<p>... one has a completely unrelated major?</p>
<p>I've always had two loves in my life: writing and medicine. I decided, that because of my absolute disdain for math, that medicine probably wouldn't be the right career path for me. So writing it was. I am planning go to college as an English/writing major and eventually go for a masters in screenwriting. But say, I find, a couple of years down the road that I can handle calculus and orgo and I get the urge to apply to med school. I wouldn't want to waste any time in undergrad switching my major to fulfill the requirements. So would it be extremely difficult to get all of my pre-med req's in (just in case) and still fulfill a totally unrelated major? (Say, English?) Has anyone around here done it/is anyone attempting it?</p>
<p>We know at least 4 people who majored in humanities in Binghamton that ended up in med/dental school…definitely possible, especially if you take some of the pre-med requirements over the summer at home (check to see if credits at Nassau or Suffolk still transfer to Bing for non-major requirements)…</p>
<p>This wouldn’t be too difficult at all, and it might be even easier to get into Med school this way, because science majors generally have lower GPA’s. Something like half of pre-med students aren’t science majors so it’s not unusual. And an English major leaves you with a bunch of options too, so you can do Screenwriting if you want, or go into another field where English skills are important like Advertising or Publishing, idk.</p>
<p>Also, Calc is a prereq for lots of science classes like Physics so I would try to take this class soon, maybe over the summer at a local college if you can.</p>
<p>I’m exactly like you in my interests. (Except that I feel nothing for math either way)
I went into my freshman year as a Biology major, left as an English major, way happier, and still pre-med. I’m currently playing with my four year plan so i stay a full time student during my last year. That is, I satisfy both requirements so soon that I am having trouble hitting twelve credits my last two semesters.</p>
<p>Friend of mine is a surgeon who was an engineering major in college.</p>
<p>My former doctor was a philosophy major.</p>
<p>Med schools care about MCAT scores and whether you took the courses that are prerequisites for med school. Your major is not important.</p>
<p>It’s difficult in the sense that you have to take classes that you wouldn’t normally be taking for your major. But its readily possible. And if you start early in college doing this you will be able to apply to med school at the same time as all other applicants and finish college in 4 years. For some people getting all the classes in takes 5 years, and there are also some colleges that have specialized (and expensive) programs for those with college degrees already to take the pre-reqs for med school. There aren’t all that many classes you need, but they are year-long series and it will take 2 years to get thru the Chem since they are sequential. The more important thing to keep in mind is that the committee is going to be a bit skeptical that you are really interested in medicine. This isn’t a big hurdle, they want to be convinced your interest is genuine. This means you will want volunteer work in a medical setting to show you know what you’re getting into, and it would be smart to get to know at least one of your science profs well (thru office hours, etc) so you can get a personalized and strong letter of rec.</p>