<p>I was wondering if it is easy for someone with a Chemistry concentration to go Premed at Brown? I want to go to medical school after college, but I would rather concentrate in Chemistry than Biology. I am also interested in Cognitive Science and once I got to Brown I would look into doing a double concentration of Cognitive Science and Chemistry. I am I being too ambitious in thinking that I could do both of those concentrations in addition to taking all the courses required to get in to medical school. I know I would need to take some biology courses. I am also interested in Literature and Theatre, but not as a concentration. Would it also be possible for me to take a few classes in those areas in addition to everything else. Sorry for the ramble, I’m just interested in a lot of things and I’m wondering if it’s even possible to do all of them. Thanks in advance for any advice!</p>
<p>As a pre-med you can major in anything. Classics, literary arts, neuroscience -- you name it. To be pre-med you need to take a handful of classes, and that's it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Here's some more info from the Health Careers Advising website:
Pre-Med/Pre-Health</a> Profession Courses</p>
<p>One of the counselors in my freshman dorm is pre-med double concentrating in biology and Africana studies.</p>
<p>Pre MD/PhD here with a Biology and Classics double!</p>
<p>talk to modestmelody, he's a chemistry major and knows a lot about the curriculum as well
because there are no requirements, brown is an ideal school for taking courses outside of your major. however, know that chemistry has many requirements in and of itself. </p>
<p>being a chemistry major won't effect being premed - you don't have to do biology</p>
<p>You won't be able to do Cog Sci and chemistry unless you did ABs in both and even then you may have a hard time.</p>
<p>The only courses recommended for premed that you don't already take as part of chemistry are the English courses.</p>
<p>What if I wanted to concentrate in Cog Sci and just fulfill premed requirements without majoring in Chemistry? Could I still pursue a second concentration in the humanities or something like that?</p>
<p>^ I want to do that, too.</p>
<p>I want to major in cognitive neuroscience and even though I have no intention of going into the medical field, I want to take the MCAT for fun. It's sort of a personal goal. :shrugs:</p>
<p>It is difficult anywhere to get an Sc.B. and complete another concentration. Sc.B.s have twice the requires of most A.B. degrees. That's one of hte major reasons why we offer A.B. degrees in nearly every science-- for people who want to do second concentrations, pre-med and don't need or want as much a science background, etc etc.</p>
<p>It's possible, but do the math. Go on the websites of these departments and count up course requirements. You'll get a sense of how restrictive double concentrating can be. It's often very meaningless, especially for someone who's pre-med, to double concentrate.</p>
<p>Also, many people do not end up double concentrating even if they think they will going into college. Just realize there's nothing wrong with taking 5 courses in a subject out of your concentration without adding an additional concentration. It's not like it hurts you in anyway.</p>
<p>The obsession with double concentrating is often... misplaced.</p>
<p>My recommendation is don't worry about it yet-- start taking courses because those are the courses you're interested in and move towards concentrating in one or two or three things as it begins to make sense for you looking forward. I also think it's critical to recognize the power of a general education, something you'll not be able to pursue vigorously if you're completing a 20 course concentration and 10 course second concentration when 32 courses is the average load here.</p>
<p>It doesn't diminish your experience or what you've learned to not be able to say, Jane/John Doe '12 Blank and Blank double concentrator.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the advice modest. It's really helpful. Brown's curriculum has so many options, i just didn't know how to attack it.</p>
<p>Rosarita-- it's fine. I hate to talk too much about double concentrating because I think it's frequently a bad idea and I have a tendency of discouraging that. It's not fair of me to do so.</p>
<p>However, I do think that the tough thing about double concentrating is that it should be done because of your experiencing leading down that path. Unfortunately, that experience often will take long enough to make the logistics more of a pain.</p>
<p>An option worth considering is the 5th year combined degree where you stay at Brown an additional year and are awarded both an Sc.B and A.B.</p>
<p>One way to take extra classes is to do summer classes. My daughter has stayed at Brown 3 summers and took one to two classes each summer, as well as having other projects, like an UTRA. However, I think the offerings are limited and I don't think she was able to do any classes in her ScB requirements. No, I take that back, she did one in her major this last summer. She also did a Winter Break class, but I'm not even sure that was for credit. iirc, the professor offered a independent study credit if you did something extra like a blog or a paper in spring. I think that was a media/political class.</p>
<p>January@Brown is not for credit.</p>
<p>^^but is awesome!</p>