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What majors do you recommend for medical school?

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Richard’s Answer

Pick a major that interests you. You will need to get good grades in college in order to apply for medical school. At the medical school I attended, the average GPA is reported to be 3.85, so even one or two B's can hurt your chances of acceptance.

Aside from this, any major is acceptable as long as you complete the prerequisite courses.

Typical medical school prerequisites include:
Biology: Lecture – 4 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
General Chemistry: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Organic Chemistry: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Biochemistry: Lecture – 1 semester
General Physics: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Math: Statistics – 1 semester
English: Rhetoric (Composition) and Literature – 2 semesters
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Rachel’s Answer

Major in whatever field interests you and will allow you to maintain an excellent GPA. I majored in Spanish literature and had no trouble with my med school applications. You do need to complete the pre-med requirements that vary from school to school. These include at least a year of biology, 1 year inorganic chemistry, 1 year organic chemistry + labs, physics, calculus, and biochemistry. Your junior year, you will need to take an MCAT study course prior to taking the MCAT. With a solid GPA and MCAT score, you should be a competitive applicant.
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Felisha L.’s Answer

Biological Science and Physical Science are still the most popular majors of those who enter medical school. However, medical schools have also become more flexible in recent years and have also admitted a higher number of social science majors like psychology and other liberal arts majors, per US News and World Report, March 2017.

Most of all, you should pick a major you that you will enjoy learning more about and that you will get good grades in. Medical schools will look more at your grades in the required prerequisite courses and test scores on the entrance exam (MCAT) than your actual major.
Thank you comment icon There's no substitute for a good/great science background. Vernon Turner
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Vernon’s Answer

Your major will be determined by the pre-med curriculum at the university of your choice. You will be taking all the biology you can handle, chemistry and physics too. Be sure you take Latin/Greek in science so you will be better able to handle the "new" languages of science, especially anatomy and all the biology. Additionally, you MUST be able to speak and write the English language with the highest level of skill. Learn a foreign language too as much research will be in other languages than English.

In short, you will be unimaginably busy for the rest of your life. Then, saving lives is a pretty good validation and reward for your committed life.
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