<p>I was going to write: “Truthfully there’s almost nothing that’s directly relevant. Even ostensibly relevant classes – like …”</p>
<p>And then I changed my mind.</p>
<p>Obviously you’d start with the premedical requirements (English, General Chemistry, Intro Physics, Calculus, Biochemistry, Intro Biology).</p>
<p>I’d add: (1) Theater. Your very important third-year grades are determined almost entirely based on your public speaking skills. (2) Statistics. Keeping up with medical literature is daunting, and trying to do this if you don’t understand the language of research is nearly impossible. (3) Extra biology: microbiology, animal physiology. (4) Multivariable Calculus. Useful in general. (5) Economic principles, just because I can’t imagine anybody going through life without understanding concepts like “opportunity cost” and “decisions at the margins.” (6) Something in medical anthropology, if at all possible.</p>