I'm pre-med and majoring in Philosophy! It's helped me a lot with critical thinking, communication, reading, and writing. Don't be afraid to major in the humanities if it's something you enjoy and are passionate about!
Finally I find someone majoring in Philosophy. I am also majoring in philosophy and I always feel discourages about entering med school but I want so bad.
If you don't feel like watching this the answer is Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Psychology, Biomedical Science, Neurology. Of course you can major in anything but these majors have majority of the med school prerequisites built in so you spend less money and time in undergrad. The less challenging majors are psychology and biology. People caught in their feelings will be offended. Take my advice I know people from all majors and I'm in med school.
******Alley******* I’m a political science major with a minor in international relations I’ve decided to try med school but will that be possible with my major
******Alley******* my question is is after people get those bachelor degrees will they be able to get jobs with them that pay a boat load more than a minimum wage job before going to med school?
OfficialMichellemarie 26 you don’t need an specific major to make money. I know graduates in classical studies that work for tech companies making more than your life existence can even dream off with 4 yr bachelors degree. I know others that got your same thought and haven’t moved from the ladder much
I agree. Pick a major you like. Of course, bio is the most common. That is because the major includes nearly every prerequisite course. I am a dentist, a professor at a dental school. My major was Art History. That made my application stand out.
Yea I have a similar question to the guy above me lol. Do you think I can do a comp sci undergrad and just see what electives I need (bio, chem, calc, etc) to take to apply into medical school?
Evani Golden Hi!! I didnt take chemistry and physics for my junior and sophomore years in high school ( i only took biology) , but i reallyyy want to go to medical school, do you think its still possi le for me ro go to med school withoit taking chemistry or physics? Thxx😀
Handy Pranata try to take those classes senior year it will be better. Even though you might forgot some you will still have experience and your notes! It will come back to you. I highly recommend you take them maybe even AP Chem or AP Physics senior year.
I spoke to my nephrologist and neurologist and both told me the same. Do what makes you happy and you'll excel in. I decided to take sociology and ended up meeting the director of the pathology program the my med school and he actually was surprised by how informed I was and offered to set me up with the admissions director with who I could plan my schedule with. I was super happy because he knows I'm a sociology major and he said that it wouldn't be a problem. :D
@@thesarasiablack Sociology major here. Maybe her minor/electives composed of heavily on chemistry or any hard science and she was able to accepted in med school. Mine are sucks the courses we need to take are fix and we can't choose electives and it is more on politics so I am not qualified for advanced profession like being a doctor
Great! I think the point you and the video make is there is no one specific major to get into medical school cause medical school teaches you to be a doctor not undergrad. Many don't know this and assume it's pre med biology al etc...
I just got in to med school here in Denmark and Im so excited to begin this new chapter of my life! Thanks for all the inspiration, you're such a great person :))
I'm majoring in psychology 🙋🏼 Idk what category that falls under, but I want to get my medical degree in psychiatry and I feel like that's the best major for me particularly. I love your vids, btw! They really help me to be not as nervous about trying to go to and graduate from medical school later on! ✨❣️
Trust me major in Biology. Medical School is nearly almost all memorization. Taking a biology major will help you develop memorization techniques and study skills for med school. So biology is best
Hey Jamie! Good to see you back after your summer break (: My hypothesis: there is such a noticeable difference in acceptance rates because the bio majors are regressing to the mean due to their very large sample size in comparison to other majors. Such a beautiful representation of the data!
I’m an MD. I went to a conservatory for undergrad and my major was double bass. Just saying. In my med school class were former lawyers, former engineers, a writer for Condé Nast, everything you can think of. As long as you get the prerequisites just study what you are interested in.
I'm applying to college this year and thank you so much for this video! It surprised me that those who majored in humanities did better on the MCAT than those who majored in biological sciences... Makes me want to major in the humanities even more! So excited to major in something I love and still have the chance go on to med school :)
They did not do better. What it shows is that those who want to go to medical school and major in humanities had a higher acceptance rate. How many Humanities students really would actually be capable of the MCAT is the question. Again if you have a student who can get into law school with humanities then there is a very strong chance that they could get into medical school. The actual quality of student is really the deciding factor. Probably lots of science students apply that should not be and probably a very low number of humanities that know they can do it.
This is the very FIRST video I've ever commented on! And I want to say that this video was extremely informative, eye-opening, and relevant. You dug into a lot of things I continuously wonder and this ONE video answered about 70% of my questions about majors (if you can believe). Anywho, thank you.
I'm so happy I watched this video. I go to the University of Washington and a majority of popular pre-med majors here are competitive or capacity-constrained. My current major is Biology which falls under that "competitive" category, but watching this video put me at ease!! Thank you:)
Hi Jamie! I enjoyed listening to your insights on how various majors can impact one's chance of getting into med school. As much as bio majors can provide information on science, these students may be at a disadvantage of writing coherent papers. It's vice-versa for humanities major students. Now I understand why colleges (mines at least) require us to complete different types of courses. i am majoring in nutrition and food science, but I have taken various writing intense courses, language courses, women/gender studies, psych, etc. These humanities type of courses improve my writing skills and make me think a little more. Despite not majoring in humanities, these courses allow me to practice my critical thinking skills elsewhere. Med school is so much more than science... great communication skills, sympathy, presentation skills, and not being ignorant are key to making great medical professionals! If one takes advantage of their college courses, they will most certainly be at an advantage, regardless of major!
