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I’m premed and my majors are Public health science and Linguistics. People think it’s dumb, but I like medicine and languages. And if I decide that I don’t want to go to medical school anymore, I can still have a degree that I can work with and be proud of myself
FOR NURSES THAT WANNA GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.-I graduated from an accelerated BSN program (15 months). After getting my BSN and working for around 2 years on a ER department. I finished all my pre med courses, I didn’t need to take some bio classes because of my nursing background, neither psychology. I just needed, calculus, physics, and the Chemistry classes. I’ll leave all the extracurriculars aside, all I can say is that I did around +1,000 volunteering hours at a hospital. This was my pre med journey, I considered myself a non-traditional applicant. And surprisingly enough, I was accepted to my top Choice D.O School.
David Sanchez thank you. I’m a nursing major now and my goal is to get my BSN and go to medical school to be a general practitioner...at first I was kind of skeptical about it because I was unsure of being accepted to a medical school since I’m a nursing major
Do you reccomend I finish my prenursing prerequisites first and then take a extra year to finish the Physician Assistant program Prerequisites or should I go to the nursing program and then take a gap year to complete the Physician assistant program while I work as a RN?
I've been a nurse in ICU for about a year now. I graduated with my associate degree in nursing. I find myself wondering the "why" behind medicine that nursing education never really covered for me. I am finishing up my online BSN program since I need a bachelor's in something. and also taking pre-med classes/upper-level bio. Congrats on getting into your top choice school. It takes a lot of hard work just to get there. You got this!
My sister’s friend went to USC and became a French Language Major, but since he also took the required classes, and excelled in them, he was able to meet the requirements to get into UCLA’s Med School
I really don't agree with non-bio majors being an uphill battle (except maybe actually difficult majors like BME, math, etc). As an English major I had a lot of free time to go out with friends, to focus on difficult prereqs like biochem and do well in them, and to get a higher cGPA. And to have unique EC's and rec letters that comment on my creative and communication skills in a way science-based activities/courses don't. I don't know about most schools' requirements but I also had room to take a lot of upper-level biology electives as well. I'm sure some people love bio but the premed requirements already give you bio classes...undergrad is a time to take what you actually like because you'll be studying medicine for many years to come
I agree with this lol, I've seen so many humanities majors that hand pick when they're going to take tougher pre-req courses for med school when they have lighter semesters. Definitely easier to maintain a good GPA not doing biological science based major (of course physics/math/chemistry majors are just as hard too) and keep a social life. At the same time most bio majors are taking 3-4 sciences a semester getting they're GPA hammered. Although being a biology major I think benefitted me the most in taking the MCAT and in graduate school because there's so many specific upper level courses that you're required to take that you wouldn't doing another major. So I guess there are benefits to both.
So basically, choosing a humanity is an uphill battle, but one where the slope uphill is like a few degrees, as long as you can chose the right hill, that is
It’s not a surprise that those who do best on the MCAT are in majors where problem solving is a core function and not just memorization. There are only so many facts that will help you get by. The MCAT is set up to make you use your understanding of the material and manipulate it to find the answers to the questions.
breea07 math isn’t really logic as people like to think it’s following instructions of an equation. Just do enough questions and follow the equation and you will pass.
@@nightelf4 That is an extremely inaccurate portrayal of mathematics. In order to succeed in math, you need to be able to invent new methods and find different perspectives for different problems you might encounter.
Erick Ross for theoretical mathematics maybe your right but for practical and technical maths it’s plug in numbers the formulas. It’s just to understand the use of the formula and when to use them.
@@nightelf4 I understand your point, and if you are just trying to use math for medicine or something, you could probably get away with not being creative. But it is worth pointing out that someone did have to be creative and invent all those techniques that non mathematicians can then use. All applications of math get their underpinnings from theoretical math that had to be created. I will also mention that although I don't know much about medicine, in computer science and engineering it is much more complicated than just plugging numbers into the appropriate equation. Even in these two application based disciplines, a certain amount of creativity is required (although not nearly as much as in pure mathematics).
nightelf4 Math actually requires quite a bit of logic and thinking to apply it in real life outside of a class setting. Most situations involving math don’t just give you the formula and equations you need to use. So you have to use this big database of math tools and formulas to figure out what will help solve your problem. Also many real life math requires multiple steps that you have to keep track of and enter correctly. Its definitely not just plug and chug when you move outside of math in a class
It’s important to note that the GPA garnered from any bio/chem/math/physics class counts towards the BCMP GPA that med schools care about about as equally as MCAT. So history majors have a lot fewer classes counting towards that number
And there classes are generally more inflated, an engineering or hard science major might have a lower GPA from taking entire semesters of hard classes while a history major might only be taking one extremely difficult class at a time.
