<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm strongly considering michigan for college, and I was wondering if nursing could be a good major for a person who wants to go premed. Its a good backup option because then I can go into nursing school in case med school doesn't work out, I'll still be involved with medicine, so I'm starting to think of majoring in it. Would you do it if you were premed? Also, if I decide that I hate nursing later on, can I transfer into LSA for my sophomore year?</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
<p>When my daughter interviewed at nursing programs last summer every school told her not to do it if pre med was her plan (it's not in her case). It seemed like a common plan and one that they did not like - so clearly you would not mention that in your application!!
Some schools have majors in their Nursing/Health Depts that are good for pre-med - for example Georgetown's various Health majors in their Nursing/Health school. Michigan's program is a dedicated nursing curiculum - very specific focus right from freshman year. Not even sure if you'd get the classes you need for pre-med.</p>
<p>I agree that Nursing is not the best major for premed. If you are in a nursing program, they are preparing you to become a nurse, not a doctor. When UMich accepts you to the Nursing program, they expect you to become a Nurse. Especially, with all the shortages, they need all the nurses they can get. Adcoms at med school will also definitely question your intentions and reasons for becoming a doctor if you've trained to become a nurse for the past four years.</p>
<p>The Nursing curriculum is also much different than a traditional premed's. They take specific science courses that are designated for nurses. I know of one girl who is in the Nursing school here and, as a junior, she decided she wanted to goto med school. She hadn't taken barely any of the pre-reqs and she realized it really wasn't a feasible idea to take all the pre-reqs in such a short time. So, if you are going to major in Nursing, make sure you take you're pre-reqs early.</p>
<p>Nursing is a great career; there are many options e.g. Nurse practitioner, anesthetist, etc. And you can definitely make a lot of money doing so because of the shortages.</p>
<p>I am in no way discouraging you from becoming a doctor if you are going to be majoring nursing. But I really don't believe that Nursing is the best pick for a major if you're desire is to become a doctor.</p>
<p>Some nursing schools have med students and nursing students take many of their sciences together--for example, at CWRU the nursing students take the beginning A & P class with the first year med students (at least they did when I was there)</p>
<p>Nurses need to want to be nurses and physicians, physicians</p>
<p>Nurses have a unique role to play in the health care system. IMO a student who feels that nursing can be a bridge to becoming a physician has little or no understanding of the roles each health care professional plays in the care of patients</p>
<p>Definately do not do nursing if you're pre-med. It is one of the easiest schools to get into at michigan, for one thing..and generally nursing degrees are easier than majors in LSA..so nursing won't look very good when you're applying to med schools.</p>
<p>i haven't even met a nursing student here at michigan yet.</p>
<p>strange..</p>
<p>alright, after numerous threads all giving a thumbs down to nursing, I think that I'm going to abandon it. My new question is is there a school that is slightly easier to get into for michigan besides LAS? Although I wasn't looking at majoring in nursing conciously because its easy to get into, I think it may have affected me subconciously, so can anyone comment on that?</p>
<p>Not so strange, forgiven. It's a small school, enrolling around 110-120 new freshmen each year, compared to Engineering's 1000+ and LSA's 5000+ Furthermore, their students do a lot of clinical rotations, so a lot of their coursework is going to keep them off campus.</p>
<p>I think LS&A might be the "easiest" to get into.</p>