<p>As I have been fielding many questions (from younger friends and cc). I am just going to put this out there.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a pre-med major. There never was. And if a college has a pre-med major, you probobly are looking at a college that has students who get into the not so great medical schools out there.</p>
<p>In fact, this is the generally agreed upon courses needed for medical school.
-Introductory Biology with Lab
-Introductory Chemistry with Lab
-Organic Chemistry with Lab
-Introductory Physics with Lab
-Introductory Calculus (two semesters)</p>
<p>That's right folks. That's it. At least in techinicality. The things you need to understand are all on the MCATs. That includes...
-Genetics
-Anatomy
-Physiology
-English (analytical skills)
-Mathamatics</p>
<p>Which if you translated everythign into a course. You could complete your "pre-med major" in...two semesters. You could graduate as a freshman and then apply for medical school. </p>
<p>Not.</p>
<p>Medical schools don't care if you've taken literally every biomedical / science / math course under the planet. They want to know if you <em>know</em> the stuff. That's what the MCATs are for and interviews. If you can prove knowledge of material via research / classes / professor recommendation / interview / MCATs, most medical colleges will overlook the fact that you didn't take intro bio, or whatever. </p>
<p>Learn what you have to learn and ace the MCAT. There really are not that many pre-med courses. </p>
<p>Please do not major in Pre-med, there really isn't anything in it....</p>
<p>Plus if you want make your resume look really good for medical school entrance, majoring in pre-med is probobly the worst choice out there. For example, the chief transplant surgeon at the NIH (national institute of health) majored in Tuba performance. The medical student I talked to majored in religion. </p>
<p>Being able to do both biological sciences and something that interests you puts you ahead of someone who focused solely on getting into medical school. </p>
<p>Anyways, most you of who will read this have at least two years, and those who are not in college have more. But that's the gist of that.</p>