<p>Ok so Ive read the threads about how major doesnt affect your admission to medical schools but after posting here a few days ago bRM and BDM explained the heavy weight often given to interviews. </p>
<p>So, when you interview for med school I assume the guy will see your major. If its say art history or something totally unrelated to medicine is it likely that you will get dinged a couple points on the interview? Also, the purpose of your undergraduate years is to spend a lot of time doing activities that will make you a better physician (volunteering at hospitals, research, etc.). It seems to me (though you can argue that humanities improves communication and what not) that the interviewer may ask the applicant why his art history background will help him as a physician. how do you answer?</p>
<p>Actually pretty easily. Art history grounds itself in observation -- in trying to approach a painting or sculpture without prejudice, tryign to draw conclusions based on what you see and not merely what you want to see. It grounds you in trying to explain what you see and why it matters -- in fitting tiny observations into a bigger picture.</p>
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<p>More on data-driven analysis vs. BRM and BDM sitting around trying to come up with stuff later.</p>
<p>Our analysis that says "major doesn't matter" -- within normal limits, obviously -- is analyzed in the context of data, not just a bunch of us on CC sitting around and thinking about the process.</p>
<p>In other words -- maybe it is a disadvantage in the interview, but it's an advantage in GPA. Or maybe it's a disadvantage in research, but an advantage in essays. We don't know, and bluntly we don't really care, because we know that in the end, whatever plusses and minuses any given major might have will cancel out.</p>
<p>That's the advantage of data-driven analysis. So you can sit around and come up with disadvantages to non-science majors all day long, but the bottom line is that the data says it doesn't matter. So something has to be balancing that out.</p>
<p>ok i understand now. the major therefore is the FINAL admit rate (after interviews) so while there may be some disadvantages in some areas there are advantages in other areas along the way.
I didnt mean to argue for the sake of arguing. I just got into a discussion with my father about this subject.</p>
<p>correct me if Im wrong, but from what I've been told, the only scenario where a science major actually helps is if you are pursuing an MD/PHD</p>