<p>I know that you guys probably have heard this question time and time again and are about sick of answering it but I just really want to know- HONESTLY if I majored in a non-science subject (but thinking about a chem minor) how much would this hurt me in terms of like MCATS? Some med students told me that the MCATs were 60% chemistry and then a few parts biology and physics and whatever else. I KNOW that you're supposed to "major in whatever interests you" and all that because if you go to med school your career will be so science based. Heres my problem: I love science but I also love other things. I'm trying to decide where I want to go in terms of a major and things like Bio, Chem, and Art History are all holding fairly equal weight in my mind, honestly. I just want to know really how much it might hurt me to say, go the art history route (decreased preparedness, etc). Thanks guys!</p>
<p>The prerequisites (which you have to take regardless of your major) will prepare you sufficiently for the MCAT.</p>
<p>Breakdown of the MCAT (no "s"...personal pet peeve) is as follows:</p>
<p>Physical Sciences section
50% Gen Chem
50% Physics</p>
<p>Biological Sciences:
75% Biology
25% Organic</p>
<p>there are stats readily available on the AAMC website as to average score on the MCAT by major.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the MCAT is really testing Critical Thinking ability, not actual science knowledge. Also, the science that is used is solely introductory material in those fields (though biology is somewhat debatable as to how true that really is, as there is a fair amount of genetics, molecular bio and physiology present that I don't think makes it into many intro bio courses). As a Kaplan instructor, I routinely told those who majored in the sciences to leave all their knowledge at the door, because all the information you need to answer the questions is presented in the passage (with the exception of physics formulas and skills like balancing chemical equations). Bringing in outside knowledge to the MCAT can be disastrous. </p>
<p>I majored in Sociology and BlueDevilMike majored in Economics and we're both currently in medical school, and I think both of us would agree that we owe a large part of our admission to how well we did on the MCAT.</p>
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<p>English majors have the highest scores, I believe.</p>
<p>Remember, too, that your MCAT score should be balanced. So doing really well at one thing is bad news if you can't do pretty well at everything.</p>