<p>Hail all Cornellians (and to-be-Cornellians), may you live for ever!</p>
<p>This question has been long debated - which college was the right choice for a career in medicine? All three have the biological sciences major. I personally applied to the CALS, but I heard you can take courses in all of the colleges. Please post your opinions / reasons. Thanks!</p>
<p>Oh, and btw I am from Arizona :) the change from fiery heat to icy coldness will be quite interesting.</p>
<p>I think I've asked or heard this question before because I want to be a doctor too.</p>
<p>You can go to any of them, and you don't have to do Biology major but it's great if you want to, that's what I'm gonna do. Find one with other courses you want and narrow it down that way I guess. Or pick the one that's easiest to get accepted at.</p>
<p>whichever school has the programs of study that appeal to you the most is the one that is best for medicine. and there are no restrictions about taking classes at different colleges. i'm an engineer but I can take a Human Development course if it fits into my schedule and if I have taken the necessary prerequisites.</p>
<p>med schools don't really care what your major is as long as you excel and satisfy all the course requirements for admission.</p>
<p>Well most people who reside in New York choose CALS because of the tution break, but other than that there's really no difference i don't think between biology majors at Cals and arts and science</p>
<p>That's where I'm going if I get in.</p>
<p>I've actually heard an interesting fact somewhere on CC. Mathematics majors are the highest percentage accepted to med school. I'm not majoring in math though, hell no.</p>
<p>What are the requirements for med school again? 1 year Bio, Chem and Physics, and Organic Chem?</p>
<p>Yeah, and I think I heard Zoology somewhere too. Oh and English Composition because they have to write stuff sometimes ya know.</p>
<p>And the sciences have to be half laboratory.</p>
<p>bio, gen chem, orgo, physics, and a couple of advanced bio courses if i recall correctly. i considered doing pre-med for a brief amount of time.</p>
<p>i'm surprised only about 200 people apply to allopathic schools each yr...considering there are usually 700+ people in bio, chem, orgo, and physics.</p>
<p>Fine with me. Easier for me to get in. What is the class size they take each year at Cornell Medical School?</p>
<p>Cornell Med School's recent stats:</p>
<p>Enrollment: 416
Male/Female: 48/52
Number enrolled (in a class): 101</p>
<p>...I love that genetics department @ Cornell!!!</p>
<p>How bout the number of applicants?</p>
<p>52% female, being a male I kinda like that. That means for every male there are 1.083 females.</p>
<p>wms is my #1 medical school right now (with UF a close second) and they used to interview every cornell app but then in 2001 or something they were more selective, and only some were interviewed...but if you do get to interview, you actually have a pretty good chance. somewhere a pre-med advisor (i think during my cornel days way back when) said 1/5 actually get accepted/waitlisted...which is pretty nice considering about 100 cornell applicant apply to wmd, that's about 20! that's a lot! (of course, this is only if my memory is correct...which in my dreamland it is)</p>
<p>Yes, and just think about your total family income once you get your M.D. and you marry another doctor.</p>
<p>Cardiac transplant surgeon- $380K a year average starting salary, bigger guys in the field get around $500K+.</p>
<p>Washington Medical School is considered #1 for primary care medicine in the US.</p>
<p>I want to go to UCSD, #7.</p>
<p>I always thought HumEc was the best college for doctors-to-be. I am aiming for veterinary medicine, so CALS is definitely the place to be with their Animal Sciences major. A friend of mine got into HumEc ED and he wants to become a physician.</p>
<p>i'm HD in humec (was psych in CAS) and i love it. most of my friends in HD are teaching oriented (maybe b/c i'm taking teaching classes ^_^). i love humec in that it is very lax. only 40 credits need to be in humec as opposed to 55 in CALS and 100! in CAS</p>
<p>I'm going for CALS.</p>
<p>I plan on going to med school after college, so I chose HumEc cos its seems more concentrated on health. ^_^</p>
<p>"Washington Medical School is considered #1 for primary care medicine in the US.
I want to go to UCSD, #7." -- Texasmathwhiz</p>
<p>Texasmathwhiz.... that's really cool, where did u get that info from? is there a complete list?</p>