Major for pre-med?

<p>Now that the MCAT will have three chemistry sections, I was wondering if it's better to major in a subject that you don't know much about but will need to learn about (chemistry), to major in something you're already familiar with (biology), or to major in something less common but still needed like psychology. I'm a senior in high school and have taken a ton of biology and psychology (AP, honors, etc.), but hardly any chemistry. I thought biology would be fairly easy to major in, but would chemistry be better since I'm gonna need to learn a lot of it before the MCAT anyway? Thanks</p>

<p>You can major in anything you want while taking the pre-med courses, which should prepare you for the MCAT.</p>

<p>The pre-med course list contains a year of general chemistry and a year of organic chemistry, so you need to take those anyway as a pre-med, regardless of your major. If you do major in biology, you will have to take these courses for your major. If you do major in chemistry, you may have to take more rigorous versions for chemistry majors.</p>

<p>Exactly that ^</p>

<p>Ok thank you that’s what I was thinking. A chemistry major would require that I take more advanced chemistry that I probably won’t use and would hurt my grades.</p>

<p>Yep! Always pick a major your passionate in and can make sure you get a high GPA in. From what I’ve researched, GPA is everything so GUARD it with everything :)</p>