Can Med Schoool requirements be fulfilled with science minor?
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http://www.knox.edu/statistics.xml
Minimum college course requirements to get into most U.S. medical schools include one year of each:
Biology
General (inorganic) chemistry
Organic chemistry
Physics
Related lab work for each science course
In addition, many schools require English and math courses.
This information from : http://www.mommd.com/admissionreq.shtml
Many schools will have arcane special course requirements, so you must research the schools you are interested in to make sure you have the courses they want.
One thing I would not recommend majoring in is premed. If you don’t get in, it looks bad on your transcript when you go into something else.
Other links:
http://gradschool.about.com/od/medicalschool/Medical_School_Resources_for_Applications_and_Students.htm
http://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/advising/gpamcat.pdf
Source:
I am a medical doctor.
biology-8 credits
inorganic chem- 8-10 credits
organic chem- 8-10 credits
physics- 8 credits
and some require math and english also.
for your MCAT, the above classes i mentioned are enough for you to do well on your test if you study for the test. the test only has those subjects, (not math) a verbal section, and essays.
for your major, it does not really matter, as long as you finish the requirements for the science classes. you might want to do research, but so far i have found all the resources i have saying that medical schools want you to pursue what you are passionate about, even if it is not biology or science related.
i hope that helped a little. good luck =)
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