<p>Sticking to med only really isn’t the best option. You know that it is crazy competitive. What happens if you can’t get in? Then you’re stuck with a science degree and possibly no job. Stick with the Acturial/Finance route and take the pre-med courses on the side. At least if you don’t make it into med school, you won’t just be toiling around looking for work or spending time as a lab assistant barely able to cover expenses.</p>
<p>If i don’t get into med school i can go to an island and do 2 years of med come back to us and finish 2 years clinical.
And i want to stick with both… but i dont wnt to major in finance or something and do premed on the side because i really want to be a surgeon …</p>
<p>If you are interested in math, statistics, economics, and/or finance (or other subjects besides or in addition to biology and chemistry), you might as well take them as an undergraduate while taking the pre-med courses alongside. You’ll get lots more biology and chemistry in medical school.</p>
<p>Note that statistics knowledge is useful for physicians, since medical research studies often make use of statistical analyses to determine whether a given treatment option is likely to be effective, or whether a given patient characteristic or behavior affects frequency or severity of a medical condition.</p>
<p>Your pre-med prerequisites will set you up for the MCAT. Your specialized actuarial science courses will set you up for the actuarial science exams. These courses, however, will be most easily obtained through an actuarial science program. Ore-med prerequisites are easy to obtain through any program.</p>
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you may want to also check out operations research … it’s basically an applied math major … actuary sciences use many OR techniques.</p>
<p>So should i go in as stats major and focus more on premed prereq classes and still take actuarial science classes?</p>
<p>I guess i was more driven towards going for the big stuff but didn’t realize one big step was enough for a lifetime. Hopefully, i will get a better outlook on what path to take as i take college level classes required for premed or actuary. I am just looking to go into something that is guaranteed. In the business area, i want to work for corporations and perhaps a job that is on a high level of critical thinking so i was exploring management/analyst jobs and i came across the actuarial/financial analysts and it interested me when being a surgeon was my original plan. Because i have seen other successful physicians and surgeons who are also involved in the business department. And when i say combining these two, i dont want to do MD/MBA and get a job that pertains to just sitting at the table and doing management stuff. </p>
<p>So that’s why i wanted to see how you guys felt about taking this route and it obviously seems very complicated because if i worry about premed courses and mcats then i’l fall behind on actuarial courses… because you need internship/volunteering or some kind of experience for both meanwhile studying for the current courses i’m in… are there any other ideas for finance/math/business related professions i can look into along with premed besides actuarial science?</p>