<p>I am about to begin my fresh year at the University of Missouri. I am considering double majoring in Political Science and English, though I have heard that since so many people who want to be lawyers are polisci majors that it has become essentially a pre-law major, which is looked down upon. Would I be better off just persuing something like English or Philosophy?
I sort of mean, most pre-med students are Biology majors, which is so common that med school adcoms tend to give preference to people who majored in the humanities.</p>
<p>most pre-med students are Biology majors, which is so common that med school adcoms tend to give preference to people who majored in the humanities.</p>
<p>um, I kind of doubt that. Do you have any evidence or was this just heresay?</p>
<p>I don't think it's looked down upon - it's just not going to help you get in the door.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, it might actually be helpful once you are in the door - most people interviewing you will have gone a similar route. </p>
<p>I think that med school admissions also gives an advantage to humanities majors because their GPAs are higher and medicine is a practice of interacting with people. Med schools want people who are going to be good doctors, not just technically proficient people. Perhaps, in the aggregate, humanities majors are a little more social, a little more broad in their academic background, and interview better. Med school requires interviews; only one law school in the country requires them as a normal part of the application procedure.</p>
<p>Biology is the obvious pre-med concetration for medical students... No such major exists for law, however. If you enjoy poli-sci and you can get very high grades in those classes, then yes, major in political science. It will not be looked down upon.</p>
<p>If you're doubling, then why not?</p>
<p>But about the med school bit, I'd be more comfortable putting myself in the hands of a doctor who majored in biology than one who majored in history.</p>
<p>NeedAdvice,</p>
<p>50% of doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class. ;)</p>
<p>The only two times I've known the majors of my doctors were when one of them went to my alma mater and when one asked me what I was studying and said that he did the same major. I've been to a lot of doctors.</p>
<p>It's not looked down upon and no preference is given to any one major. That much is obvious in law school admission. Major in something you enjoy and excel in it.</p>