<p>Hey guys,
I know this might be an age old question for you, but I was just wondering if you had any opinions on whether or not med schools like to see a minor for a student aspiring to go to med school in addition to their bio major. I'm going to Villanova Pre-med next year, and I am a big fan of astronomy and I would also be interested in another subject I hadn't got the chance to take in high school. Villanova has some very neat telescopes and a pretty interesting astronomy program, and I was wondering if med schools liked to see that at all.</p>
<p>I was inducted into a special honors program at the University of Scranton, in which students were allowed to take a psychology minor in addition to the bio major...I heard med schools love this, so I was wondering if I could do the same at Villanova and if it had to be in Psychology.</p>
<p>In addition, would this create an unnecessary additional workload when I'm already goin to be bogged down as it is in college? I just want to make sure that this will help me....Thanks</p>
<p>Most pre-meds have minors at D’s school, it is kind off boring otherwise. D is having fun with her music composition classes and neurocsience classes (she has 2 minors). Music is basically R&R. But you got to be interested in something to take up minor. They do it for themselves, not for the sake of nice resume.</p>
<p>Only do it if you’re interested in something other than your major. Don’t do it because you think it will look good, because it probably won’t matter on your app. I’m a French minor, for instance. Some may think I’m foolish for not taking Spanish, but I’ve been taking it since middle school and have no interest in any other language.</p>
<p>ok thanks guys…ur probably right in it not really helping a resume…but it couldn’t hurt could it?</p>
<p>1) Would it create an unnecessary burden if I were to be a bio major (when I already have a huge work load to do)?</p>
<p>2) Would med schools look down on it if I were to take astronomy classes that have nothing to do with my major? I dont’ think that would matter as long as I take the core classes for Med school</p>
<p>well i certainly don’t want it to bear a burden, but that doesn’t mean i’m interested in doing it. From what I’m hearing, being a bio major is a lot of long and hard work, therefore I was just wondering if I’d be able to pursue an astronomy minor and if it have any effect on my admission to med school…If you guys could respond to my second post with the two questions, that’d be much appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>well i certainly don’t want it to bear a burden that would not even come to benefit me in the end, but that doesn’t mean i’m interested in doing it. As much as I want to learn, I’m not going to college because I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge in every subject that I’ve found interest in over the course of my life. I want to be successfull and go to med school, which I HAVE always wanted to do my whole life (major interest in it). From what I’m hearing, being a bio major is a lot of long and hard work, therefore I was just wondering if I’d be able to pursue an astronomy minor and if it have any effect on my admission to med school…If you guys could respond to my second post with the two questions, that’d be much appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you would be asking this question over and over. The answer is *obviously *yes, and on top of that numerous people have told you that the answer is obviously yes.</p>
<p>It is not necessarily burden, as I mentioned D loves her Misic classes because they are nice break and relax her, which actually is very helpful. It would be a burden to do a minor for the sake of having minor. If it is not fun, do not do it. I do not know about astronomy, though.</p>
<p>Well, the minor imposes requirements in a way that taking extra music classes would not. So the requirements themselves will of course be a restriction.</p>
<p>Take astronomy courses you find interesting…if it turns out you can fit in a minor, do it. If not, it really doesn’t matter. Remember that you will be doing medicine and biology for the rest of your life…you won’t have to the opportunity to take an astronomy class in medical school (you will have the chance to learn immunology, developmental biology, anatomy, and many other bio-y things). Believe me, you’ll regret not pursuing things your interested in outside of medicine before going to medical school…this really is the time of your life where you can explore the things you find interesting. I ended up doing a chem minor in college because I wanted to take a set of two seminar courses offered by a visiting scientist from the pharmaceutical industry (interesting classes in drug design). I only needed to take one additional class for a minor…which was unfortunately physical chemistry…in which I didn’t do particularly well and definitely benefited little from. Always regret missing out on the extra philosophy or political science course I could have taken instead. Moral of the story…minors don’t matter. Take courses you like, you’ll be happier, get better grades, and learn more about what you find interesting in life.</p>
<p>I am sorry, need to clarify, D’s Music Classes are part of her oficially declared Minor, so are her Neuroscience classes. She is Zoology major with 2 minors and feels pushed sometime only because of other EC’s, not her classes, like Sorority board, job, volunteering and some other random activities at college.</p>