<p>Does anyone know the major that medical schools accept the most by percentage? I've heard that colleges have shifted toward majors involving humanities as opposed to science. Then again, I've heard electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, and chemical engineering are the top majors for Medical School. I actually want some evidence for the top major and I actually am doing this for my own knowledge and not to actually decide my major. I just want to know what is correct based on the facts.</p>
<p>Based on one article that I read (I cannot find it anymore), BME (Biomedical engineering) majors are ones who have the highest (or one of the highest) acceptance rates in the nation into medical school</p>
<p>Biology and Chemistry (due to the sheer volume of ppl majoring in this subject) surprising are majors that ppl face the most rejections. Its maybe because its the volume of applicants, its not the major who does the talking its the person who is doing the major.</p>
<p>I really dont think that there is a "top major" for medical school. I think that some "untraditional" non-science majors might be some people who are really exceptional, and most medical school 'wanna be's' usually pick biology and chemistry.</p>
<p>I think that there are less BME majors, and mabe those who do apply are just really outstanding people. At my school, most kids who come in who want to be Doctors major in Biology.</p>
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Even if you know the percentages for majors, does that mean anything? Students are not randomly assigned to college majors. Therefore it may be (and probably is) that the average english major applying to med school is not quite the same as the average bio major in terms of scores and aptitude, selectivity of the school they attend, etc. So without accounting for meaningful differences in applicants, the answer as to which major has the most success means nothing.</p>
<p>An example may drive home the point. I bet there is a decent correlation between the size of the largest TV owned by the applicants parents and success in med school admissions. But you don't increase your odds by going out and buying a 70" TV!! As I'm sure you realize, the size of TV is correlated with income, and parental income is correlated with med school admissions for a multitude of reasons. </p>
<p>And in the same way, majors are proxies for a bunch of other characteristics and decisions. Picking a certain major doesn't give them to you.</p>
<p>The AAMC link no longer works.</p>
<p>That’s probably because the thread is over 2 yrs old. Google the link and it will give you the current pdf.</p>