<p>Professional programs do NOT require students to major in any one particular area. Health professions schools do not prefer one over another. Students choose a major based on their strengths, interests, and personality. As long as admission requirements are met students MAY BE IN ANY MAJOR and still apply and be accepted to professional health care programs. Major in whatever you find interesting and exciting. Health professions schools value well rounded and educated applicants. Applicants will be evaluated on the rigor of courses taken and the number of credits taken each semester, not merely on the number of majors or minors. Completing two majors and/or two minors will NOT make you more competitive.</p>
<p>To chime on MiamiDAP’s comments, two family friends applied to med school. One majored in a foreign language (won’t say which :-)) and minored in biology, party galore for 4 years, awesome GPA and MCAT, top entry into med school.</p>
<p>Kid #2 decided on chemistry, did 5+ years to get an undergrad by repeating classes to pump GPA up, good MCAT, clawed his way into med school. </p>
<p>Kid #1 has had so much fun in school that he’s still a post^n doc after a lengthy specialty and post doc’s galore (or whatever they’re called in med school) while kid 2, who started later than kid 1, finished his specialty etc and is now practicing :-)</p>
<p>Everyone thought kid 1 was crazy to go the foreign language route, but it worked.</p>
<p>Please note: this thread is 6 months old.</p>