<p>Hi, so I'm a junior in high school and very interested in becoming a doctor. I'm wondering what math I'm required to do in pre med because by the time I graduate high school I will only have completed Pre-Calc. </p>
<p>Also, I'm planning on majoring in Communications. Does this hurt my chances of getting into med school? What are some good undergraduate degrees for med school.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Here’s the current list of math requirements by medical school.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/slife/pre_med/Math_Req_for_Medical_School.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/slife/pre_med/Math_Req_for_Medical_School.pdf</a></p>
<p>Most require/recommend 2 semesters of college level math. (And with med schools, recommended = required). Calc 1 and 1 semester of stats are what’s usually suggested for pre meds.</p>
<p>Except for vocation majors (nursing, business, nutrition, etc), your major really doesn’t matter all that much. What medical school are looking for are individuals who have been trained in critical thinking & reasoning skills. (Vocational majors tend to be more career oriented and focus on developing specific job skills, rather than critical reasoning skills.)</p>
<p>That said communications may be considered a vocational field (esp if it’s located within the business college/dept), not an academic one–which may hurt your chances at application time.</p>
<p>Pre meds major in all sort of academic fields: engineering, math, physics, Spanish, history, philosophy, classics, music, forestry, English language & lit, economics, psychology… A large number of pre meds choose to major or minor in biology or one its subfields because a bio major will usually cover all the required science and math classes medical schools require so you don’t have to worry about how to squeeze them into your schedule.</p>
<p>But, really, major in what interests you.</p>