<p>How demanding would it be to major in both accounting and neurology? Because I want to be a neurologist and some sites said that I should consider majoring in neurology, but I'm planning on majoring in accounting in case I can't get into med school. Also, I would be on the pre-med track so would majoring in neurology be stupid?</p>
<p>It would be very demanding, the two majors wouldn’t have to many courses in common. I’m not sure about your specific school, but in most programs in order to do pre-med you have to do a large number of science courses, which means labs, lots of them. Most people have enough trouble with that course load, add in trying to do another major, in a completely different school, with very little overlap, and that is intense. At the very least I’m sure you would have to do over 18 hours per week, as well having a good bit of AP credit and possibly a summer term or two in order to graduate in 4 years. Again I’m not sure about your specific college, but in most program this would be the case.</p>
<p>It would be difficult, and I wouldn’t recommend doing it. You would have no free time because both are demanding subjects. If you wanted to do both, you would need a lot of AP credits, you would need to load up on classes during the school year, and you would also need to take summer classes. It would not be easy because the subjects don’t overlap at all. They are completely different. I’m not saying you can’t do it, but what I am saying is that there is probably an easier way of doing it. Is the only reason you want to do accounting is to have a backup? Is your main goal to get into medical school?</p>
<p>Yeah, so the only reason I want to do accounting is as a backup, but I’m also really interested in business. So should I minor in that instead? Is it even possible to minor in accounting? I honestly don’t know anything.</p>
<p>Well, you could major in Accounting and just take the base pre-reqs for Pre-Med (Gen Chem 1&2, Organic 1&2, Physics 1&2, Bio 1&2, etc) on the side, without really having to major in Neurology. Med School adcoms have no preference on which major you choose in your undergrad, so long as you satisfy the prereqs, rock the MCAT, LORs, EC’s, etc.</p>
<p>With that said, it may still be difficult to get into internships that you need to be competitive in Accounting while finishing all of the prereqs for med school, plus amassing the EC’s, grades and upper level science courses (like genetics, and biochemistry) ONTOP of studying for the MCAT so you can obtain a good score that you will need in order to remain a competitive applicant in the four year window. You could do a post-bacc or go head to a community college to finish off some pre-reqs if you want to, but I’m not sure how intuitive that is for you.</p>
<p>It may come down to you having to choose which is most important to you, and sail off in that direction.</p>