This is true but you unfortunately spend more time and money paying to take extra classes to satisfy medical school prerequisites. So for the people who don't have a lot of money to spend I would say stick to biology or chemistry.
Karen M I agree that it’s important to be well rounded! I think that it’s possible to have a focused major and integrate many studies into your thought process. I’m a biology major but I see direct application for math and writing in the sciences, because science is at it’s core a blend of various logics and tests. I too have noticed that many people struggle and fail courses outside of their comfort zone, when they should be thinking about integrating different styles of thought and new ideas into their world view. That said I still think that if you like medicine then a foundation in biology and chemistry is probably the best way to prepare, as long as you don’t shy away from other fields and skills
Jaime, thank you so much for this video. I will be starting my freshman year of college this fall as a sociology major on a premed track! This is just what I needed because I had already decided to switch my major to bio or physics but now I understand that won't really affect my MCAT scores or chances of getting accepted to med school. Thank you for this video 💙
I will be honest with you medicine is about natural talent some people will have it others will not. If you do a major in chemistry you are going to have a good basis for medicine because it will be very focused on that topic area. Now you could do a sociology major and have classes in chemistry that give you a good foundation. I am of the opinion that if you are cannot recognise that you are gifted academically then you should be doing a mixed program anyway but have a good foundation in there that you could get a job with.
Its the middle of summer and i already finished the emergency medicine lectures in the great curses. Im not even a college student yet lol. Im not going to lie, i really enjoyed them. So.much so i already started another lecture series: understanding the human body. This is more relevant to my major, human bio, so i even think ill take some serious notes. But thank you so much for this free month trial! These lectures are really interesting and i feel like im learning a lot. Thanks for always making such great videos!
So happy you're back!! I'm going to be a freshman in college this year. I'm majoring in Biomedical Sciences on a premed track! I'm super excited and your videos have helped me prepare for studying♡
Graphs are misleading. The acceptance rate of Humanities is so high because only 4% of applicants majored in it. Let's say 50 people who majored in Humanities applied and of those people 25 were accepted, then that's 50% acceptance. On the contrary, the pool of people who major in Biological Sciences is much larger so obviously less people will be accepted and the average MCAT score will be more "diverse" with so many more people taking it under Bio major. Biological Science majors make it simpler to take your required courses but the trade off is that it'll be harder to differentiate yourself from the large pool. Humanities on the other hand makes you stand out simply by your major but makes fitting in all your major classes with "pre med" classes much more stressful.
Jengel I agree with you! These statistics are heavily skewed, as is so easy to do. I’m not sure that it’s wrong to say some groups do better on the subject that they studied, but the fact that most pre meds go with a biology major leads it to having a more diverse population and thus is more likely to contain more people not fit for medical school. Also you’re completely right that it’s harder to juggle a different degree and the medical school pre requisites. I just think that too many variables confound any deductions to be made here. In my opinion biology is still probably one of the best ways to go if you commit to it, with chemistry as a close second. Although congrats to the crazy mathematician MD’s.
It doesn’t really matter how many are in each major, if half are accepted that means half of all people who apply with those majors were outstanding students. So on average, regardless or how little, humanity majors have a higher percentage of acceptance. They also scored higher on MCAT which can not be skewed by graphs. MCAT is difficult no matter what.
Isaiah Rivera So what you're saying is that half is half no matter how large the data pool is right? So half a billion dollars is the same as half a thousand dollars because they're both halves right? I don't think you understood the original comment.
Thank you so much for making this video :D It's something I've always known, but feel like people still don't fully believe it. Thank you for being my med school inspiration, I'm working towards it!
Hi, I just wanted to point out that when you did your percentages for med-school majors and acceptances the total wasn't 100% it was actually 80.5. You mentioned that half majored in biology and the others majored in something else but you forgot to 19.5% of the applicant's majors which I think is pretty big. Just wanted to point that out.
For anyone who just roaming and doesn't know how to get into med school : 1.) Get a bachelors in ANY major ya feel like (music, sciences, arts, etc) please enjoy it BTW :) 2.) School should offer something for pre med to get to medical school and prepare you for MCAT (basically ACT for medical schools to look at) then take MCAT 3.) Boom you ready to apply 4.) Good luck everybody :)
hey, may you help me. I'm a foreign students and I have an engineering degree and experience in the hospital with a patient.Can I take MCAT and enter the medical university?
Thank you so much! I'm getting out of the Navy in 1 year and stopped taking course that were going towards my major in Psychology thinking that I needed something in Biology and now I see I wasted all this time! I need to enroll for classes ASAP! Thanks
I found a blanket like that one on Etsy. I don't remember what seller I bought mine from but they are called chunky knit blankets. I hope this helped :)
Majored in accounting, got accepted to multiple schools. 😎 I'll be able to handle my bidness both inside and outside the human body. Due to the importance of diversity, business majors are especially attractive to adcoms and your GPA will be boosted compared to hard science majors.
Great video! Very informative. I very much enjoyed the breakdown of all the data into graphs; it made the data easy and clear to read and understand. Well done!
