<p>Does anyone think this is not a good thing, why? If you like the idea, please share why you think it is.</p>
<p>My D is thinking she will do this and the only concern is distraction from the number 1 goal, which is medical school. However, it does give an unique background for medicine, law, investment banking, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Does your D want to run her own private practice or get involved in public health or hospital administration? If so, then it couldn’t hurt her career, but it is a big drain on her time due to the lack of overlap. I personally wouldn’t do it, but I have no interest at the moment in that sort of thing.</p>
<p>I’m an economics major (currently applying to medical schools). I highly recommend it for several reasons.</p>
<p>1) Economics is interesting (nice to pick up a wall street journal and know what its talking about). </p>
<p>2) If you are unsure about medicine, it gives you a nice “back-up” plan - I was able to land an internship at McKinsey & Co’s pharma / healthcare office because of this unique economics/medicine background. </p>
<p>3) Finance is behind everything, including medicine. </p>
<p>On the down side, economics majors tend to be very competitive because they know that whether or not they get an interview at a potential employer pretty much solely depends on their GPA. That being said, I found economics classes easier to do well in then “pre-med” classes, but perhaps harder than some other majors.</p>