Latin Minor - a little bit advantage ?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm a freshman and will major in chemisty and thinking about Latin as a minor.
I'm fluent in Spanish so applied for volunteering in a health center of
south america during this summer. now also doing some research in a lab.</p>

<p>Some says minors don't impress anyone in admissions,
and some says "yes, they do".
I know that we don't have to do something just to impress adcom,
but to increase the chance, I want to invest my time and passion
in something else.</p>

<p>Any advice will be appreciated.</p>

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<p>If you're already fluent in Spanish, why not instead minor in that? Minoring in Latin certainly won't hurt you, but I doubt it would give you a distinct advantage over anyone else. If you're passionate about Latin, by all means pursue it, but it probably won't do anything other than give you a bit more to draw upon during your interviews.</p>

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<p>Major doesn't matter in med school admission. As the name would suggest, "minors" matter even less.</p>

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