<p>Is it unwise to ONLY take the required courses to get into medical school and otherwise not take any other classes that usually fit the "pre-mid" schtick?</p>
<p>For example, if someone double majored in the humanties and only used his spare course room to get the premed reqs done?</p>
<p>People have majored in humanities and successfully gone on to medical school. People in D1’s med school class have majors in music theory/performance, English, Spanish, agriculture…</p>
<p>The trick is that you have to do very, very well in your pre-med classes. Absolutely top grades in all your pre-reqs since you will have only a few courses contributing to your sGPA. </p>
<p>You will still be expected to engage in all the other typical pre-med activities-- medical volunteering, research, physician shadowing, community service, leadership–regardless of your major.</p>
<p>However, you should be aware that pre-med requirements are changing. The 2015 MCAT will cover a broader range of science and non-science topics than does the current MCAT. If med schools change their admission requirements to better match the content of the 2015 MCAT, you may not be able to just pick up the currently required 10 courses and be done with it. You may be expected to add 2-6 additional science and social science courses to the current 10. This will make it extremely difficult to double major AND fulfill your pre-reqs.</p>