<p>I want to go to medical school and study emergency medicine. is biochemistry an appropriate major for this field?</p>
<p>For the record, this is what I want to major in because I like it. I just want to know if this helps a bunch.</p>
<p>I think biochemistry majors actually have lower admit rates than bio majors, but if you love doing biochem, then I suggest doing it.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you (I LOVE biochemsitry… I’m still in HS but I’ve taken an Intro to Biochem course and did biochem research; I just love proteins and DNA); however, I think I will be going for a PhD instead of an MD since I love doing research and want to become a professor someday.</p>
<p>Don’t look at admission rates when trying to decide a major. Do what you want whether it’s science-related or not and you’ll be fine. Just make sure you take the pre-reqs and volunteer, shadow, and everything else that is involved with pre-med.</p>
<p>I know I have to complete my pre-med courses while I’m majoring in biochemistry to even be considered for medical school. Most pre-med majors are biology but I wasn’t happy with that major. I prefer biochem.</p>
<p>Some people have suggested I go the nursing route then medical school but I don’t know the pros and cons of that route. What do you think.</p>
<p>Nursing and other vocational degress like it don’t have as much luck getting into med school as do more academic majors on average. Their average MCAT score is lower, but if it’s what YOU really want to do, and not just because people suggested it, it won’t be impossible. If you really enjoy biochem and are pretty good at it, I would definitely stick with it.</p>
<p>Major in what you want to major in, since you have to take the pre-req courses regardless. I doubt a given major causes your MCAT score or acceptance rate…there is a selection bias (different kinds of people go into different majors to begin with, and premeds choose different majors at different rates).</p>
<p>I had read last year that the major with the highest percentage of acceptance to med school was anthropology and biology was the lowest. But it would be absurd to try to game your odds by interpreting that information in some sort of way to ‘choose’ your major.</p>
<p>Anthropology? Really? To think it would be biology. What is your source?</p>
<p>I would go the nursing route but I’m not too happy with that either so I probably won’t go that way. It could give me clinical experience but the dedication to working and trying to fit studying in won’t really work out.</p>
<p>The statistics thing is probably b/c the amount of bio majors applying to med school is so much higher than anthropology. So more rejections due to vast amount of bio majors=lower acceptance rate. And the opposite for anthropology.</p>
<p>For the biochem major, don’t you really take all the premed courses in that major? So you hit two birds with one stone</p>