<p>Do any premed students at Hopkins major in IR, or is it too difficult? I'm going to be a premed student, but I'd like to major in IR, especially since Hopkins has such a respected program.</p>
<p>I am currently a senior in high school, but I have done a lot of research on the premed field because that is what I want my major to be. In order to get in to med school you do not have to be a premed, predent, prevet, or prepharm major. They also like to see that you expanded your option for things other than stressing yourself out with mutliple sciences. If you decide to do a human relations major, you should sign up to take additional science courses, or even take biology as a minor. I really hope that this helped you out. Good Luck!</p>
<p>You can major in anything you want to as a premed as long as you complete the prereq courses. That being said, I’ve looked at the IR curriculum at JHU and from what I can tell (could be wrong), they require 87/120 credits within the major. When you add in distribution requirements, that doesn’t give you a lot of leeway for fitting in the premed courses. Keep in mind that most majors take up about 1/3 of your courses.</p>
<p>hume15 is right about IR being a pretty heavy major, requirement wise. However, the great thing is that the premed courses you take as a premed IR major will all count towards your distribution requirements. Studying IR (or technically, International Studies) and applying to med school is definitely possible, and I’m sure there are a handful of students each year who follow that route. I completely believe that you should follow your passions, even if that takes you on a less-traditional pre-med route. In my med school class, while a large number of students were hard-science majors, there are also a decent number of engineers and social sciences majors and even a couple art history majors, a poli sci major, two english majors etc etc</p>
<p>Ok thanks guys–
Also, does anybody know why Hopkins doesn’t offer biology or chemistry as a minor? I thought that seemed kind of strange and a little disappointing. I wanted to minor in either biology, chemistry, or physics but only physics is offered as a minor</p>