@@jacob9673 Very true. Why a hard science major who still manages to get a stellar GPA will always be looked upon more favorably than the English major with a perfect 4.0 because they took all easy classes and spread their difficult classes throughout to never challenge themselves. A hard science major has to take full course loads of all difficult science classes every semester. I took Biology I, Gen Chem II, and calc-based Phys I all the same semester still got a 4.0 for that term. The upper level sciences you also take shows a level of competence with high academic rigor which more accurately portrays whether you can handle the massive course-load of medical school. Humanities majors can still succeed in medical school of course, but a 3.9 from a hard science major taking 18 credit hours of all sciences, still keeping up with ECs, research, shadowing, etc., is always going to translate to someone who can DEFINITELY handle medical school's curriculum whereas a 4.0 robot English major who took one science course a semester is just hit/miss because they haven't truly had a challenging academic course load.
@@LilJbm1 to be fair anyone should be able to take all the intro classes at once, I’m talking about upper division engineering and science. But yea, I agree.
@@jacob9673 There's a difference between intro classes and the first class in a series for a science major. What I mean is, there's an "Intro to Biology" for nursing students etc., and there's "General Biology" which is far more detailed, comprehensive, and difficult (which you take as a science major/as the prereq for medical school). You could say anyone should be able to take them all together, but each course normally takes people a lot of study time and doing it freshman year when many haven't adjusted to the course load is quite difficult. Once you get to upper levels you should have adjusted well at that point to taking multiple difficult sciences, but I remember almost nobody at my institution had that course load and nobody recommended I do it (not my advisors nor peers).
I'm majoring in Bio and I'm glad I picked it. Tbh, I fell in love with it during sophomore year in high school and would have stuck with it regardless, but watching some day in the life videos by med students, I do see the overlap especially in Anatomy, Physiology, and Micro specifically Pharm. I know this might not be too accurate of a picture I'm painting here, but one thing I can say for sure is that my Bio prereqs completely cover my med school prereqs which is SUPER NICE. Not only is Bio the love of my life, but it seems like a really great stepping stone to med school and I've never been happier.
im kinda glad i went with engineering as my major. it is rough getting the prereqs and major requirements done but i believe it to be worth it. the level of math and physics i have to complete has heightened my analytical and critical thinking skills instead of plain rote learning. because of this i think im more prepared to get a good score on the mcat. and if all else fails, the job outlook for engineering is good.
@@josephgonzales9614 wow I wrote this 2 years ago… you can do it. I’m no longer pre-med and finished my degree, but we need more MDs with an engineering mind! Nonetheless this degree definitely prepares you to be a good test taker, that’s for sure.
I wish you would've covered more about Psychology since it's a fairly popular non-biology pre-med major. I am a Psychology major and a neuroscience minor and (at least at my school) was afforded a ton of electives for the required courses, as well as great overlap with neuroscience courses. Psychology is applicable to all sorts of contexts. For me, I took a lot of social science courses which taught you about discrimination and disproportionate treatment of different population groups, including within a medical setting. Because Psychology is not heavy with lab courses, I was able to tutor for multiple years at my school and explore different interests. I am graduating with a 3.94 GPA with numerous awards in Pscyhology. I am applying this cycle and honestly could not have pictured embarking on this path with a different major.
i'm a bio major, double minoring in neuroscience and psych. I find the spectrum has made my education more well rounded- though closer to hard sciences than social science
@@WolfShroom Hopefully you'll see this, I was considering doubling Psych and Neuro too. Just wondering how that's been for you so far juggling both. Also how hard has neuro been for you?
I have so much gratitude that i found this channel😌 i am currently a freshman in community college and have been doing horrible due to lack of motivation. I never struggled to understand all the material i was thrown at in high school (i always took AP classes). The only thing that killed my motivation was the work that came with those classes. Medical school almost seemed like a “yeah it would be nice but its too long and i might not be able to do it” kind of dream. But now i know i can do it. My fascination for the human body always gets me excited and now this channel will keep me on track for this journey. Thank you so much❤️
Feeling a lot better about sticking with neuroscience from day 1. I’m about to enter my junior year of undergrad as a pre-med and I’ve been loving it but have always been nervous about whether I picked the right path or whether I should have shifted my focus. Thank you for this video!
