<p>Hello, I was just wondering which majors would constitute for greater chances of acceptance to med school. Currently I am in a biochem major, but recently a friend told me that med school admissions officers look to see a variety in undergrad majors as a factor in choosing from the applicant pool. Is there any truth to this?</p>
<p>possibly. it might be beneficial to major in something besides traditional science/bio. the numbers, however, show that the % of each major applying basically matches the % that are admitted (ie if 7% of applicants are english majors, roughly 7% of the accepted pool are english majors).</p>
<p>do what you want. there is no downside to taking a humanities or other non-science major except that you will have extra classes to take (since you have to do the pre med reqs as well as your major requirements). its not bad, though, since non-science majors typically have less lower division requirements than others. for example, i just checked and english has only 5 lower div classes that you have to take.</p>
<p>the major you choose has no effect on your chance of being accepted to medical school. however, the experiences that you gather from having a non-traditional bio major may make you more unique and thus stand out against a pool of otherwise academically equal candidates. </p>
<p>like zzzboy said, be aware that you will have to take extra pre-medical requirement classes (1 year of bio, 1 year of chem with lab, etc.) in order to apply to medical school.</p>
<p>Thank you both zzzboy and Jinobi for your helpful and quick responses. I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>You may however, not get the same competitive experience and drive from being in an Art History atmosphere than a science atmosphere.</p>
<p>i think you need to do more than 1 year of bio and chem, chem you have to do 20a, 20b, 30a, 30b, 20L, 30AL and 30BL while you need to do LS 1 to 4…</p>