Can a major in Human Development lead to med school???

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Hey guys I am a junior in high school so I will soon be starting the process of college admissions. I was curious if I could get any info if Human Development is a major offered in UVA because I tried looking on their majors offering and didn't know which category this would fall in?? If Human Development is not a major, which major in your opinion would be the closest to this field???</p>

<p>My goal is to become a pediatrician, but I was wondering, if taking Human Development as my Major would hurt my chances for med school because I took a non science major. The thing is I really like Human Development and feel I can excel in it compared to other majors..</p>

<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated..</p>

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<p>You can major in WHATEVER you want. The only thing you need to get into medical school is a high gpa, a high MCAT score, and you must fulfill the pre-requisites required by most medical schools.</p>

<p>What you major in doesn’t matter. In actuality, medical schools like applicants who are (were) non-science majors.</p>

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<p>I don’t know if UVA has a HD major in specific, but we do have a great psych department, and if your gpa is >=3.4 (which it will need to be for med school, huh) you can actually design your own major and you could create a human development major that way.</p>

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<p>Even I learned something today. Thanks for that info, Hazel!</p>

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<p>yeah, [Interdisciplinary</a> Major Program — Undergraduate, College of Arts & Sciences, U.Va.](<a href=“http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/college/awards/imp.html]Interdisciplinary”>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/college/awards/imp.html)
I knew a girl pre-med who did “Diseases in Developing Countries” or something to that effect. A mesh of bio, anthropology, and bioethics maybe? Sounded cool. I considered making one but the 5 year ed program doesn’t allow for that scheduling wise.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info
i was also wondering how demanding is this major? Because i want to have time to minor is something relating to physics</p>

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<p>i think that doing pre-med reqs, an interdisciplinary major, and a physics minor is pretty ambitious. you might also change your mind about any of those things. i know a kid doing human biology and pre-med stuff, and he is okay. but with a minor i don’t know how that would go. i think you’d just have to try it out and see if it is too much for you or not.</p>