<p>Until 1997, Berkeley had a Physical Education academic department and major. It was merged into the Integrative Biology department and major during a reorganization where many biology departments and majors were merged into two.</p>
<p>Courses numbered 123 to 129 in that department are the descendants of the Physical Education department and major.</p>
<p>My daughter is a Kinesiology major at Penn State, Movement Science option. (There are four different options in the major.) It is in the College of Health and Human Development. She has had many tough courses. She took additional classes outside of the major including biochemistry and organic I & II as prerequisites for PA school. </p>
<p>Penn State has a Life Science major (Eberly College of Science) that is good for a pre-med student.</p>
<p>Well I am strong in my science and math subjects. And I am taking courses in the summer. All I really want is to be interested in what I’m learning. I also would want a back-up plan if I decide not to take the medical route.</p>
<p>I have decided that kinesiology would most likely be the best major for me so I would like to know which colleges that are considered top for either student getting accepted into medical school, and/or will best prepare me for the MCAT. And also, would it be smart if I considered to take any minors?
I found out that W&M has a top program and they claim 20% of their kinesiology students had been accepted into med school.</p>
<p>2) A school’s reported med school acceptance numbers mean nothing to YOU. </p>
<p>3) Most incoming frosh premeds never apply to med school…this is true at virtually every school.</p>
<p>4) Schools don’t “prepare you for the MCAT.”</p>
<p>5) Everything is up to YOU. You have to get the high GPA, you have to get the strong MCAT, you have to do the ECs and volunteering. The school doesn’t do any of this for you.</p>
<p>What percentage even applied? If they all applied, 20% would be a very low rate.
What were their average MCAT scores and GPAs? Do kinesiology majors need significantly higher/lower numbers than other majors?</p>
<p>“20%”, by itself, tells you little if anything. With a little more context, it might at least indicate that med schools won’t automatically blow off kinesiology as a “jock” major.</p>
<p>Ok I see. Well I will just major in kinesiology since I would actually have interest in what I’m learning.
They didn’t indicate how many applied, but should I be concerned which school I go to because it may be considered “light.” I really would like to know what schools would be best so I could know what I would need to do to be competitive.</p>