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Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I got redirected here about my problem that I posted on a different trend. I'm very confused what type of college to go for undergrad. Will I be at a serious disadvantage if I don't do premed for undergrad? I'm not sure what is the best option to take. I don't look brilliant on paper so I don't know if I can get into a renowned premed program. Thus I don't know if I want to do undergrad at say a science institute for instance MIT or a liberal arts school like Harvard or something. I want to go to a top the research school but don't know if that will cause me to avoid humanities. How important is undergrad?</p>

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<p>I don't think there's a such thing as a "renowned premed program", and at least at most places, even a "premed program". Read through these:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My son in law is a resident at a top hospital and was a music major undergrad at Loyola-New Orleans. He took the classes he needed to take the MCAT and apply to medical school. He got excellent med school acceptances, too.</p>

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<p>You can major in whatever you like and apply to med school, as long as you have completed certain courses. There is no such thing as a "majoring in premed."</p>

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There is no such thing as a "majoring in premed."

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<p>I'm pretty sure there is. For example:
Undergraduate</a> Studies - Premedicine Major: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: Ohio University</p>

<p>Whether or not you should major in it, however, is a different question.</p>

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<p>Yea, at my University: Penn State, there is an undergrad major in the college of science entitled: Pre-Medicine. Some med school hopefuls opt for this option as the major leaves some space open for electives in the elective humanities and requires a number of bioethics courses as well as courses satisfying the Med School reqs.</p>

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There is no such thing as a "majoring in premed."
I'm pretty sure there is. For example:
Undergraduate Studies - Premedicine Major: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: Ohio University</p>

<p>Whether or not you should major in it, however, is a different question.

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The vast majority of schools don't have this though. It does exist at very few schools, but for most, it doesn't.</p>