I'm want to go to Physician Assistant School and my major right now is biochemistry for my undergrad. Your videos really help me decide which direction I wanted to go. You are really informative. Thank you!
I'm a premed and my major is biochemistry. On a serious note, I got scared when I saw that 50% of people in med school were in biological sciences but then the acceptance rate for each made me feel a lot better. Thanks!
Hey, I’m going in as a freshman and planning on majoring in biochemistry. Ik you commented this three years ago so I was wondering how it went and if you would recommend it?
I think that one's college record should demonstrate intellectual flexibility. It is a time in life to enrich oneself. Demonstrating the ability to excel in a variety of disciplines should impress any admissions committee. I have found applicants who were very good chemists or physicists, etc. but whose vocabularies were more limited than one would expect and who couldn't hold a conversation in grammatically correct English. Conversation is a social skill...a very important one in dealing with patients.
I do think that you should take the time to study what you enjoy, but I don't think it's very manageable to fulfill pre-med prerequisites while also pursuing a major/degree in an unrelated subject. Pre-med courses do take a lot of time, and it is more convenient for your major to have courses that overlap with premed prereqs.
Natasha I actually agree with your insight and think it is very realistic! I was curious to know in order to have the courses you are minoring in be somewhat coherent to the premed courses you are majoring in, what do you recommend those minoring courses to be?
What nobody wants to say but I will say it anyway. Getting into medicine is mostly about the quality of the individual. What they are capable of academically. If Einstein was to have majored in history he still would have been amazing at physics because he had a natural talent. So there will be honors students out there that could major in Mongolian art but still coast MCAT. I know this is very unfair but it is just the reality of the world. Now there are students out there who are borderline meaning they are just about gifted enough to make it but require lots of hard work and focus such as doing a major in Biochemistry. Most people do not even know when they are at high school where they fall on the scale because nobody has even discussed it with them.
It's also important to remember that you can always study things you enjoy OUTSIDE of school. If you love English literature (like me) but are on the pre-med track (also like me), I find that it's better to major in something pertaining to your future career so you have a fallback option. You can always study English or art or music outside of school; you don't need a degree to prove your education on a specific subject. I'm not bashing humanities degrees at all, pursue what you love and have a great, successful life! -A future Biochem Major and Creative Writing Minor
I was a Biochem major but now I switched to medical anthropology 😌 with a biochem minor :) so Idk what category that falls under but I’m trying my best to get into med school, and I’m manifesting that it WILL happen❤️🥺
I read that the highest acceptance rate is actually dance majors. Obviously there aren't many of those applying though. It is a mentally and physically demanding major that shows dedication I guess. Early morning and long days as well.
Ayeeee I was a foreign language major that matriculated in 2016... I think having a liberal arts degree is supposedly useful for patient interaction. With the shift towards patient-oriented care liberal arts majors are more appealing
Your major isn't as important as your science GPA. We suggest you major is something you're interested in and can get good grades in. Keep in mind that med schools evaluate your applications primarily on mcat and science GPA first, before moving on to your extras.
3:40 Well humanity sciences may have the highest acceptance rate, but look how much more people majored in biology. Then seeing that nearly 40% of the majors of biology were accepted makes it clear that most people accepted still majored in biology.
I was going to same thing as well. They have a higher acceptance rate because there are a fewer amount of applicants that get accepted overall. BUT, they do score higher than bio majors. And that is something that is universal for all majors: MCAT score.
I'm about to start college and will be majoring In Microbiology and double minoring in Chemistry and Anthropology. My mom works with several doctors, some of which are surgeons (what I think I want to do), and what they have all told me is to major in what I love, but to also do combine that with something in the liberal arts because a lot of medical school now want to see diversity in your interests and abilities.
tF6U Hi 👋🏽 I'm also doing computer science and starting my freshman year. I want to apply for med school too so are you taking extra science classes to be on the premed track ?
tF6U hey! I'm an incoming freshman at UC Berkeley and I'm planning on majoring in computer science in L&S and pursuing a premedical path. I had some qualms about it considering CS is a capped major with lower GPAs and Berkeley premed courses are known to have lower grades. I still really want to go through with this though because this is where my passion lies and you're the first person I found who's doing the same thing! I was wondering if I could contact you with some of my questions and just to learn more about your experience. Please let me know! :)
Elvis Gutierrez I'm not sure whether you're asking me or the OP, but I got a 2340 (on the old 2400 test). I only took the test once. I think my test scores and hard class rigor made up for my average GPA.
@@ethioagnogirl3768 can you advise me please. From your experience so far is there a lot of chemistry and lab work. Or is it more anatomy based stuff? I would like to major in it but I feel like it may be so hard to maintain a high GPA. What do you think?
one of my hypotheses for bio students doing “worse” is because a lot of more bio students applied so the group of people applying is probably more diverse? idk and as for other majors, i feel like they applied because they knew they knew they could get in? since usually they wouldn’t go for medicine?
This video explained me everything so clearly. So basically you don’t have to major in Biology to do well in MCAT instead I can do my major that interest me for instance I’m good at math so I can major in math and get a really good GPA and do pretty decent in MCAT and that way there is a higher chance I can get accepted in a Med School rather then doing my major in Biology that I have no interest in and get a bad GPA and a bad MCAT score and waste my money and time. Again thanks for the Brief explanation video!
