Double Major or Minor?

Student Lounge College Life
1

<p>So I want to go into molecular and cellular theory but I absolutely LOVE music. I've been playing the violin since I was four, and I've switched to the double bass like 1.5 years ago and I like it a lot better than the violin and I found out I have talent for it as well (I have a great teacher and I'm principal bassist in all the orchestras I've been in).</p>

<p>The question is... do I double major the Bio/Music or should I do a bio major, music minor? I want to go to a good medical school and a lot of my seniors who got accepted to the Ivy League med schools all double majored (some double majored and did a minor).</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

2

<p>Med schools do not care whether you have one or two majors or major/minor or major /double minor, etc. They care about how you did in school GPA wise.</p>

<p>Check out links below on SDN from adcoms and/or very well respected posters on SDN. You’ll notice a trend. (ie. Med schools don’t care)</p>

<p><a href=“Double Major or A major and a minor? | Student Doctor Network”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/threads/double-major-or-a-major-and-a-minor.1095826/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>post # 4 from gyngyn
Majors (and minors) are a personal choice. They have no bearing on our view of an application. This choice only affects an application if it also affects your gpa or performance on the MCAT.</p>

<p><a href=“Double Major in Biology and Biotechnology? | Student Doctor Network”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/threads/double-major-in-biology-and-biotechnology.1091851/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>post # 3 from Law2Doc:
If you are planning on medicine double majoring is pointless regardless of what fields they are. Med school don’t care</p>

<p><a href=“Double Major? Is it Worth It?? | Student Doctor Network”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/threads/double-major-is-it-worth-it.1104817/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>post #12 from Goro:
we don’t care what your major or minor is, or whether you have two or more of them. We only care that you do well.</p>

<p><a href=“Double Major: Worth It? | Student Doctor Network”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/threads/double-major-worth-it.1053997/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>post # 9 from Catalystik
Having a double major or some minors will not make you a more appealing med school candidate to adcomms. Having a high GPA will make you make you more appealing. Add the double major if you wish to have access to classes that excite you, but for which you otherwise could not register, however don’t think that taking more challenging classes and getting Bs or lower in them is going to do you any favors.</p>

3

<p>^Good post, listen to them.</p>

<p>Are you a freshman this year?</p>

4

<p>Aha! thanks! I still want to major or minor though because I can’t live without music T^T</p>

<p>@Vctory‌ : nope. Just a high school junior ready to get out of here to start learning what she actually wants to learn (core courses WHY?!)</p>

5

<p>I would suggest minor in music. It will be difficult to do both if you want to be a pre-med.</p>

6

<p>@bopper‌ okay, thanks! do you know what a music minor is like? I mean I still have 2 years left and I JUST decided I wanted to continue music so I’m not as familiar with the music department as I am with biology or mathematics;;</p>

<p>I have pretty good ears but my sightreading is horrendous… should I start focusing on getting it better? I learn everything by ear first and then I start picking out the small things in the music but yeah my sightreading is pretty bad.</p>

7

<p>I agree with bopper suggesting you to minor in music. As far as what the music department is going to want, that may be very different depending on your school. I suggest that you first look up the minor requirements for a music minor. Biology majors at my school aren’t even allowed to minor but I’d guess it’s not common for departments to work that way. You may or may not have much freedom as to which courses you can take to satisfy the minor depending on your department. You can contact some music faculty or the professors of music class(es) you are signed up to take and ask if there’s anything you should do to prepare or if the course isn’t going to require students to already demonstrate a high level of ___. You should also look up syllabi for the courses you are considering too so you can have a better feel for what they are over.</p>