<p>Just out of curiosity, if I wanted to go to med school, would I be able to get in with a double major in comp science and econ, and if I knew all the math there is in college.</p>
<p>I don't want to go to med school, but I'm just wondering.</p>
<p>I presume I would need to take some science classes though.</p>
<p>you can get into med school with pretty much any major. Majors like Bio and Biochem are only "needed" if you plan on doing graduate work in these fields.</p>
<p>As long as you fulfill their pre-med course requirements, you can take basically any major.</p>
<p>Excellent. Do you know if pre-med requirements are typically similar in top med schools?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>would being a bio major give an edge over a business major with the med prerequisites?</p>
<p>Perhaps for grad school, where you would do in-depth work in biology.</p>
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<p>Typically, the pre-med requirements consist of: general bio, general chem, organic chem, physics, and in many cases, calculus. These are also the subject areas tested by the MCATs.</p>
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<p>It's hard to draw such definitive conclusions, but it seems that a higher percentage of non-science majors are accepted relative to biological science majors. <a href="http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/mcatgpabymaj1.htm">http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/mcatgpabymaj1.htm</a></p>
<p>Mind you, the applicants have similar GPAs and MCATs.</p>