<p>Sources would be great. thanks :)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table18-facts09mcatgpabymaj1-web.pdf[/url]”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table18-facts09mcatgpabymaj1-web.pdf</a></p>
<p>This was all I could find.</p>
<p>Personally, I do not believe any specific majors do better in the MCAT. As a matter of fact, according to my Kaplan instructor, students do WORST in their field or major (likely because they become overconfident and they study less for the MCAT…) This became a self-fullfilled prophecy for me. I got an 11 on Biology, which is my major, I felt I had nothing to learn, and …it became my lowest score !</p>
<p>The link that Sean posted was exactly what I was going to post.</p>
<p>Some majors do better prepare you for the MCAT; English for its verbal comprehension and ability, math for the analytical reasoning, etc.</p>
<p>That said, while there is a correlation between major and MCAT score, it doesn’t mean that all bio majors do worse on the MCAT than all physical science majors. In fact, there’s a very real selection bias: the majority of people that go into college as “pre-med” are bio majors; therefore, there tend to be a lot of strong and weak students that take the MCAT in this group. On the other hand, English majors, for instance, that take the MCAT tend to know whether they are strong candidates for medical school or not; the majority of English majors don’t plan on applying to medical school, but the few that do tend to be relatively strong. Therefore, their average MCAT scores are higher.</p>
<p>Ultimately, the score you get is up to you. Major in something you like, make sure your verbal abilities and scientific knowledge are up to snuff.</p>
<p>Look at Math
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<p>math physics and humanities…the worst are like the allied health majors</p>
<p>correlation does not imply correlation. hth</p>