<p>Hey, I'm in ILR, but I've decided to take the pre-med route...while still in ILR.</p>
<p>I figured I can use ILR's courses to crank up my GPA for med-school (better than majoring in bio, haha)....and take chem/bio courses requirements to fill in electives.</p>
<p>what do you think? will it work? has anyone ever done this?</p>
<p>I don't think ILR courses will prepare you for med school as much as fulfilling a biology major would, but you could still do it.</p>
<p>you could do it - though i'm not sure taking some non-science classes with the hopes of dodging a low GPA will really be in your best interest ... if you can't handle a nice undergrad load, what on earth are you going to do in med school?</p>
<p>I agree with the previous posters. As the old cliche goes, you can major in anything and still do premed. However, it's generally a bad idea to major in something just because it's "easy." I started as a bio major and graduated as a bio major because I thoroughly enjoyed bio and knew that it would prepare me well not only for the MCAT but for the first two years of med school.</p>
<p>I disagree with the previous posters. I think its possible, just... I don't know anyone that does it. However, I don't think med schools will be fooled though if you have straight A's in ILR and not as good grades in your premed reqs.</p>
<p>wait, didn't you say in your other post that you wanted to do engineering while in ILR?</p>
<p>haha yeah...but im still keeping myself very open. i def. want to do something related to the sciences. Also, pre-med was something i wanted to do a long time ago and I rejected that idea as time went on. Then suddenly I realized pre-med might be right for me again.</p>
<p>but, nevertheless, i really appreciate all of your input! thanks a lot! keep em comin haha.</p>
<p>Sorry it's impossible.</p>
<p>lol jp. I'll keep u on track if u take...well one of two of the hardest majors (pre-med/eng) while doing ILR lol. At least if u do one of those I won't feel as bad when I take the ILR courses and am loaded with work...cuz I'll know you have more haha.</p>
<p>One can go from any major to Medicine IF you can get a good MCAT score.</p>
<p>It's a big "IF" for a primary prerequisite, a good MCAT score.</p>
<p>Therefore, no matter which major you are, you still need to have Biology, Physics, Chemistry courses in order to get solid foundational knowledgebase to enable you to excel in MCAT.</p>
<p>Also, if you did not take Bio courses in Undergrad primarily because you don't like Bio - this won't help in Medicine. All courses in Medicine pretty much revolve around Bio and Chem. Without a solid foundation, how do you plan to compete with the top tier in this area in Grad school?</p>
<p>Don't think that ILR is going to be "easy" and pad your GPA. The courses might be easier than science classes, but if you're a science person, ILR might not be the right path. If you're in ILR solely to improve your GPA (which might not be the case), you might find the reading much more taxing than would someone who is genuinely interested in the material. The introductory courses are fairly easy, but the workload for the 300 level classes I took this semester was pretty hefty (a la "I Love Reading"). If I had done all the work I would have read 800+ pages (probably more like 1,000, Prof. DeVault is nuts) per week. You should probably dedicate first semester to exploring your options while you can (ILR, pre-med, engineering, etc.) to find out what you enjoy doing.</p>
<p>^^^I would concur with this. I love writing. As a consequence, I took a lot of writing-intensive classes, which, not surprisingly, were also reading-intensive. I found that as a science major I had a lot of trouble keeping up with the reading, which made for a painful time when it came to class discussions.</p>
<p>Wave that’ll be sooooo challenging hahaha lol that’s insane… I’m nervous about ILR as it is, and to think you’ll be taking eng./pre-med courses… WOW lol madness I tell ya, madness haha</p>
<p>maybe transfer to the arts school? i think around 10% transfer from one college to another within cornell every year.</p>