Get into Medical School as an English Major

Pre-Med & Medical School
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<p>Hello,
I am currently a Sophomore at John Jay College of Criminal Justice majoring in English and minoring in Latin American Studies. I want to go to medical school, but I am wondering can I get into Med School with an English major? Is it easier for me to switch to a science major or should I remain an English major></p>

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<p>English majors can definitely get into medical school - no reason to switch if you don’t want to. Talking about whether or where someone will get into med school without an MCAT score to consider is meaningless though.</p>

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<p>Agree. I work with an obgyn who is a former music major and an ENT resident who majored in religion.</p>

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<p>you will need to rock the mcat (JJ is not known for strong test takers), so do try to take some upper division science courses to help you prepare.</p>

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<p>The majority of med schools “specializing” in primary care docs now prefer non science majors as long as you have excelled at required courses
Don’t switch</p>

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<p>I met a 34 year old female when I was in college and she was an English major with 2 kids. She just went back to school to do the science prerequisites and MCAT and got in. She had also just gotten a divorce. What does that all have to do with it? Not sure but I thought I’d give the full story as I knew it.</p>

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<p>Don’t switch, especially if science coursework at JJ is significantly harder-grading than English coursework, unless, somehow, coursework difficulty was taken into account at US med schools.</p>

<p>If your dream med schools do take in account major difficulty, though, it’s another story.</p>

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They don’t really though.</p>

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<p>I actually know this one. It is easier for a music major to get in to med school than a biochem major. So, turns out, it does not matter what you major in as long as you have a great GPA, great MCAT scores, and the min prereq classes. I have attended classes on how to get in to college and they went off on about what premeds should be doing. You can google the thing about music majors and med school and see that I am giving correct information too.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you provide that information undecided because I think you are wrong. Even if music majors get in at a higher rate (which I don’t think is true) there’s an obvious self selection bias going on in terms of the type of the student who chooses to major in music while doing pre med requirements.</p>