<p>or should I apply as undecided? reason I am asking is because pre med is extremely hard to get into for most schools</p>
<p>“pre med is extremely hard to get into for most schools” </p>
<p>no, its not, because most colleges dont have “pre-Med” programs, and med schools take students with all kinds of majors. So apply as undecided or as a chem or bio major.
what you have to do to get into med school is take certain classes in the sciences in college, which are offered by all LAC’s and University’s, do great in them , get a good mcat score, and if possible, do some science related research at college .</p>
<p>Yes, the fist answer is correct.
You can do business and still got to med school , just have to take certian classes (mostly science) and fulfill the requirements and then take MCAT.</p>
<p>Nooooooooooo. I know premed is not a major or anything. But for some schools like NYU-poly, they ask you what you are interested in and my guidance counselor rec’d that I apply with undecided instead of bio science/premed. She said it has to do with competitiveness…</p>
<p>I doubt most schools are going to care if you start out as a pre-med student. They know that over half change their minds after taking the pre-reqs.</p>
<p>You should select a major that you’re interested in doing, because that dept may offer you a scholarship. </p>
<p>If you’re interested in bio, then why not just say that you’re a bio major?</p>
<p>Zealous, I think one of two things has happened here. Either:</p>
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<li><p>your GC gave you advice that was specific to one institution and you generalized inappropriately and applied it to “most schools,” or</p></li>
<li><p>your GC gave you bad, inaccurate advice.</p></li>
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<p>The advice in this thread is correct. Correct with respect to “most schools,” at least; it’s possible there are occasional exceptions.</p>
<p>Just tell them what you want to pursue.</p>
<p>Most colleges actually have “pre-med.” However, pre-med is not a major, it is an advisory program (you can go to advisors at college for advice on courses to take and aid in applying to med school). Any student at a college can join the pre-med program if they are considering med school. Marking pre-med on your application simply tells the college that you would like to be part of the advisory program and you can mark pre-med even if you apply undecided. Marking pre-med is irrelevant to the determination for admission.</p>
<p>A different issue is whether desired majors can impact admission. At many colleges, the middle 50% ranges (rank/test score) of those accepted for engineering and often science majors are higher than the middle 50% ranges for other majors or for undecided. That is likely what your counselor is referring to when suggesting possibly applying undecided rather than for biology.</p>