Picking a major with Holland Code

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<p>@dolphnlvr6‌</p>

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Actually, yes they do.

Very interesting, but I have a difficult time buying it - unless science degrees are the only majors available at your college. What school is this? Please PM me if you have a problem with posting on this board. </p>

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It’s the best way to be prepared for MCATs and for the rigor of Med School.

Solely majoring in a science does not prepare one to be prepared for the MCAT or for the rigors of med school. My med school friends can attest to this. They do not attribute majoring in biology to their success on the MCAT or in med school. Med students I’ve met who majored in the humanities and social sciences are doing fine in med school. </p>

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If you can’t handle a bio major with a good GPA, then med school may not be the right path for you.

Either you advise students at an easy school or your students are very bright. Many bio majors at my school spread their science courses over four years to balance their course load - not take them all at once over two years.
As I’ve also already said, even the pre-med advisors at my school wouldn’t recommend my senior schedule (posted in a thread I started in the pre-med forum) to even the top science students at my school. </p>

<p>On top of two heavy science years, I’d need to balance a job, a son, and extracurricular activities. </p>

<p>Just because I’m trying to protect my GPA, I should forget about med school? Where’s your logic in that? You’re very narrow minded to make such claim.</p>

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It’s not a REQUIREMENT that one majors in a science field to be in the program or go on to Medi School but it’s the most direct route and has a very high success rate.

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<p>I’m aware that a science major is not required. What do you mean by direct route? There are multiple routes to medical school… one doesn’t necessarily need to follow one [or the direct] route. Again, medical students I’ve spoken to who majored in non sciences do fine in med school. Majoring in a non science also doesn’t mean that one will have a low success rate.</p>

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I worked with an Engineer who graduated and worked in the field for 2 years and decided he wanted to go to Med School and he came back and fulfilled the requirements for the bio degree and went on to be accepted to a program. He said he never could have done it with out all the Bio and Chem classes.

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<p>Engineer… that’s the outlier in your anecdotal example. Not everyone has the aptitude to major in engineering and be an engineer. After going through undergrad as an engineering major, I’m sure the science loads in the bio major were nothing compared to his undergrad engineering courses. </p>

<p>Keep in mind that many pre-meds specifically do not pursue engineering because of the widely known fact that it can easily hurt their GPA. I don’t blame them.</p>

<p>Moreover, my situation is different from your engineer friend. As a non-trad applicant, he likely didn’t have worry about balancing extracurricular activities to the extent that I would have need to as a traditional bio major applicant, continue a job to support a son throughout the two years, and care for a child as a single parent. </p>