<p>Do you have to major in a biological field to get into medical school? Do you have to major in political science or study law to become the next president?</p>
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<p>Lol. 10char.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18-facts2010mcatgpabymaj1-web.pdf.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18-facts2010mcatgpabymaj1-web.pdf.pdf</a> lists the frequency of various types of undergraduate majors among applicants and matriculants to medical school.</p>
<p>About 52% of applicants and 51% of matriculants to medical school in 2010 majored in biological sciences.</p>
<p>Probably the biggest reasons for the high percentage of bio majors in med school applications are:</p>
<p>1 - very high overlap with the requirements from med schools for college classes - the premed set of 1 year physics, 1 year gen chem, 1 year org chem, and 1 year bio. Easier than taking a major with zero overlap.</p>
<p>2 - those interested in medicine tend to be interested in biology and living things generally</p>
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<p>NO !!! My D is a History major at Harvard .She recently met the MD who delivered her ,and one of the first things he said was " Don’t think you can’t apply to Medical School ! " He is head of his department ,and does interviewing for residents .He said they like to see different majors ,but I imagine you have to get some science and math courses .</p>
<p>The problem is, majoring in biology is probably not optimal for either getting into medical school or providing options at the bachelor’s degree level for the majority of pre-meds who do not get into any medical school. Science in general tends to have less grade inflation than engineering, social studies, or (especially) humanities, according to [National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities<a href=“although%20this%20varies%20by%20school”>/url</a>, and GPA (without regard for course difficulty or relative levels of grade inflation) is crucial in making the first cut for medical school admissions. And biology majors do not have very good job and career prospects at the bachelor’s degree level, according to <a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com%5DNational”>http://www.gradeinflation.com)</a> .</p>
<p>Absolutely not. You can major in anything, from Biology to Chemical Engineering to East Asian Literature. As long as you take the required classes, you can get into medical school. However, med school admissions officers will probably be wondering why someone with a weird major like Slavic Languages is applying to medical school, so you should stick with a major thats close to the biological sciences, and don’t venture outside of science, math, or engineering.</p>
<p>According to <a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18-facts2010mcatgpabymaj1-web.pdf.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18-facts2010mcatgpabymaj1-web.pdf.pdf</a> , for 2010, matriculants / applicants to medical school by major:</p>
<p>Humanities: 991 / 1950 (51%)
Math and Statistics: 183 / 386 (47%)
Physical Sciences: 2201 / 4672 (47%)
Social Sciences: 2268 / 4997 (45%)
Biological Sciences: 9559 / 22327 (43%)
Other: 3057 / 7229 (42%)
Specialized Health Sciences: 406 / 1181 (34%)</p>
<p>Overall: 18665 / 42742 (44%)</p>