<p>So, I was thinking about different majors I could possibly pursue and the two I narrowed down to in my interests are Nursing and Pre-Med. Which one would be beneficial to me in all aspects and in the long run?</p>
<p>To be a nurse or a doctor? If nurse- do nursing. If doctor - don’t do nursing. Do something considered academic as opposed to vocational.</p>
<p>Just don’t do nursing and then try to go the pre-med route… I have a friend who is in nursing school right now and she seriously thinks it is a stepping stone to becoming a doctor.</p>
<p>Jambaby, I have a friend like that too. He started out premed, decided to switch to nursing, and plans to work his way through med school as a nurse or nurse anaesthetist or something. To me that seems crazy–if you want to be a doctor, do whatever you want undergrad + premed prereqs then go to med school; if you want to be a nurse, go to nursing school. Why mix them? Any insights?</p>
<p>kristin, you hit the nail on the head - she will have to go back to college somewhere to fulfill her pre-med requirements if she wants to go to med school, then apply to schools, take the MCAT, etc. She went through so much crap to get into nursing school! I have no idea what her thought process is. I guess she is thinking med schools will take her seriously if she is already in a health profession? It is crazy to me!</p>
<p>“I guess she is thinking med schools will take her seriously if she is already in a health profession?” </p>
<p>I get this impression too, but I just don’t see the logic behind it. Add EMT and CNA to the list too. Perhaps it’s just my naivete about what adcoms are looking for, but to me it seems like a giant waste of time to do something like go to nursing school or take hundreds of hours of certification classes in order to do something “just to be taken seriously.” (Obviously, if one has a genuine desire to be a nurse or an EMT or a CNA, then that’s a different story. Seems like Jambaby’s friend and my friend are just doing it to do it though).</p>
<p>Yes, what a massive waste of time and energy for her! That’s all I can ever think.</p>
<p>There is no pre-med major. You pursue any major desired making sure you take Med. School required classes. Some people go to Conservatory of Music, others have business, math, science (Chem, Physics) majors, more ambitious type go for engineering, some do combo major/minor(s) or 2 majors. I have never heard of Pre-med major though.</p>
<p>Actually, some schools do have a “pre-med” major (my school is not one of them). I think most schools don’t though, and then you just fulfill the pre-med requirements.</p>
<p>All,</p>
<p>I understand that Nursing students have one of the lowest medical school acceptance ratios. Therefore, it is wise to avoid it if you are thinking about MD as a career. Do medical school ADMCOM really think that nursing is too vocational? What if the student aces the MCAT and has tons of experiences helping a lot of people in the hospital. Could someone explain why Nursing major is so vocational while a Dancing major is not?</p>