<p>If someone is majoring in public health is he considered as a pre-med?</p>
<p>Although pre-med is frequently associated with biology majors, pre-med is an intention, not any particular major.</p>
<p>A pre-med can major in anything–from agriculture to zoology and anything in between.</p>
<p>A public health major can be a pre-med if the student is taking all necessary med school pre-reqs and has the intention of applying to med school in the future.</p>
<p>You are pre-med if you intend to apply to medical school. You can be a Comparative Literature/Gender Studies double major and still be pre-med if you are taking the necessary medical school prerequisites. </p>
<p>What are the med-school prerequisites?</p>
<p>Med school pre-reqs are those courses required for admission to medical school.</p>
<p>For most schools they are:</p>
<p>2 semesters of biology w/labs
2 semesters general chemistry w/labs
2 semesters organic chemistry w/lab
2 semesters physics w/labs
1 semester biochemistry
2 semesters “college level” math–this generally is interpreted to mean 1 semester calculus and 1 semester statistics
2 semesters of “writing intensive” classes (as defined by your university) or 2 semesters of English
1 semester of psychology
1 semester of sociology</p>
<p>Specific medical schools may require additional or different courses than those listed above. Please check the admission webpages of any med schools you’re interested in (particularly those in your home state) or consult MSAR.</p>
<p>Some examples of additional required classes include: human anatomy; Calc 2, upper level humanities and medical ethics.</p>
<p>Are those med school requirements? If you get a good MCAT score without taking some of those courses can med schools still accept you? What if you take genetics, global health, human development etc instead of math, physics, biochemistry?</p>
<p>Those are the actual required classes. You may not substitute other classes for those requirements.</p>
<p>Your MCAT score won’t matter if you haven’t completed all the pre-reqs. Your application won’t be considered because you have not fulfilled the minimum academic requirements for med school admission.</p>
<p>Also since the MCAT tests math, physics and especially biochem, you won’t be able to score well on the MCAT without having taken these courses.</p>