I'll be majoring in nutrition and then applying to medical school, but I am a non-traditional student 😓 and I didn't know I wanted to be a Dr. until I was a sophomore. We'll see how this goes.
I know 😂 does this mean I get to quit BME? currently dying rn. Harder major, lower GPA, and my gpa is not looking very good compared to what I’m sure a bio major’s looks like. I guess the good thing is it’s an honorable, interesting career that will definitely pay if I happen to not get into med school.
@@ettacatherineetta4353 Hi! So I’m actually in my third year of university but I’ve decided to change my major from BME to ECE. I have no interest in going to medical school anymore. Instead I am much more interested in continuing in engineering and possibly doing patent law in the future.
Hi Jamie! I love your videos! They have helped me study and organize my messy life, so thank you so much ❤️♥ I have a very unhealthy and depressing lifestyle because of being over weight. This has affected my education, health, etc. I was wondering if you could make a health video. I mean you have a pretty busy schedule obviously especially because of medicine but you still manage to workout and eat well. So if you could make a "What i eat every day" video and healthy eating habits that help you do so well. Thank you so much. Lots of love from Canada. xoxo ♥
Honestly, my premed trackway is crazy. My major is Chinese language. ... haha, As a trilingual I really have a knack for languages so I can focus on the science classes and have a balance with it. But, being Mexican immigrant, it is quite hard due to immigrational stuff, so I am stuggling a bit, but I am determined!
taopanda98 don’t lose hope I know what it feels like. Follow your dreams and live today however you want to because we aren’t promised tomorrow. Have faith and don’t lose hope
I'm pre-med and majoring in Philosophy! It's helped me a lot with critical thinking, communication, reading, and writing. Don't be afraid to major in the humanities if it's something you enjoy and are passionate about!
Finally I find someone majoring in Philosophy. I am also majoring in philosophy and I always feel discourages about entering med school but I want so bad.
How are you doing now? Did you get into med school?
If you don't feel like watching this the answer is Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Psychology, Biomedical Science, Neurology. Of course you can major in anything but these majors have majority of the med school prerequisites built in so you spend less money and time in undergrad. The less challenging majors are psychology and biology. People caught in their feelings will be offended. Take my advice I know people from all majors and I'm in med school.
******Alley******* I’m a political science major with a minor in international relations
I’ve decided to try med school but will that be possible with my major
******Alley******* my question is is after people get those bachelor degrees will they be able to get jobs with them that pay a boat load more than a minimum wage job before going to med school?
so i can major in bachelors of arts in Psychology as long as I meet the prerequisites to get in Dental school?
OfficialMichellemarie 26 you don’t need an specific major to make money. I know graduates in classical studies that work for tech companies making more than your life existence can even dream off with 4 yr bachelors degree. I know others that got your same thought and haven’t moved from the ladder much
Good thing I'm majoring in biochem😂
I agree. Pick a major you like. Of course, bio is the most common. That is because the major includes nearly every prerequisite course.
I am a dentist, a professor at a dental school. My major was Art History. That made my application stand out.
Did you take any science courses to help prepare for medical school while in undergrad say as electives? If so how many?
Yea I have a similar question to the guy above me lol. Do you think I can do a comp sci undergrad and just see what electives I need (bio, chem, calc, etc) to take to apply into medical school?
Hey I plan on attending med school and majoring in psychology and would that be a reasonable decison to enter med school
@@arebee4592 a little late but yes you can do that as long as you take those specific science classes!
@@rashidipayne2013 With Marketing bachelor, how can I enter into Neuroscience field? need answer ..
I'm currently majoring in Biomedical Sciences, can't wait to get into medical school.
Evani Golden nakli doing I am currently doing major in biotechnology, can i get into med school ??!
Evani Golden
Hi!!
I didnt take chemistry and physics for my junior and sophomore years in high school ( i only took biology) , but i reallyyy want to go to medical school, do you think its still possi le for me ro go to med school withoit taking chemistry or physics?
Thxx😀
Handy Pranata try to take those classes senior year it will be better. Even though you might forgot some you will still have experience and your notes! It will come back to you. I highly recommend you take them maybe even AP Chem or AP Physics senior year.
Handy Pranata u prolly have to take chem and physics in college
Me too!
I spoke to my nephrologist and neurologist and both told me the same. Do what makes you happy and you'll excel in. I decided to take sociology and ended up meeting the director of the pathology program the my med school and he actually was surprised by how informed I was and offered to set me up with the admissions director with who I could plan my schedule with. I was super happy because he knows I'm a sociology major and he said that it wouldn't be a problem. :D
^Ditto. Would like to know as well.
shawn n be sick/need help/checks and then just randomly ask during the appointment.
How does your curriculum look if you don’t mind me asking?
@@thesarasiablack Sociology major here. Maybe her minor/electives composed of heavily on chemistry or any hard science and she was able to accepted in med school. Mine are sucks the courses we need to take are fix and we can't choose electives and it is more on politics so I am not qualified for advanced profession like being a doctor
Great! I think the point you and the video make is there is no one specific major to get into medical school cause medical school teaches you to be a doctor not undergrad. Many don't know this and assume it's pre med biology al etc...
As much as I would like you to have a break, it's hard to start my weekend without your video.
