<p>I'm not really asking about double majoring for med school just to look nicer on paper. I am also asking about it because of how it will affect your schedule and other constraints.</p>
<p>I will do chemical engineering in the fall and may want to do a double major (possibly in econ). Engineering schedules tend to be really packed.</p>
<p>Obviously it affects your schedule differently depending on where you go to school, how smart you are, what your work habits are like, what your EC's are, and which particular two majors you're holding down.</p>
<p>what if i'm in california and i don't know any spanish but i have basic competance in German. Do you think I should continue with intermediate German or learn elementary Spanish??</p>
<p>UCLA "strongly recommends" Spanish.</p>
<p>Speaking Spanish is definitely helpful in medical training and practice, but formal study is by no means mandatory. My "ER" Spanish, high school French, and minimal Tagalog have proved useful, but do not substitute for an interpreter.</p>
<p>Medicolegal requirements mandate effective, complete patient interviews regardless of language spoken. That means using an interpreter unless you are truly fluent in a language. AT&T has a 24 hour telephone interpreter service for most of the hundreds of modern languages.</p>
<p>in the grand scheme of things you don't need it. i mean, jobs don't care about minors. you only need a bachelors for med school. taking more classes always makes you stand out, though. taking other classes not associated with your major usually amounts to a minor, anyway. if you are minoring, do it in something not related to your major. like for my bio major, i could have taken 1 more class to get my chem. minor but adcoms know that for the most part. if you major in bio, major in something completely different like econ, computer science, foreign language, history, etc.</p>
<p>I thought med schools wanted diverse well rounded major/minor like if I major in Bio, should I minor in biomedical ethics, psych, or stick to chem since it's like 2 classes away.....</p>
<p>and don't say, it doesn't matter, since I'm sure it matters, some people have been saying adcoms want atypical students with unique educations...care to comment?</p>
<p>Med schools would like to see a broad education. You don't need a formal second major or a minor.</p>
<p>More importantly, med schools would like to see you pursue subjects YOU are interested in and get good grades in them. Bio with psych or biomedical ethics or chem are hardly "unique."</p>
<p>I've already taken a lot of spanish and want to try something different (such as german) in college. Should be fine right? (I dont want it to look like I'm abandoning spanish)</p>
<p>What if we already speak Spanish? (It is my native language).</p>
<p>Does that make our Spanish-speaking ability not impressive? :/</p>
<p>Of course it does, there’s a spot on the application for you to list languages that you speak.</p>