<p>have any students following the premed track gotten into McIntire? if so what was your major prior to McIntire?</p>
<p>Ah.. <em>raises hand</em>. I used to be premed, took a complete first semester of premed courses. Quickly decided it wasn't for me after a nasty run in with CHEM 141, had a minor mid life crisis, after a long story, went pre comm and was accepted in the first round of decisions.</p>
<p>i had a friend doing the premed and precomm route...it didnt work out. The premed classes killed her GPA, but if you can maintain good grades and take your premed classes before comm school, i think it is possible if youre that indecisive and want to do both</p>
<p>thanks for the replies......i know i'm definitely indecisive. both of your replies are kinda scaring me out of premed though. is it really hard/impossible work that can't be done without damaging your gpa or is it just a lot of work that tends to be too time consuming?</p>
<p>Why is a business major w/premed requirements indecisive? I think that is the prudent thing to do. All docs ought to take a few business courses somewhere along the line, since many, if not most, will be involved in the management of their practices. </p>
<p>Besides if you decide medicine isn't the thing for you, if you decide med school tuition is too ridiculous, of if you don't get into medical school, at least you have a marketable degree.</p>
<p>it doesn't have to be indecisive, it could also be strategic. The people i know trying to do both though are doing it bc they want to keep both options open since they arent sure what they want to do</p>
<p>i think it is possible, you just have to plan it out well. It usually doesnt work out because the premed courses are very difficult and combining them makes it even more difficult. But if you are determined to do this I do believe it is possible to fulfill all the premed requirements and graduate with a commerce degree</p>
<p>Don't be scared out of going premed just because of our responses. Alright, here's the long story of my personal pre med experience. Loved biology in high school, always wanted to be a doctor. Hated chemistry and physics though, and somehow I thought I could get into med school without taking them. Came here, got a nasty shock. In addition to having to take chemistry and physics, the people in my classes were really. SMART. UVA has a hospital, and just having that attracts a lot of top students from all over the world. Competition was kind of high in my classes (on top of gen chem, I also took BIOL 317) and I definitely wasn't up to it.</p>
<p>Pre-med is difficult for most people, without a doubt. But I know some premeds who aren't gliding by, persay, but they're not always swamped with work and doing poorly. If you're good at chem/bio, and can handle some physics/calc, then all you need is a good work ethic. One of my roommates was trying to balance ballet, taking an EMT class for 8 hours a week, and classes for pre-med, and she just time-managed well and got by with Bs. Had she not been taking the EMT class, I'm pretty sure she would've gotten As and some Bs. All you need to do is stay on top of your work, leave distractions to the weekends, and keep a positive attitude. Remember, you may get in here and take one premed class and say "no way" but find that you love economics. Or you may take pre-med classes your first year, do well, and decide that you really do want to become a doctor, and you'll continue that path. You have some time to decide what you want, so don't stress out that you don't know right now. The pre-reqs for Comm aren't terribly difficult to fulfill with some smart scheduling, and pre-med reqs can fulfill area requirements. So, stick to both and see what your adviser has to say and just give yourself some time to decide.</p>