I concur
You need rest periods so as to allow your brain to function at its peak. It is like running training and needing break periods.
I just got in to med school here in Denmark and Im so excited to begin this new chapter of my life! Thanks for all the inspiration, you're such a great person :))
I'm majoring in psychology 🙋🏼 Idk what category that falls under, but I want to get my medical degree in psychiatry and I feel like that's the best major for me particularly. I love your vids, btw! They really help me to be not as nervous about trying to go to and graduate from medical school later on! ✨❣️
Em Sterls yay another psych major! Also want to go into psychiatry 😌 good luck!!
Em Sterls You fall under Social Science hun.
That'll fall under behavior.
I want to do psychiatry also!!
Please tell me did you do BSc in psychology or there is something different known as premed psychology!?!!
Trust me major in Biology. Medical School is nearly almost all memorization. Taking a biology major will help you develop memorization techniques and study skills for med school. So biology is best
What about biophysics
So we have to do BSc in biology right? Or premed biology is different from BSc
Idk because I'm not from USA!
Do you know what course should i take if i want to pursue psychiatry?
SatsuiEvilRyu how about biochemistry
Nil Paulo Antonio psychology or neuroscience
Hey Jamie! Good to see you back after your summer break (: My hypothesis: there is such a noticeable difference in acceptance rates because the bio majors are regressing to the mean due to their very large sample size in comparison to other majors. Such a beautiful representation of the data!
I'm gonna start med school by next week and all i can say is THANK YOU, JAMIE!
FYI, my sister majored in Communication before she got into med school. She said that it helped her with the MCAT a lot.
That was my major too! Working towards med school, hopefully. :)
JasonV12 hope it’s working out ! give us an update :)))💛✨
Can I get more details please? Undergrad in non science stream and then applying med school? How please can you enlight me with the pathway?
It doesnt matter at all, but in terms of readiness it's nursing. 👨⚕️
Zombie Prodigy Agree!
I’m an MD. I went to a conservatory for undergrad and my major was double bass. Just saying. In my med school class were former lawyers, former engineers, a writer for Condé Nast, everything you can think of. As long as you get the prerequisites just study what you are interested in.
Perfect!!! Best comment.😍❤️ This what I been looking for. Thank you!
I'm applying to college this year and thank you so much for this video! It surprised me that those who majored in humanities did better on the MCAT than those who majored in biological sciences... Makes me want to major in the humanities even more! So excited to major in something I love and still have the chance go on to med school :)
They did not do better. What it shows is that those who want to go to medical school and major in humanities had a higher acceptance rate.
How many Humanities students really would actually be capable of the MCAT is the question. Again if you have a student who can get into law school with humanities then there is a very strong chance that they could get into medical school.
The actual quality of student is really the deciding factor. Probably lots of science students apply that should not be and probably a very low number of humanities that know they can do it.
This is the very FIRST video I've ever commented on! And I want to say that this video was extremely informative, eye-opening, and relevant. You dug into a lot of things I continuously wonder and this ONE video answered about 70% of my questions about majors (if you can believe). Anywho, thank you.
i remember watching this last summer, it's already a year later.
your videos still motivates me
Nice to see you back!!! I'm so glad we didn't have to do a degree before medicine :O
Welcome back!
I'm so happy I watched this video. I go to the University of Washington and a majority of popular pre-med majors here are competitive or capacity-constrained. My current major is Biology which falls under that "competitive" category, but watching this video put me at ease!! Thank you:)
Glad to see you back!
Melissa M me too
Hi Jamie! I enjoyed listening to your insights on how various majors can impact one's chance of getting into med school. As much as bio majors can provide information on science, these students may be at a disadvantage of writing coherent papers. It's vice-versa for humanities major students.
Now I understand why colleges (mines at least) require us to complete different types of courses. i am majoring in nutrition and food science, but I have taken various writing intense courses, language courses, women/gender studies, psych, etc. These humanities type of courses improve my writing skills and make me think a little more. Despite not majoring in humanities, these courses allow me to practice my critical thinking skills elsewhere.
Med school is so much more than science... great communication skills, sympathy, presentation skills, and not being ignorant are key to making great medical professionals! If one takes advantage of their college courses, they will most certainly be at an advantage, regardless of major!
Karen M Hey we have the same first name and last initial lol
This is true but you unfortunately spend more time and money paying to take extra classes to satisfy medical school prerequisites. So for the people who don't have a lot of money to spend I would say stick to biology or chemistry.
Karen M I agree that it’s important to be well rounded! I think that it’s possible to have a focused major and integrate many studies into your thought process. I’m a biology major but I see direct application for math and writing in the sciences, because science is at it’s core a blend of various logics and tests. I too have noticed that many people struggle and fail courses outside of their comfort zone, when they should be thinking about integrating different styles of thought and new ideas into their world view. That said I still think that if you like medicine then a foundation in biology and chemistry is probably the best way to prepare, as long as you don’t shy away from other fields and skills
Devin Thompson As a biology major, do you find it harder than others majors?
I've heard that first track so many times it gives me Study PTSD. Welcome back Jamie!!!!
Jaime, thank you so much for this video. I will be starting my freshman year of college this fall as a sociology major on a premed track! This is just what I needed because I had already decided to switch my major to bio or physics but now I understand that won't really affect my MCAT scores or chances of getting accepted to med school. Thank you for this video 💙
I will be honest with you medicine is about natural talent some people will have it others will not.
