Pre-med business

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I want to go to med school but I also want to be involved with business..</p>

<p>I want to major in biology (for the pre-med aspect, plus I love the subject) but I also want to major in Business-Marketing.</p>

<p>How hard would this be even though I know it depends on the college.</p>

<p>Is this feasible?</p>

<p>Thank you so much for any help.</p>

<p>Major in what you want. The stats show that the majors of matriculants to med school are in nearly the exact same ratio as majors of applicants.</p>

<p>Personally, I think your best bet is actually to major in business and get a minor in bio. A bio major may require you to take a lot of courses with no relevance to med school like Botany or biodiversity. A minor, you get the core courses and the pre-reqs to take nearly any bio course but you get to pick and choose the upper level courses you are really interested in. You also have more freedom to pick courses b/c of the prof, and not worry that you have to cram in the bio courses when you can just so you can graduate on time.</p>

<p>Oh thank you for that idea.</p>

<p>I always thought that a biology major would prepare me better for the MCAT and as a biology major would there be a lot of opportunities to learn about Human functions (such as Anatomy or Human Biology).</p>

<p>Thanks Bigredmed.</p>

<p>Remember that the MCAT is really more of a test of critical thinking than specific knowledge</p>

<p>Even if you are concerned about the knowledge aspects realize that the AAMC (which administers the test) says that you only need one year of physics, gen chem, organic chem and bio to be prepared for the exam. As a former kaplan teacher, I can assure that this is for the most part true. Too much extra knowledge in these subjects can sometimes even be problematic as you are familiar with a supposedly "unknown" concept and bring in outside knowledge when all the info you really need is actually in the passage. </p>

<p>You can get into courses like physiology or anatomy (which isn't on the MCAT) without being a major.</p>