Is it a bad idea/hard to go into medical school with a bachelor of arts instead of science?

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<p>Hi, I'm a high school senior just thinking about my future (hah). I'm wondering if it is generally a bad idea to go into medical school with a BA instead of a BS-- or even just getting a BS from a liberal arts college. </p>

<p>I may be applying to some smaller liberal arts colleges and I plan on eventually going into medicine. My main plan -isn't- to attend any of the Lib art schools I have on my list, but who knows what'll happen! I'm not sure if a liberal arts college is okay or not for what I want to go into?? Sorry if these are just dumb questions in general, but I honestly don't know and would like some more information as application deadlines and decisions come near. Thank you all so much!!!</p>

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<p>In many schools, BA and BS are vaguely defined. The difference maybe a research paper, a few upper level classes. Medical schools really don’t care about your degree, you only need to finish the med school requirements and you will be considered.</p>

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<p>Not anymore. MCAT used to be science centric which gave people that impression but now it is quite balanced with 50% weight to sciences and 50% to arts. So someone doing a BA gets an equal part of their knowledge for taking the test and medical schools are essentially moving towards stating that doctors need to be good at both.</p>