<p>im going to UVA and will be in the nursing program...will it be difficult to pursue my premeds as well?</p>
<p>It's usually easier to go Pre-med--->Nursing rather than
Nursing --->Pre-med. </p>
<p>Reason is that most nursing programs don't require Physics, Calc, genetics, biochem, or even organic like med schools do. The Pre-med requirements allow you the time to slide in some nursing requirements, but not the other way around.</p>
<p>well u cant go in as just premed so i dont see how thats possible since premed isnt a major</p>
<p>Specifically I was talking about changing major/concentration from one to the other.</p>
<p>What I'm saying is that there are specific requirements for both. Because Nursing school you can enter into within 2 years if you hit all your classes correctly in sequence, you are busy fulfiling those requirements leaving no time for the classes that medical schools expect you to take. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to be pre-nursing over the course of 4 years while also fulfilling your pre-med requirements regardless of which professional school you apply to, because you have essentially wasted the class time for classes that don't count towards the other. </p>
<p>Further, b/c as you so astutely pointed out you have to actually have a major then tack on the pre-med part, if you are really aiming for medical schohol, then you need to be covering your major requirements too during this time.</p>
<p>This all boils down to the fact that nursing is aiming to prepare you for actually becoming a nurse, while being pre-med is just getting you a base for the courses that will actually get you ready to be an MD. Therefore your nursing curriculum is professionally focused and your pre-med is not. </p>
<p>Does this make more sense?</p>
<p>yuup thanks</p>