<p>I am going to be coming in with around a year worth of credits done. I know for sure i want to major in Neuroscience, and minor in Computer Integrated Surgery. I scheduled everything( payed attention to which classes are given in which semester, what courses need to be taken in sequence, and made sure that i stayed within the credit limit) and i would be able to finish the single major and minor in three years. I dont know if i should stay and do a fourth year. If i do, if scheduled this option to, i would be able to finish with a double major in Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology( they are really really really similar and some courses for Bio can be used as advanced neuroscience courses), and a quadruple minor in Computer Integrated Surgery, Psychology, Music, and Classics. And i would be able to do the BA/MS program for Neuroscience and graduate with a masters in neuroscience. Would doing the fourth year make me a better candadite for Med school? or would me doing the single major and the single minor, or possible a second minor be enough. Plus along with all the academic i would be working at the Hopkins Hospital as my Federal Work Study, and do research and shadow doctors, study abroad, and a bunch of volunteering to, this goes for which ever path i do. Is it worth it to Double major and quadruple minor????</p>
<p>I really don’t think it’s worth it to double major and quadruple minor. If you can finish a year early, then do it. It is saving you money and time.</p>
<p>No, I don’t. If you know what you want to do, finishing a year early saves a lot of time and money. That’s if you are truly gung ho in working hard and making academics a high priority. Hopkins is an extremely rigorous school, and doing well in your choice of courses is not going to be easy. Better
to do well in one major than slipshod in two with a bunch of minors. Not gonna impress anyone going that way. Also, college is a time to enjoy other things than academics. Relax, have some fun, join some clubs, join in some activities, check out some things. You are awfully young to be tightly drawing such lines around you.</p>
<p>I got a full ride and have an extra three thousand the university is going to credit me each year so money dosent bother me. But yeah I think u guys r right its to much I’m trying to narrow it down.And hopkid that it would still be enough to get me into a great med school if I stuck to the first option I mentioned just neuroscience and computer integrated surgery ?</p>
<p>Should I do the 5 years masters program for neuroscience I would be able to finish that in four years along with the computer integrated surgery minor and possibly one other minor does that sound better?</p>
<p>I honestly know nothing about medical school admissions or what you need to do as an undergrad to get in, except that the people at Hopkins usually do a lot - shadowing doctors, doing well in their classes, internships, etc - all of the things that seem like common sense. Medical school was never on my radar, so I haven’t personally worried about it.</p>
<p>If you want to do the 5 year program for neuroscience, then do it. You have plenty of time to decide - at least three years. You will end up making the right decision for you at the right time… there is no need to have your entire life set in stone right now. Just enjoy your first years of college and then see what you want to do after that.</p>
<p>Having a second major and extra minors is not going to make a big difference when it comes to medical school, nor will having graduated early. What matters for med schools is your grades in your pre-med (and all other) classes, your MCAT score, and (hopefully most importantly) the interest and passion you show for science and medicine through things like research, shadowing, clinical work etc. </p>
<p>If money is not an issue, my advice would be to focus on one major and then take the time to develop your interests and pursue whatever it is that you enjoy. If it ends up adding up to a second major (like it did for me) or to multiple minors, then so be it, but there’s no benefit to going out of your way to pursue extra lines on your transcript. I agree with hopkid’s second paragraph completely - there’s no need to plan everything out now. Don’t let your preplanned schedule prevent you from taking a random History or English or Public Health or Mechanical Engineering class that you find that looks interesting. If, down the road, it looks like you still want to graduate a year or semester early, then that’s fine, but there’s no need to force yourself to that tight schedule. As for the Neuroscience masters program, I would again say that you should defer that decision since you can’t apply to the program until your senior year anyway. The BA/MS program is a basically an extra year of research, so it may help you if your overall application is weaker, but if you end up doing research during your undergrad years, you’ll be pretty independent in your research by your 3rd or 4th year and (in my opinion) doing the masters would not have much of an added benefit</p>
<p>Hope that helps</p>