<p>Is it okay to Major in Economics and Chinese and still do the Pre-med program (interested in Psychiatry) just in case I end up wanting to do that in the end? I'm torn in between. :/ I know you have to take certain courses for pre-med, but can I like, do them over the summer while doing economics in the spring and fall?</p>
<p>Is that impossible? Because I keep hearing people say that they are going to do something like that and I didn't know you could do that....</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You can do Pre-Med with anything- Spanish, Frat Studies, etc.</p>
<p>You want to become a Psychiatrist and major in Economics and Chinese?</p>
<p>All kidding aside, you can do it. But don’t overburden yourself. Or you’ll be seeing the psychiatrist.</p>
<p>o.0 Lol. My Brother majored in Finance and in the end ended up going to Medical school for Psychiatry. So I don’t see why that would be funny. You can major in anything and be accepted to Med school. I was just asking if we could do the double-major thing and pre-med at UT because I thought schools were different.</p>
<p>But thanks for the answer.</p>
<p>You can take the classes that you need for med school any time, summer, fall, or spring - whenever they fit into your schedule.</p>
<p>If you really want to do pre-med check out the JAMP. Guaranteed admission to a Texas Medical School.</p>
<p>[JAMP</a> Homepage](<a href=“http://www.utsystem.edu/jamp/]JAMP”>Welcome to JAMP!)</p>
<p>It’s possible to major in anything and still do pre-med, however it’s harder for those majoring in something outside of the sciences due to the little amount of overlap. You have to take the courses required of your major as well as the prerequisites for medical school.</p>
<p>Majoring in something different like Economics won’t only be a burden to your studies, but it may also be a burden to your money - med schools prefer that you take all or most of the main prerequisites (like sciences and maths) at your four-year college, whether it be during the summer or during the school year. Your chances of getting accepted to med school will be lowered if you were to take any of these main prereqs during summer at a community college. This means more money you’ll have to dish out in order to take the courses at UT during summer, possibly even more money you’ll have to spend on staying for over 4 years if you don’t want to overload on the amount of classes you take each semester.</p>
<p>When I was a music major doing pre-med, I planned out my 4 years; for a majority of the semesters, I had to take ~18-21 hours, which is just ridiculous.</p>
<p>pierre, would you like to tell the people you advised the EFC you need to have for JAMP?
or else, perhaprs giving beneficial advice as to why most UT students would not qualify for that program!!!</p>
<p>JAMP sounds like a really awesome program. Haha anyone know the answers to xtra’s questions?</p>
<p>EFC must be under 8000, i provided the link for a reason. Needless to say a good amount of incoming freshman qualify.</p>
<p>sprintuser, if the propoprtion shown on the web site in the link below is right, 23% of UT students receive Pell Grants. These students would be eligible for JAMP. The other 77% of UT students, probably not.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Texas at Austin: Student Characteristics](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/collegeprofile.aspx?institutionid=228778]University”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/collegeprofile.aspx?institutionid=228778)</p>
<p>(The tuition data on this page are a few years old, so the proportion Pell is old too. Maybe someone can find an updated number. I would not think proportion receiving Pell Grant would change much.)</p>
<p>Ah, well UT is free for me so I don’t have a problem with the money. But that’s another thing I was wondering about! It really would hurt my chances of medical school if I took the pre-med at a community college? Because that is what I was thinking of doing…</p>
<p>So I guess I’ll have to take them at UT. Thanks for telling me that, had no idea it would make a difference! And that JAMP thing looks interesting. My EFC is 0 and I have the full Pell grant so I might look into that. Thanks!</p>
<p>Med schools would definitely look down upon you if you took all/most of your pre-med classes at a community college. They wouldn’t care if it was just one or two. They want you to take them at your university (UT).</p>
<p>JAMP is a good option for students who are economically disadvantaged. You’re probably qualify for it as it doesn’t take much to get into the JAMP program if your EFC <$8000.</p>
<p>well depends on the rigor of your medical college (dream). even one or two courses (science ) may change may factors
visit student doctor network for more details.</p>
<p>Ah okay, thanks for that. I was about to make a mistake then. What about testing out of the classes? Not that I want to but I already have the credit for a full year of English because of AP tests and I’m getting my math credits over with this summer. Should I still take the English at UT anyway or is it okay to use my AP credits? Thanks!</p>
<p>Check the pre-med forum here on cc or check student doctor network in the premed area. </p>
<p>The idea is that “the classes med schools require you to take,” the med schools don’t want you to use AP credit for. It is my understanding that med schools would not care at all if you used your APUSH credit, but they generally would care and would hold it against you if you used AP credit for bio or chem. I am not sure what med schools think about getting credit for English and calculus in some way other than taking them at your college.</p>
<p>moochi - It’s probably ok to use your AP credits for non-science/math classes most of the time.</p>
<p>If you used AP credits for Biology, med schools would like you to take the next level/upper division for Biology rather than not take any more Biology at all.</p>
<p>UT only gives AP Credit for Biology if you get a 5 on the exam <em>keynote</em></p>
<p>yes, med school okay to use AP credit for non-science courses. I used only Chemistry as AP credit. However, most med schools say okay to use science AP credit as long as you have taken 3-6 hours of upper division classwork in the subject you used the AP credit. B/c most premed students have to take orgo, AP credit for Chem is good. However, there are some “sticklers” for med schools… e.g. Vanderbilt College of Medicine.</p>
<p>Ah! Gotcha. The only credits I have is for English, so that’s cool.</p>