<p>Im in an interesting situation right now with what I want to do with my life. Law school has really attracted my interest and that's where I want to end up going after college. However my parents are stressing I keep my options open between law and med school because they dont want me to do a major in philosophy/psych and minor in econ (for law) and then end up regretting my decision not to pursue med school.</p>
<p>I know that law school has no pre-reqs but I'm nnot really familiar with the prereqs for med school. Im guessing that a double major of philosophy and biology or psych and biochem allow me to satisfy med school requirements but I'm afraid at how much work it could end up being. </p>
<p>So should I major in psych and then minor in bio? Would that call for a little more schedule freedom and still allow me to cover the med school reqs?</p>
<p>As you can see I'm confused about which route to go, whether it be double major or major/minor since I dont know how to satisfy med school requirements if I dont major in bio or something like that</p>
<p>You can major in anything you want for medical or law school. Law school does not have pre-requisite courses, they just look for high grades in decent courses. Medical schools have a few pre-requisite courses:
1 year of Biology w/lab
1 year of Chemistry w/lab
1 year of Organic Chemistry w/lab
1 year of Physics w/lab
1 year of English Composition
1 semester or 1 year of Calculus (depends on the medical school)
You should be able to major in Psychology and take the med school pre-requisites as your electives. In terms of workload, you’ll be working hard in all your pre-med pre-req’s. Biology and Chemistry shouldn’t be too big of a problem, but Organic Chem is known as the “weed-out class” and then 3/4 of the class rethinks their plans of going to medical school. Remember a lot of people get rejected from medical school with 3.5-3.9 gpa’s and decent MCAT scores. They usually end up going to grad school and getting their masters or PHD and then go to medical school. The average age of starting medical school students is around 26. If you really work hard and get good grades in your pre-req’s as well as your cum. gpa you should succeed. Good Luck!</p>
<p>ok i see. so what would be the difference between majoring in psych and fulfilling the med prereqs on the side and actually majoring in psych and minoring in biochem?</p>
<p>It depends on where you go to school. Certain schools will have different requirements for the biochemistry minor. My school doesn’t even have a biochemistry minor. Some schools I know of require you to take chem I,II and orgo chem I,II which complete the pre med requirements but also biochem I which is recommended for med schools but not mandatory; biochem II, physical chem I and II or some biochem electives. The only problem with having a minor in biochem is that you will be taking difficult classes that you don’t necessarily need to take for med school. Physical Chem I and II are harder than orgo chem for most people and they are not required for med schools but are usually required for the biochem minor. Its your choice but if you choose to minor in biochem make sure you do well in all the courses (A’s) because bad grades in those difficult courses will lower your gpa which would be detrimental for your chances to get into medical school.</p>