Pre med with no real science background

<p>I'm an extremely strong student in the humanities (English, history, the like), and as a result, I've kind of let my math and science education slide. I still get A's in those classes and take all upper-level AP/honors, but I really haven't focused on them at all. However, more and more lately I've been thinking that I might really want to do a pre-med focus in college and possibly go onto medical school.
I'm an extremely determined person and student, and while I am not as quick at science and math as I am in English, etc., I am still an above-average student in these areas. I guess what I really want to know is, am I crazy for thinking that I might want to be a doctor? The idea has always been appealing to me, but I've never thought about it seriously until now.</p>

<p>I don't know. Anyone have any thoughts?</p>

<p>There is a recent post on the University of Rochester board for just this subject. Check it out...</p>

<p>if you are really serious about pre-med then you should definetly give it a shot. Also to apply to medical schools you don't need to be science major you could be a history major if you wanted. All you need to o in your undergraduate years is take the pre-med classes (the bulk of which are science) and you are good to go. What I would suggest is major in your undergraduate years in something that you really love and take your pre-med classes also. Good luck.</p>

<p>All I have to say is that if you're getting A's in upper level science courses then you're obviously understanding them well enough. and you should have no reason to worry about doing well in science classes in college</p>

<p>My uncle is a doctor and has his undergrad degree in poli-sci, so it's totally possible!</p>

<p>You'll be fine if you really put in the effort for the college science and math classes. Some of them will probably be quite difficult, such as organic chemistry, but if you want to be a doctor, you have to deal with it.</p>

<p>I was a sociology major and am currently in medical school. I have friends in my class who are poli-sci, business, psych, history, news-ed, music, and spanish. </p>

<p>So don't worry about you major. Stats show that the majors of students admitted to medical school match almost exactly the majors of students who apply in the same %ages. There is no benefit for any major in the application process.</p>

<p>My uncle is a doctor and has his undergrad degree in poli-sci, so it's totally possible</p>

<p>Wow, I was JUST thinking about doing this. Political Science major along with the pre-med classes. I've always had an interest in Sciences, but in high school I had horrible Science teachers, so I got sort of turned off, but I'm trying not to let that distract me from my true passion.</p>