<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p>I am a high schooler/prospective UPenn student wanting to become a surgeon. What undergrad school would I apply to in UPenn for this? The School of Nursing or College of Arts and Sciences? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Also does anyone know if the SEAS has a lower or higher acceptance rate at Penn than the CAS?</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>Chill, OP, enough with the bumps. We’re not a vending machine. </p>
<p>You’re questions suggest that there’s much about becoming a surgeon that you don’t know AND that you’re very focused on how to get admitted to Penn undergrad, which is not where you’re going to become a surgeon anyway.</p>
<p>Can we back up? Can you tell us a little about yourself? Take a look at the first post on this webpage and try to address the issues it raises; then get back to us in a more relaxed frame of mind:</p>
<p><a href=“Before you ask which colleges to apply to, please consider - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1621234-before-you-ask-which-colleges-to-apply-to-please-consider-p1.html</a></p>
<p>Do not go to nursing school unless you would be willing to work as a nures. A BSN would be a very unorthodox route to medical school. Nursing curricula tend to be fairly intensive and inflexible, with a lot of practicums and specific requirements. I would venture to guess that you may find it impossible in a four year span to do the prerequisites for med school in addition. </p>
<p>Regardless of the acceptance rates, uless you want to be a nurse, apply to CAS.</p>
<p>You need to take many biology, chemistry, math and physics courses - the usual major is biology. If you really want to go to med school, you’ll try to fit in biochemistry, anatomy and physiology classes as well.</p>
<p>I’ve known quite a few docs that majored in engineering but still had to take the required bio and chem courses to do well on the MCAT exam.</p>