<p>I am a premed student. Which major do you suggest I go for?
IB or MCB? Which would be better for me as a premed student?
Which is generally less competitive?</p>
<p>IB is less competitive. It offers you more physiology courses than MCB. Four of your six upperdivs in IB can be all physio classes (the other ones would be your Area 1 course and your genetics course)</p>
<p>ooo interesting...what exactly is IB though? and can some successful med school applicants please comment on this question? please consider competition, course value (applicability in med school), difficulty, etc
thanks</p>
<p>IB is biology beyond the cellular level. It is bigger biology where you focus on organs, organisms, and population. Med schools don't give a **** what your major is, they just care what your gpa is. According to thecampusbuddy.com, IB is significantly easier than MCB. </p>
<p>MCB will make your choose an emphasis and most of your classes will be chosen for you. IB course requirements can be made to be very broad or very narrow depending on your likings. See ib.berkeley.edu for more information</p>
<p>So do you reccomend IB over MCB if you are premed to help with the GPA? How important are GPAs anyway for med school? what is considered a "good" GPA to get into top tier like UCSF?</p>
<p>Do what you are more interested in. If you are more interested in something, you'll probably be more willing to put time into it and do better.</p>
<p>I am not sure, but around a 3.8+ sounds about right for UCSF. But a 3.8+ alone isn't good enough, you need the entire package (high MCAT, ECs, etc.)</p>
<p>I find it odd that a lot freshmen seem to be asking how getting into top tier med schools. I think you guys should 1st worry about getting into a med school.</p>
<p>GPA > Everything for med school based off what people have been telling me. IB will get you a better GPA than MCB.</p>
<p>In the end though the best route for med would be to major in something you love and ace it.</p>
<p>What about MCATs?</p>
<p>And referring to top tier, I think awesome everything is required.</p>
<p>it seems like the best route might be to just major in something you are interested in and fullfill med school requirements classes later</p>