I’m a senior that has changed my major THREE times... from Geology-> Geography-> Nursing. I finished my Nursing prereqs in Fall 2018 as a Junior but started to question myself if Nursing was for me. In short, Medicine is for me. Changing paths can be tough and confusing at times. Videos like these are smoothing my transition to pre med. Thank you.
Sun Sun yeah kid, after a few years a lot of people realize we all can’t be doctors. Remember to focus on other things, not just a job that gets you the most $$$
I always thought what my Dad did was pretty clever: he got a general studies degree and tailored it for his med school's requirements and MCAT subject material. That way he didn't have to go waaaay back in his memory to study for the test. He also minored in psych which he said really helped.
I wouldn’t say that’s a super clever idea. That’s good idea if you think you’re 100% going to get in, otherwise it’s a risk. The majority of pre-med students don’t ever make it. Imagine after university and you only got a “general studies” degree. No specialization, you’re screwed lol
I would also imagine that math requires high critical thinking skills, especially in upper division classes. while chem & bio require those skills, there’s a lot of memorization involved. math teaches you how to think through a problem with certain knowledge and solve that problem. it’s also often tested in classes in a different format than taught, at least in higher math courses. those are the skills needed for the mcat so math majors are essentially learning mcat test strategies while in college.
Like he was saying towards the end, you need to challenge yourself! Keep a full schedule and include courses whenever you can that will prepare you for difficult subject matter later on in medical school. And I have to advocate for public health, which was my major for undergrad. It was extremely beneficial for these main reasons: 1. you get exposed to many topics related to medicine besides just the biological sciences. I learned about the healthcare system, healthcare ethics, epidemiology, diversity and inequality, social problems, policy, and more that I was able to apply on my secondary essay questions and even in my interviews! 2. it is more work because it does not overlap very much, if at all, with pre-medicine requirements. But this automatically challenges you to have a full schedule and take a variety of classes to beef up your application. 3. you will stand out significantly more as a result. I believe that I appeared more well-rounded compared to my peers who majored in biology or biochemistry by showing interesting in medicine in a way other from the scientific approach. Schools want to know that you are aware of issues, that you can get along with other people, and aren't just automatically following the path that the majority take. I know public health is a relatively uncommon major to be offered in undergrad, but it is essentially an interdisciplinary major so you will likely find a lot of the same classes I took, especially if you are at a large college or university. If you are really interested in biology or whatever, GO FOR IT! BUT, look for other classes to fill in your schedule.These can include ethics, epidemiology, English, communication, etc. that are relevant to medicine! *I am speaking as a current first year medical student, and I just graduated from college in May! Of course there are many other factors, but I feel very strongly about the need to incorporate these other classes, besides the biological sciences, and keeping your schedule full.
Do you have any ideas for Global Health? I’m about to start college this fall and I still don’t know if I should major in Global Health or Public Health
It's kind of an abused phrase. A lot of people seem to think that correlation and causation have nothing to do with each other... correlation may exist without causation, but causation can't exist without correlation.
Thanks for the reassurance, Dr. Jubbal. I decided last year to pursue a Kinesiology degree. I love sports and fitness and it's amazing to work towards med school studying about my hobby!
You're literally a life savior. I'm about to become a freshman in high school, so I have a lot of time to think about how I am going to navigate my career path. I am so glad that you have created this channel because now I can base my choices on something that is reliable and helpful. Thank you!
This is interesting to know. Because we have a different case here in the Philippines. The most popular premed majors here are the allied health courses. Medical students here are already registered nurses, pharmacist, radtech, lab tech or physical therapist. Biology and psychology majors are quiet popular either. We chose these majors because we believed it would help us with the subject matter on medschool because we have some prior knowledge already. We have less emphasis on admission test (which is known as NMAT btw) and I think med school here focuses more on the premed performances. 😀
@@anemari5809 tingin ko wala.. Ang neuroscience ay isa lang sa mga major subjects namin sa BS in physical Therapy...magkahiwalay siya ng schedule neuroscience lecture at neuroscience laboratory..
