<p>So I'm a Human Dev major from HumEc and premed... Possibly thinking about a minor in Nutrition or Global Health (originally wanted to minor in Spanish, but I think it's too much work)! So which minor do you recommend? And why?</p>
<p>I don’t think majoring in one or the other would make a difference on your application, so choose whichever one you like more.</p>
<p>So does a minor even help in the medical admissions process? Like what if I double minored? Apparently that doesn’t even show up on the transcript?</p>
<p>i think that a minor is good if you are doing it purely from interest in the material. I do not think it will specifically improve a med school application. i don’t really think it matters if you meet the criteria for a minor beyond having taken the classes involved, my 2 cents only,</p>
<p>It literally does not matter for pre-med. All that matters is that you pick a major/minor you really like and earn as many A’s as possible, and get a really high GPA; med school adcoms don’t differentiate GPA by major or minor or anything in between. Don’t try to make your undergraduate about medical school, make it about yourself.</p>
<p>Med schools do actually consider what your major is … at least mine does, according to people I’ve spoken to on the admissions committee. That said, I don’t think a minor would add anything to your application other than giving the admissions committee insight into what your interests are; it won’t give you an advantage in the process. As SMRSMR said, make college about yourself.</p>
<p>OP, having a minor doesn’t matter for med school. A high GPA, MCAT, EC’s and research are the primary factors. Qwer0987, I have never heard of a medschool caring what an applicant has majored in as long as it is not a vocational one. What school is this that you say cares about major, and what major do they tell you one “should” major in?</p>
<p>A minor in nutrition involves taking about 4 classes - it might be good to take and I feel they are interesting classes. Also, graduating with HD Honors - would this help a med school app?</p>
<p>@Qwer0987, They will look at your major, but don’t expect them to be lenient on you if you chose a hard major. Medical schools expect you to thrive in whatever you choose.</p>
<p>All in all, If you’re interested in the minor and really want to take it and know you’ll get good grades, do it! If you feel like it will hurt your grades and will be a bit much to handle, do not. In the end it won’t help you much for medical school, but it will hurt you if you let your grades slip.</p>
<p>As for graduating in honors, it probably won’t make or break your application, but it won’t hurt and will be icing on the cake.</p>
<p>They consider the difficulty of your major so they can evaluate you in context, but they’ll only be lenient to a (small) extent. If you have a 3.9 in a chemical engineering, which is a tough major, they’ll make a note of that. It doesn’t mean you’ll get in, but it will impress them more than a 3.9 in (insert easy major). A slightly worse GPA in chemical engineering might be excused. That said - and this is important - a bad GPA in chemical engineering will kill your application. As SMRSMR said, they expect you to thrive in whatever you choose. Picking a harder major just to impress med schools is NOT a good idea. </p>
<p>GA2012MOM: Sorry for the confusion. I meant they consider major in terms of how difficult it is. It’s not an important factor, but they do look at it, as the process is holistic (see above). They do not care what your major is, though. One should major in whatever one is interested in.</p>