<p>if I major in neurobiology for example as opposed to just bio?</p>
<p>Major doesn't matter. At all.</p>
<p>I was wondering that to because i applied to TCNJ and they said that they like me but the Bio major that i applied for is full (See TCNJ Biology Full Thread). They want me to pick a different major. It's annoying because if u read the e-mail (see thread) it seems like i got accepted into the school i just have to change my major. When i called the Admissions Lady she basically said point blank i am not admitted. That's great and all but i e-mailed them again like they asked saying i will change my major to Psych. but ppl. are saying that that's not a good idea b/c it's probably full.</p>
<p>I think it might potentially matter if you were talking about a vocational major, which is what I thought of when I first read the title of this thread. I don't think nursing, physical therapy, surgical technology, etc. would be appropriate majors for a premedical student.</p>
<p>But neurobiology is fine.</p>
<p>your major doesnt matter at al? that's a load of ********. while it is completely fine to major in like spanish or english and then do the pre-med courses on the side, medical schools like to see applicants who took higher level bio and chem classes. a non-science major will not have any of these classes but only the basic requirements for med school. this is what my pre-med advisor told me anyways.</p>
<p>1.) See thread: "What should a premed major in?" Argue with the numbers all you like.</p>
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a non-science major will not have any of these classes but only the basic requirements for med school.
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Why?</p>
<p>if you're an english or spanish major, you don't take higher level bio or chem courses. only bio, chem, biochem, and other science majors take higher level science courses and this is because they are required for their majors. the pre-med english/spanish/non-science majors only take the core pre-med requirements. for example, they aren't going to be taking biochem, microbio, advanced cell, etc.</p>
<p>however, a pre-med computer science, for example, may be fine without taking these higher level science courses because CS is notorious for being an extremely hard major. same goes for engineering and whatnot. i personally do not think a pre-med spanish major is looked at the same as a pre-med bio/chem/CS/engineering/etc major. at least i hope they are looked at differently!? i dont know, you tell me, you're in med school already i think. i'm just half way thru my undergrad.</p>
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if you're an english or spanish major, you don't take higher level bio or chem courses
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<p>Why on earth not?</p>
<p>major in what you are INTERESTED in, not what you think is hard, hence look good on an application. this isn't high schoolers applying to colleges where taking all the AP tests you can matters.</p>
<p>I meant the specialized major within bio like neurobio or immunology vs. just general bio.
not spanish vs. bio or english vs. psycholgy.</p>
<p>lol, neurobiology. In my school, all bio majors have almost the exact same curriculum, gen bio or neurobio. But I do agree, neurobiology does "sound" harder, but IMO, biology is the easiest science major. As a biochem major, i'm taking cell bio in the freshmen year that bio majors are suppose to take in their junior year. I don't know if a bio curriculum is the same in other schools though.
I do somewhat agree that if your not a science major, your less incline to take upperlevel science courses. I mean how many spainsh majors do you know took physcial biochemistry? On the other hand, I don't think it matters if you are a nonscience major taking the minimum requirements for premed. I mean, the MCATs arn't going to ask about physical biochemistry right?</p>
<p>You wouldn't take the super-advanced classes, it's true, but you'd certainly take upper-level classes, especially biology.</p>
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your major doesnt matter at al? that's a load of ********. while it is completely fine to major in like spanish or english and then do the pre-med courses on the side, medical schools like to see applicants who took higher level bio and chem classes. a non-science major will not have any of these classes but only the basic requirements for med school. this is what my pre-med advisor told me anyways.
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<p>nonsense. taking higher level classes before your MCAT may come and bite you from behind - you are to take information only from the given prompt and no knowledge above and beyond your prereqs are to be assumed. There is the suggestion that taking some upper division science class (one or two) can show med schools you can handle the coursework, but unless youre majoring in engineering or triple majoring in somethings, then you can still fit that into your schedule and major in whatever you want.</p>
<p>in short, major does not matter. your grades matter. your interview will be more engaging and geniune if you major in what you enjor.</p>