@@marcoalipaopao236 Ohhh iniisip ko nga dapat nag PT nalang ako kaysa MedTech kaso na discourage ako kasi nakikita ko yung mga PT laging nagppractice ng mga sayaw sayaw. Gusto ko sana pinagaaral sa PT kaso mas gusto ko yung ginagawa sa MT 😅 skl
Hi! I'm a 16 year old high school student, and I want to be a dermatologist. What should I take for College in able for me to pursue my career and be accepted in Med School? Thanks!
Lots of fake credentials in the Philippines lol people pay expensive $$$ for diplomas that look so real. Google “Recto Philippines”, many people have been caught.
I got a B.S. in Microbiology. I dont necessarily regret it, however, I'm working as a Case Manager before I start med school and I would have LOVED to study more of the social science aspect of public health. Seems kinda overlooked in medicine today
I don't think it's overlooked, a good percentage of hospital discharges require some social work be it from the discharging physician or a case manager. I think it's just difficult, to much bureaucracy and restrictions. Perhaps in training its overlooked, I could see that. There is definitely room for improvement in that regard. Glad you are doing it though it is a very important skill set and could make you a better physician overall. Good luck!
Sorry I know this is kind of an old comment but Im going to college soon(this fall) and I was looking at majoring in health. My college offers microbiology/immunology as a major and I was wondering what you thought about your experience (career and major). Is it fun? And how is the job outlook?
@@BigGreenDub Well considering what is going on in the world today I definitely feel like my limited expertise in this area has given me and my family an edge in how we prepared and dealt with this outbreak as soon as I learned of what was going on overseas.... As a major I had a lot of fun taking courses such as virology, parasitology, bacterial pathogenesis, because I was able to learn how diseases and illness develops on a micro to macro scale. Moreover I learned a lot more about the importance of balance between "good" and "bad" microbes and how major diseases drastically altered the trajectory of history...ultimately I do not regret choosing this major AT ALL. However, I was practically dust in the wind until I finally figured out that is what I wanted to study. As a career, the job search post-grad was quite brutal for me. For many entry level microbiologist or quality control positions they require you to have experience via research or certification of some sort. I had neither....I work in a Homeless Shelter now and my knowledge has definitely come in handy from a public health standpoint but, as a lot of post grads may agree, job search can be tough if you lack formal training or experience. I hope that helps!
@@alexisdestiny9147 So sorry for the late response! TH-cam didnt notify me that you has responded, hope both your family and you are doing well and thank you so much for responding and the information!
I also recommend thinking of alternative tracks in case medicine doesn't work out for you, especially majors that lead you directly into a specific job (i.e. engineering, accounting). I double majored in humanities/biology and I was accepted into the school of my choice. Many people with similar degrees did not make it into medical school and were not able to find well-paying jobs with humanities or biology degrees after college. What would you do with your biology degree if you don't get into medical school? Remember that the loans still require repayment even if you don't make it.
I am beginning college this fall as a neuroscience major (pre-med track of course) and I think it'd be very interesting if you could do a video on the major specifically!! :) Love the content!
Hi Mika, I am in medical school atm, 3rd year. My advice is to reconsider Biology in undergrad. I took it and it really did not even help me in medical school or most things are forgotten in senior year of college. My collgues studied other things and are far better in the application pool for med school. Consider something else that give you a job after college eg. computer science. Read the comments below on here.
Claudia WWJD omg thats me right now. I am a Biology major but I want to switch to political science. I want to go to medical school but Biology is tedious and I find it boring having to take all those classes.
According to the video the acceptance rates for each major are: Math and Stats 47.6% Humanities 47.2% Phys Sciences 46.1% Social Sciences 40.9% Other 40.2% Bio Sciences 40.2% Surprisingly, bio science majors were the lowest. However, if you looked carefully at the Applicants/Matriculants chart, you probably noticed that this fact is kind of misleading. Bio science majors have 29,443 applicants, compared to the next highest number of applicants from the “Other” category with 9,546 applicants and social sciences with 5,143 applicants. It’s unfair to compare more than 29K bio science majors with a mere 353 math and stats majors. It’s likely that considering the math and stats majors have the highest MCAT average and GPA, they were extremely focused in med school from the beginning of college, maybe even earlier. Like how he said, the thing to take away from this video is that there is no sole pathway/major that will get you into med school. If you are truly lost in what you want to major in, then go with biology, it just makes sense. At the end of the day, it’s your GPA, MCAT, and extracurriculars - that’s why the math and stats majors have the highest acceptance rate. (It’s also possible that these could be some kind of outliers or coincidences. I am not well-versed enough in how statistics work but it’s evident that maths and stats majors have a different case than other majors.) I may be wrong about something but those are my two cents.
