<p>because you're not as "prepared" as all those other premed bio majors....</p>
<p>Do a google search for this. Many many studies have been done on the performance of science majors vs. non-science majors in med school. They all came up with the same conclusion...</p>
<p>Which is that non-science majors don't do as well during the first two years (but do sufficiently well to pass) and then either out-perform or do equally as well during the clinical years.</p>
<p>I'll say that as a sociology major, I have different perspective on patients than some of my science major colleagues do. Some times it makes a difference, sometimes it doesn't. But I feel like I'm, personally, a better physician because of my undergraduate emphasis.</p>
<p>Haven't we discussed this topic with you several times now?</p>
<p>Thats the problem with posting on a forum with only 4 people that have gone through the application process.</p>
<p>You guys are pretty lucky actually. Back in the day (ie MY freshman/sophomore years of college), this forum was dead. There was no one on this forum who had gone through the process. Then BRM showed up. Then BDM showed up. Shades and a few others went through the process last year. I'm (along w/ PhillySA) going through the process right now. The number of credible posters is actually growing.</p>
<p>Add me to the list of people that went through it (successfully) this year. While I knew that I wanted to major in bio, I wish that I'd had time to double major in another subject, but I had to give up the second major ideas when I decided to go abroad for a semester (which was more rewarding to me than another major would have been). There are compelling reasons why a pre-med student would want to major in the sciences and there are compelling reasons why he or she would not. It's a personal choice that, research shows, doesn't really have that much impact on getting into or doing well in medical school.</p>