If you do a major in chemistry you are going to have a good basis for medicine because it will be very focused on that topic area.
Now you could do a sociology major and have classes in chemistry that give you a good foundation. I am of the opinion that if you are cannot recognise that you are gifted academically then you should be doing a mixed program anyway but have a good foundation in there that you could get a job with.
Welcome back Jamie! I hope you enjoyed your break! Lovely video as always of course :)
Its the middle of summer and i already finished the emergency medicine lectures in the great curses. Im not even a college student yet lol. Im not going to lie, i really enjoyed them. So.much so i already started another lecture series: understanding the human body. This is more relevant to my major, human bio, so i even think ill take some serious notes.
But thank you so much for this free month trial! These lectures are really interesting and i feel like im learning a lot.
Thanks for always making such great videos!
So happy you're back!! I'm going to be a freshman in college this year. I'm majoring in Biomedical Sciences on a premed track! I'm super excited and your videos have helped me prepare for studying♡
Graphs are misleading. The acceptance rate of Humanities is so high because only 4% of applicants majored in it. Let's say 50 people who majored in Humanities applied and of those people 25 were accepted, then that's 50% acceptance. On the contrary, the pool of people who major in Biological Sciences is much larger so obviously less people will be accepted and the average MCAT score will be more "diverse" with so many more people taking it under Bio major. Biological Science majors make it simpler to take your required courses but the trade off is that it'll be harder to differentiate yourself from the large pool. Humanities on the other hand makes you stand out simply by your major but makes fitting in all your major classes with "pre med" classes much more stressful.
Jengel I agree with you! These statistics are heavily skewed, as is so easy to do. I’m not sure that it’s wrong to say some groups do better on the subject that they studied, but the fact that most pre meds go with a biology major leads it to having a more diverse population and thus is more likely to contain more people not fit for medical school. Also you’re completely right that it’s harder to juggle a different degree and the medical school pre requisites. I just think that too many variables confound any deductions to be made here. In my opinion biology is still probably one of the best ways to go if you commit to it, with chemistry as a close second. Although congrats to the crazy mathematician MD’s.
It doesn’t really matter how many are in each major, if half are accepted that means half of all people who apply with those majors were outstanding students. So on average, regardless or how little, humanity majors have a higher percentage of acceptance. They also scored higher on MCAT which can not be skewed by graphs. MCAT is difficult no matter what.
Isaiah Rivera So what you're saying is that half is half no matter how large the data pool is right? So half a billion dollars is the same as half a thousand dollars because they're both halves right? I don't think you understood the original comment.
I would rather go up against 4999 other Humanities majors then 48999 Biology majors.
at the end of the day, what you major in doesn't do anything for you. It's about gpa, sgpa, mcat, and ecs that's it
Thank you so much for making this video :D It's something I've always known, but feel like people still don't fully believe it. Thank you for being my med school inspiration, I'm working towards it!
I missed you so much, welcome back!
She's baaaack! Haha glad to see a new video! Your videos are a calming, motivating resource!
your channel is so helpful and informational, just want to take the time to thank you for dedicating some of your time to these videos !!
So happy to see you back💊❤💕
Hi, I just wanted to point out that when you did your percentages for med-school majors and acceptances the total wasn't 100% it was actually 80.5. You mentioned that half majored in biology and the others majored in something else but you forgot to 19.5% of the applicant's majors which I think is pretty big. Just wanted to point that out.
Good to see you back Jamie :)
Yay! Welcome back Jamie. 🙌🏽
Thanks for the video! Very helpful. I'm hoping to major in chemistry so the fact it was close second made me happy!
great and helpful vid!! very much agree with your hypothesis about humanities majors getting an upper hand on the CARS section
For anyone who just roaming and doesn't know how to get into med school : 1.) Get a bachelors in ANY major ya feel like (music, sciences, arts, etc) please enjoy it BTW :)
2.) School should offer something for pre med to get to medical school and prepare you for MCAT (basically ACT for medical schools to look at) then take MCAT
3.) Boom you ready to apply
4.) Good luck everybody :)
hey, may you help me. I'm a foreign students and I have an engineering degree and experience in the hospital with a patient.Can I take MCAT and enter the medical university?
Thank you so much! I'm getting out of the Navy in 1 year and stopped taking course that were going towards my major in Psychology thinking that I needed something in Biology and now I see I wasted all this time! I need to enroll for classes ASAP! Thanks
where is your blanket from ? I'm obsessed with it !
commenting so i can find this later
I found a blanket like that one on Etsy. I don't remember what seller I bought mine from but they are called chunky knit blankets. I hope this helped :)
Search on pinterest, there are even videos on youtube about how to make them
Im so happy you and candy are back!
Majored in accounting, got accepted to multiple schools. 😎 I'll be able to handle my bidness both inside and outside the human body. Due to the importance of diversity, business majors are especially attractive to adcoms and your GPA will be boosted compared to hard science majors.
Great video! Very informative. I very much enjoyed the breakdown of all the data into graphs; it made the data easy and clear to read and understand.
Well done!
Love your videos! Taking my MCAT Thursday😭 also, go Neuro!!
how do you think you did?