I'm a 2nd Year Nursing student in my MidYear--and I really aspire to become a licensed Plastic Surgeon--and in nursing school I relate to the fact that I see MedSchool as a long shot because nursing skills and competencies are already challenging enough as a pre-med and there is no guarantee that you won't feel burn out as well as the economic constraints along the way. Basically it's up to your mental strength and burning passion to drag you to the finish line. Btw love this channel. Just Subscribed. PS. I wish I can comeback to this comment as a surgeon in the future 🙏🏻
@@lydia3139 th-cam.com/video/H14bBuluwB8/w-d-xo.html its like the power of passion and perservence. This ted talk video explains it very well and i really recommand watching it. Its truly inspirational and motivating as well as eye opening
When I was in Graduate School at the University of Texas (Organic Chemistry), I taught the Pre-Med students Organic Chemistry Lab. We had about 1600 premed students as Freshmen. About 125 got into any Medical School. So what are you going to do with your Degree in Library Science if you don't get in? You will be $150,000 in debt with no job. Consider that. I like your concept of "Survivor Bias". If you can get a BS in Mathematics with a good GPA, you have demonstrated that you have the intelligence and drive to survive Medical School. For example, In my Freshman class of about 30 Chemistry majors, only 5 of us graduated with a degree in Chemistry. After working as a PhD Research Chemist for 4 years, I went to Medical School. I didn't do as well as you on the MCAT: only the 94th percentile. I have been practicing for 40 years. BTW: some Schools do not look favorably on applicants with advanced degrees. "Are you a professional student?"
I'm an engineering major and I'm just happy to stand out from the thousands of bio/chem/neuro majors. Added bonus is I get to learn the highest level of critical thinking and problem solving (Which I've heard radiologists deal with big decisions) and I get to work for a few years after graduating to save up for med school. If I don't succeed or enjoy med school, I always have a great plan B that I could live comfortably off. For now it's a grind. EE+Pre-med+Part time job.
This is perfect timing because I was just doing research on this topic the other day and was thinking about choosing biology as my major when I graduate high school.
Public health, BABYYYY! and I love it. But I can definitely see why we stay in the field instead of moving forward with med school. Public health is a vast field with interesting nuance and rewarding opportunities to help people. I love it. But it definitely ties into Healthcare very well, and I would like to see more doctors come with a public health background.
@@jvf2400 As long as you take the appropriate pre-reqs. I personally have a passion for finance and my background in healthcare made me competitive for jobs that I never even knew about. definitely opened a lot of doors for me. Just make sure you are getting volunteering hours, shadowing hours, being apart of EC's, do something in undergraduate research in any way shape or form, any form of clinical experience and just putting your foot in the door of different healthcare facilities. +keep your gpa up. That is the main priority. Graduate schools AND employers will look at it.
Yea! I would love to hear Dr. Jubal and his colleagues opinions. I my end goal will be MD in derm. But I want to get my masters in medical lab sciences first
@Scott Joseph most definitely! I'm in a toxicology lab now and I would like to stay here for a little bit (interest, and funds reasons) before I jump into more schook
@Scott Joseph thanks so much for your words of reminder and encouragement (I found the really encouraging). I'm honestly a little lost in my path right now, but I definitely want to get there and I have the determination to not fail. So I do appreciate your story.
I was a general biology major at a school which had an agreement with a medical school. I was able to get into medical school without taking the MCAT and I knew I was accepted in September of my junior year. My advice your major is important, but the school you choose to go to is even more important. Try to find a university with an existing medical school or an agreement so you can get into an early acceptance program
I was wondering if you could do a video regarding non traditional Medical School Applicants, I wish there was more videos about it when I was applying to Med School as a Nurse then pre-med student.
You were a nursing major and then got into med school? Just curious, because I'm in nursing school right now and I'm interested in possibly going to med school after
I’m in medical school. I have a degree in biochemistry and a degree in biology. If I could do it all again I’d drop the biochem degree and focus on more extensive biology classes because the foundational biology knowledge is super important for doing well in medical school. Getting into medical school is hard, distinguishing yourself from other people who got into med school is harder.
