<p>Ok, my guidance counselor does not know too much about pre-med, so I came here. Is it okay if I major in Psychology and also pursue a pre-med program? Should I assume it will be more work? Also, would it make things easier if I chose something like Biology instead?</p>
<p>My real reason for wanting to major in Psychology is to become a psychiatrist one day, which indeed requires pre-med. I'm also looking at upper tier school. Thanks for help.</p>
<p>You're fine with a psych major. With a bio major, you would have to take a bunch of upper-level bio courses which you would not be interested in. Just make sure to take the prereqs for med school.</p>
<p>med schools (at least, many of the top-tiers) actually prefer you to have a different major. it shows you're more than just a hard-sciences person.</p>
<p>Medical schools don't care what your major is as long as you do well in the prerequisite science courses. My brother majored in English and had multiple offers of admission from medical schools.</p>
<p>there is no preference for a different major, only 'indifference'</p>
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med schools (at least, many of the top-tiers) actually prefer you to have a different major. it shows you're more than just a hard-sciences person.
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<p>I'm sorry, I'm just curious, how many of you all agree with this. I can see how medical schools would also welcome different majors to have a more diverse group of applicants, but, hold on. It shows that you're more than 'just' a hard-science major? That has to be a joke, soho much works goes into studying the sciences, undoubtedly far more demanding than the social sciences in terms of time and effort put in, and is certainly essential in not only clinical research but having a solid understanding the medical sciences.</p>
<p>So, I'm just curious, is that really the general consensus? Because, if in fact, the likes of psychology, sociology, anthropology are "preferred," I'm not so sure why anyone planning on studying medicine would then be studying long hours of genetics and molecular biology in college.</p>
<p>There's no preference for any major which is why you should just major in whatever interests you.</p>
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