So... how did u do?
Love neuro
She failed the MCAT unfortunately
Balla Jallow how do u know that?
Can you do a workout routine? Or health Rountine? I love ur videos
Thanks! Will keep in mind for future videos :)
Yaaaaay, finally Jamie is back! I missed your videos so much!
You broke this down so beautifully!!! Honestly a big thank you !!
I'm want to go to Physician Assistant School and my major right now is biochemistry for my undergrad. Your videos really help me decide which direction I wanted to go. You are really informative. Thank you!
Thanks finally something with some data! It's just cool to look at it this way.
I'm a premed and my major is biochemistry. On a serious note, I got scared when I saw that 50% of people in med school were in biological sciences but then the acceptance rate for each made me feel a lot better. Thanks!
Hey, I’m going in as a freshman and planning on majoring in biochemistry. Ik you commented this three years ago so I was wondering how it went and if you would recommend it?
the girl is baaaaaack!!!!
I think that one's college record should demonstrate intellectual flexibility. It is a time in life to enrich oneself. Demonstrating the ability to excel in a variety of disciplines should impress any admissions committee. I have found applicants who were very good chemists or physicists, etc. but whose vocabularies were more limited than one would expect and who couldn't hold a conversation in grammatically correct English. Conversation is a social skill...a very important one in dealing with patients.
I do think that you should take the time to study what you enjoy, but I don't think it's very manageable to fulfill pre-med prerequisites while also pursuing a major/degree in an unrelated subject. Pre-med courses do take a lot of time, and it is more convenient for your major to have courses that overlap with premed prereqs.
Natasha I'm majoring in biology and in dance, and it's manageable thus far. I did have some ap credits though, so that helped me out
Natasha I actually agree with your insight and think it is very realistic! I was curious to know in order to have the courses you are minoring in be somewhat coherent to the premed courses you are majoring in, what do you recommend those minoring courses to be?
What nobody wants to say but I will say it anyway. Getting into medicine is mostly about the quality of the individual. What they are capable of academically.
If Einstein was to have majored in history he still would have been amazing at physics because he had a natural talent.
So there will be honors students out there that could major in Mongolian art but still coast MCAT. I know this is very unfair but it is just the reality of the world.
Now there are students out there who are borderline meaning they are just about gifted enough to make it but require lots of hard work and focus such as doing a major in Biochemistry.
Most people do not even know when they are at high school where they fall on the scale because nobody has even discussed it with them.
It's also important to remember that you can always study things you enjoy OUTSIDE of school. If you love English literature (like me) but are on the pre-med track (also like me), I find that it's better to major in something pertaining to your future career so you have a fallback option. You can always study English or art or music outside of school; you don't need a degree to prove your education on a specific subject. I'm not bashing humanities degrees at all, pursue what you love and have a great, successful life! -A future Biochem Major and Creative Writing Minor
Hello Jamie!! It's good to have you back... I just don't know why but it made me happy that you mentioned Occupational Therapy hahaha go OT :)
Best advice! Do what you really enjoy and shine ❤️
This could have not come at a better time, thank you so much
I was a Biochem major but now I switched to medical anthropology 😌 with a biochem minor :) so Idk what category that falls under but I’m trying my best to get into med school, and I’m manifesting that it WILL happen❤️🥺
I believe in you 🥺
Nancy Neri thank u🥺❤️
Good luck!! I’m a junior and just learned about medical anthropology recently. Your major and minor choice sound like a rlly good duo!
Junior in HS btw
I read that the highest acceptance rate is actually dance majors. Obviously there aren't many of those applying though. It is a mentally and physically demanding major that shows dedication I guess. Early morning and long days as well.
Thanks for the advice, thinking of double majoring in biology and psycology....btw you're a beauty with brains sis
I like the editing style of this video :)
Ayeeee I was a foreign language major that matriculated in 2016... I think having a liberal arts degree is supposedly useful for patient interaction. With the shift towards patient-oriented care liberal arts majors are more appealing
Your major isn't as important as your science GPA. We suggest you major is something you're interested in and can get good grades in. Keep in mind that med schools evaluate your applications primarily on mcat and science GPA first, before moving on to your extras.
That room is so perfect!!! Thank you for all the help
This is a phenomenal video, subscribed.
YAYYY welcome back!! I missed your videos :)
You're back!!!! 😭❤
Finaaally vlog .. Miss u😍😍😍😭
3:40 Well humanity sciences may have the highest acceptance rate, but look how much more people majored in biology. Then seeing that nearly 40% of the majors of biology were accepted makes it clear that most people accepted still majored in biology.
I was going to same thing as well. They have a higher acceptance rate because there are a fewer amount of applicants that get accepted overall. BUT, they do score higher than bio majors. And that is something that is universal for all majors: MCAT score.
I'm about to start college and will be majoring In Microbiology and double minoring in Chemistry and Anthropology. My mom works with several doctors, some of which are surgeons (what I think I want to do), and what they have all told me is to major in what I love, but to also do combine that with something in the liberal arts because a lot of medical school now want to see diversity in your interests and abilities.
