<p>I want to choose NYU pre-med as my anticipated major. Is the pre-med major harder to get into than say the biology or chemistry major? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>there’s no “pre-med” major.</p>
<p>search this forum, this question has been asked a LOT.</p>
<p>for CAS, can’t you selected Pre-med as your major? i’m a little confused</p>
<p>Even if Pre-med is a major in its own right, I would suggest taking a normal science major with the intent of being pre-med. Most medical schools don’t care for people who majored in “pre-med”, nor do they like most vocational majors like nursing (engineering seems to be the exception, but then again its hard to keep your GPA high enough as an engineer to even be pre-med at a lot of places).</p>
<p>^ i appreciate the insight</p>
<p>there is no such thing as a premed major at NYU (or most colleges, for that matter). Pre-med simply refers to someone who’s planning to apply to med school. Over half of med school applicants don’t even study science majors - you can major in anything you want, from Art to Zoology (or whatever).</p>
<p>You do need to take certain classes, mostly introductory science courses. This includes: 1 year of Biology, 2 years of Chem (gen chem and orgo), 1 year of Physics, 1 year of English/Writing, 1-2 semesters of math (you’ll have to do Calc I for Physics. If you’re a science major, you’ll probably end up doing more than one Calc class)</p>
<p>All science courses include labs which you have to complete as well. Also, you don’t have to take a specific bio or physics course, you just need 1 year of biology and calc based physics. Some majors at NYU which cover most of these requirements nicely include: Biology, Neural Science, Biochemistry, and Chemistry. It’s not hard to do preMed with a Liberal Arts or Business major either, since most majors only require like 10-13 classes.</p>