<p>Medical schools say that your undergraduate major does not affect your admissions into their school (assuming it is a legitimate major). However, they also mention that they would like to see that the student is well prepared for a strong science field and has such qualifications to be successful at medical school. My question is, how do you show that you are qualified despite the fact that you majored in, lets say, Foreign language or English? Is it by the grades that you received in your science courses/by your MCAT scores? ... if that's the case, then will someone who majors in Spanish, ends up with a higher science GPA and also a higher GPA overall have a better chance than someone who majors in chemistry, ends up with a lower science GPA and lower overall GPA? (in other words should you major in what you are good at to get a higher GPA or a science to show that you are better qualified?) Also in the all cases, what courses make up your science GPA? Do they only include the required courses for that particular medical school or all of the science courses ever taken?</p>
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<p>Both of these - since you have fewer science courses overall, you need to do well in the science classes you do have. Doing well in quarters/semesters with multiple hard science classes and on the science sections of the MCAT help to show that you can handle a med school curriculum.</p>
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<p>Everything else being equal (MCAT, ECs, etc), the person with the higher GPA generally has a higher chance of acceptance, regardless of major (and yes, this is very vague on purpose - med school admissions is a giant crapshoot)</p>
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<p>Science GPA includes all science courses taken in college. The well-known abbreviation is BCPM, which stands for “Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math” - Courses that fall into these categories count for the science GPA. This does not however include engineering courses or many other courses that you might think would go under “science”.</p>