych at least for now if I had to, as long as it doesn't hurt my chances for med school.)</p>

<p>You can major in anything non-vocational and get into med school.</p>

<p>I am not sure what you mean by MD in Neuroscience, but you can major in nearly any field, just do it well and get the pre-med requirements done well, too.</p>

<p>You can definitely get an MS in neuroscience. Only medical school graduate obtains an MD and medical schools do not specialize in a major, just medicine.</p>

<p>“MD in Neuroscience” - there is no such thing. You graduate from Med. School and will be able to add “MD” to your name. Then if you are accepted to Neurology residency (not the most selective), you will be a Neurologist after completion of this residency. Not sure if this is your goal, or you want to do only research. </p>

<p>English or History are fine. There are charts that show how we’ll humanities majors do in med school admissions…maybe WOWM can link you to those (she is a wonder at these things) and you can show your mom. My daughter was a Classics major and did very well in her application cycle.</p>

<p>Here’s the chart that GAMom is referring to:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/321496/data/2013factstable18.pdf”>https://www.aamc.org/download/321496/data/2013factstable18.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It shows the number of applicants & matriculants by primary major (biological sciences, math, humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, specialized health majors, and other)</p>

<p>Humanities majors do well in med admissions, though the number of humanities majors applying to med school is fairly small (~2000 in 2013) so there’s some selection bias going on in the data. </p>

<p>One of the biggest problems faced by humanities majors is finding a way to squeeze the increased number of med school pre-reqs into their schedule and still graduate on time.</p>

<p>If you’re strongly interested in neuroscience–you might consider neuroscience as your undergrad major. Some colleges offer it thru the bio dept, others thru the psych dept. Neuroscience has more overlap with med school admission requirements than does English or history.</p>

<p>BS in Psych is not a humanity major. There are lots of real science neuro classes and they are just as challenging as the other upper Bio, which I imagine also part of BS in Psych. Actually, D. had neuroscience minor for one and only one reason - there was no psych. minor at her UG. Basically, think about them as the same. D. had to drop it being 2 classes short of completion, but she took lots of required neuro (psych) classes</p>

<p>Neuroscience and Psychology are very different majors at the colleges that offer both majors.</p>