I'm doing computer science on a pre-med track! In 3rd year right now at UC Berkeley :)
tF6U congrats!! Wishing you the best :))
tF6U Hi 👋🏽 I'm also doing computer science and starting my freshman year. I want to apply for med school too so are you taking extra science classes to be on the premed track ?
tF6U hey! I'm an incoming freshman at UC Berkeley and I'm planning on majoring in computer science in L&S and pursuing a premedical path. I had some qualms about it considering CS is a capped major with lower GPAs and Berkeley premed courses are known to have lower grades. I still really want to go through with this though because this is where my passion lies and you're the first person I found who's doing the same thing! I was wondering if I could contact you with some of my questions and just to learn more about your experience. Please let me know! :)
What did you get on your SAT/ACT? Berkeley is my dream school.
Elvis Gutierrez I'm not sure whether you're asking me or the OP, but I got a 2340 (on the old 2400 test). I only took the test once. I think my test scores and hard class rigor made up for my average GPA.
this was such a helpful and well done video! thank you !!
Amazing, I really admire your efforts to provide us such cool statistics.
you are the sweetest thing and I wanna be a doctor like you I am grade
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itz rona what did u end up majoring in
itz rona I’m a freshman (9) 😂😂
@@rossinidemelo6606 I am majoring in science concentrating on bio and minoring chem. I am taking prerequisite for my pre med track
@@ethioagnogirl3768 can you advise me please. From your experience so far is there a lot of chemistry and lab work. Or is it more anatomy based stuff? I would like to major in it but I feel like it may be so hard to maintain a high GPA. What do you think?
@@rossinidemelo6606 I’m majoring in science with concentration on bio
one of my hypotheses for bio students doing “worse” is because a lot of more bio students applied so the group of people applying is probably more diverse? idk and as for other majors, i feel like they applied because they knew they knew they could get in? since usually they wouldn’t go for medicine?
This was sososo helpful and informative. Thank you! I absolutely love your videos :)
Yay! Thanks for watching
I've known about these figures published by AMCAS. But where does engineering (biomedical) fit in the categories? Physical sciences? Biology?
physical sciences probably
Engineering and Computer Science College
kls600 Why the hell would engineering be under physical science lol
This video explained me everything so clearly. So basically you don’t have to major in Biology to do well in MCAT instead I can do my major that interest me for instance I’m good at math so I can major in math and get a really good GPA and do pretty decent in MCAT and that way there is a higher chance I can get accepted in a Med School rather then doing my major in Biology that I have no interest in and get a bad GPA and a bad MCAT score and waste my money and time. Again thanks for the Brief explanation video!
Very helpful information J. Thank you.
My professor who is a nurse told me you cannot find a job if u hold psychology degree unless you have a PhD
Oh, I had missed you so much 😭😭💞
I'll be majoring in nutrition and then applying to medical school, but I am a non-traditional student 😓 and I didn't know I wanted to be a Dr. until I was a sophomore. We'll see how this goes.
super informative video!
Damn, no love for us biomedical engineers 😂
I know 😂 does this mean I get to quit BME? currently dying rn. Harder major, lower GPA, and my gpa is not looking very good compared to what I’m sure a bio major’s looks like. I guess the good thing is it’s an honorable, interesting career that will definitely pay if I happen to not get into med school.
@@milkcarton8573 Hello. How far gone are you in it?
@@ettacatherineetta4353 Hi! So I’m actually in my third year of university but I’ve decided to change my major from BME to ECE. I have no interest in going to medical school anymore. Instead I am much more interested in continuing in engineering and possibly doing patent law in the future.
your cartoons are so cute and this vid is very informative and helpful !
Another great and informative video thank you for the enlightenment
L❤️ the charts. Gr8 piece (clever on hypothesis) & for the 1st time am gonna subscribe on U2B
Hi Jamie! I love your videos! They have helped me study and organize my messy life, so thank you so much ❤️♥
I have a very unhealthy and depressing lifestyle because of being over weight. This has affected my education, health, etc. I was wondering if you could make a health video. I mean you have a pretty busy schedule obviously especially because of medicine but you still manage to workout and eat well. So if you could make a "What i eat every day" video and healthy eating habits that help you do so well.
Thank you so much. Lots of love from Canada. xoxo ♥
Also! What camera do you use? I love the quality of your videos, it makes them even more interesting!
Thank you for this video, I love this break down so much!! Also, did you make that blanket behind you? I want it!!! lol
Right, it’s not the major that gets you into med school, it’s more of the discipline that you master from your major
Excellent video, great info & advise thank so much!
Honestly, my premed trackway is crazy. My major is Chinese language. ... haha, As a trilingual I really have a knack for languages so I can focus on the science classes and have a balance with it. But, being Mexican immigrant, it is quite hard due to immigrational stuff, so I am stuggling a bit, but I am determined!
taopanda98 don’t lose hope I know what it feels like. Follow your dreams and live today however you want to because we aren’t promised tomorrow. Have faith and don’t lose hope
Thank you so mucj for you help ❤️ Lots of love abundance and infinite happiness to everyone🥰
Yay you're back!
This video is very helpful in selecting a major....thank u soo much
this is such a good video!! helped me out a lot
My aunt majored in economics during her undergrad and is now a psychiatrist!
Excellent. Really good stuff here. Thank you.
LOVE THIS LOVE YOUR VIDEOSSSS
Interesting data! I'll share this with my students.