<p>While I like science and probably wouldn't major in anything completely different, is MM worth it for Med school? I know you can major in whatever, but is it more helpful with the MCAT, med school, etc? Or could I major in, say, engineering and take the premed reqs and it would still be the same amount of prep in the long run? I guess my main question is, after the premed reqs are met with a MM major is the rest just fluff or useful for other med related things?</p>
<p>So I must have been living under a rock or something because I’m actually not sure what an MM major is. I did Google it and I’m guessing you’re asking if it’s alright to double major in Molecular Biology and Microbiology? Alternatively, it’s just one major? I’m not sure. If you could please fill me in, that would be amazing. I’ll just approach it from the viewpoint that it’s a single major though.</p>
<p>To be honest, I really don’t think you need to major in science to go into medical school. From what I’ve heard of medical schools from medical students, they don’t expect you to come in with a superb background in science. It would help if you had a lot of science background to understand the classes I think, but not absolutely necessary. If a medical student though has had a different experience, feel free to correct me.</p>
<p>The premed requirements should prepare you adequately for the MCAT. </p>
<p>The main thing with your major is just major in something you really enjoy because that’s how you’ll get the higher GPA’s that they’re looking for. From what I’ve heard, there’s a bunch of different majors that matriculate into medical school (history, fine arts, engineering, etc.). Since they don’t have as much science as the science majors, they might be a little behind sometimes, but by second year, they catch up.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say excess science courses are pure fluff. As you get into the higher tiers of science courses, you might explore some concepts that you glossed over in previous classes. This may help you to understand things better.</p>
<p>I hope I answered your question somewhere in there.</p>
<p>Yeah, MM stands for Micro and Molecular Biology. At all the schools I’ve looked at have it as 1 major. And I meant fluff in relation to medical school. I know it’s be useful for a career in MM but that’s not what I want to do.</p>
<p>^ I do not know what a MM major is either. (It could be “Master of Music” :))</p>
<p>These days, people tend to throw out acronyms as if everybody would have no problem with it. At least in the tech-related world where I am in, a new hire always has a hard time in “breaking into the system” just because of all these terminologies that they were not exposed to at school. What is worse is people at a different company in a similar industry may use a different name for the same thing. Some company even publishes a “dictionary” in order to remedy this hopeless situation.</p>
<p>I guess it is the same in the medicine field?</p>
<p>D. said that the most helpful for MCAT for her were physiology and genetics. D. has taken many classes outside of her major/minor. Any classes could be taken independently of your major, even if you are attending Conservatory of Music (for the sake of example), it does not matter.</p>
<p>Sorry I thought MM standing for Micro and Molecular Biology was common around.</p>
<p>I was thinking candy or maybe a white rapper.</p>
<p>^LOL CURM i’ve clearly taken too much time off from these boards, i miss your wisecracks!</p>