Oh God make this my story too. Completed with first degree and a cGPA of 4.45 out of 5 and I’m hoping to get into Med school this year. I know my cGPA isn’t as impressive but I’m sure to do whatever to make it work
@@Osoruiz123 Oh geez I just saw this (see also medical school) biochemistry is great, any kind of anatomy, cancer biology, any kind of like mechanisms of parthenogenesis/ disease defense class, microbiology, immunology (if your school offers it), embryology, histology, cell biology, and even things like evolutionary bio would probably help. I wouldnt sweat it too much as I did not take half of those classes in undergrad and I have done fine. They just would have been helpful.
I double majored in Microbiology and German - lots of work and a little extra time. I loved German, excelled in it, and wanted to spend a year studying abroad at a German university. I got the added benefit of getting great grades in the humanities - which offset my good (but not great) science grades. I got in early decision at the University of Michigan Medical School. I was then on the admissions committee while in school there. I recommend picking a major that you like and can do well in - your overall GPA is the most important factor, and taking the needed classes that will help you excel on the MCAT. Good luck!!
Sounds like it's not all that common, and it might involve taking some extra classes to actually be eligible for medical school, but I like the overall practicality of that path. If medical school doesn't seem feasible for whatever reason after 4 years, you have a crystal clear career path you can follow.
I always hear, I’m gonna become a Nurse than a Doctor but then they never get heard of again. But I have never seen anyone do just that. Good luck to you but highly unlikely.
Just some hope; my mom works at a medical school, working in a department that all students take (including dental) and creating the first two years curriculum. She has a student (who matriculated to med school) as a cello performance major from Berklee. You don’t need a biological science major to get into medical school you just need the motivation to apply yourself in succeeding at the admissions process.
I really want to go to med school, this really helped me! I was planning on a Microbiology and Biochemistry double major and this just made me more confident.
As a high school senior that wants to be pre-med this answered a lot of questions for me thank you! I still don’t know what I want to major in though :/ hopefully I can figure it out before I start applying next month.
I graduated from an accelerated BSN program (15 months). After getting my BSN and working for around 2 years on a ER department. I finished all my pre med courses, I didn’t need to take some bio classes because of my nursing background, neither psychology. I just needed, calculus, physics, and the Chemistry classes. I’ll leave all the extracurriculars aside, all I can say is that I did around +1,000 volunteering hours at a hospital. This was my pre med journey, I considered myself a non-traditional applicant. And surprisingly enough, I was accepted to my top Choice D.O School.
Med School Insiders What is awesome is that many people told me I wasn’t gonna get in because I was a nurse and that didn’t look good for a medical school, but instead, the day of my interview the people interviewing me told me that I was really brave and an example for those Nurses that wanna go beyond their carriers. Funny how life works huh?
I graduate with my RN next year but just decided to make the leap and take medical school prereqs. I really hope that a lot of the undergrad research and clinical/volunteer experience I've done will help me be a better candidate and overall doctor. I've realized I really want to just know more-- more in-depth pathophysiology and HOW medications work. But if it doesn't work out, then I'll be a very curious RN who loves asking the doctors questions. For example, we had an infant in the ER code with septic shock, cardiogenic shock, renal failure, and a potassium of >9. The attending had us give albuterol, which is not something we would have ever considered, to get her potassium in check without increasing the risk of fluid overload! I was amazed and just in awe at how quickly the baby improved over the next 24 hours (I was with her on the PICU). Really solidified my desire to just know MORE. Thank you for all these videos, they are seriously so encouraging and informative!
Don’t get it completely twisted though. With there being so many biological science majors, it brings the average way down. While when it comes to math, there was only around 350. It looks better because of how many less applicants there are because the others bring it down. For example to get a 40% out of 26,000, you would need to get 10,400 questions right. To get 40% out of 350 you only need to get 140 right. Now if you love math more, great, do it. The major you like the most will get you the best GPA because you like the classes. But don’t let these statistics completely fool you
Former med student here, when I was in undergrad I majored in chemical engineering. I don't regret my major choice but in hindsight I think it was a mistake for preparing for medical school. Going from a complex, critical thinking degree with generally a step wise approach to problem solving to memorizing a ton of information and deciphering between what knowledge to tie in to different clinical scenarios in med school was very difficult for me. Honestly I never was able to get it down and scored very poorly on exams throughout my whole time in school. Eventually I withdrew from med school to pursue another field, and I think my engineering background was a big part of that. Knowing that I did very well in my undergrad degree and that things were not clicking in med school I felt more comfortable with my options to walk away (there were a variety of other factors involved too but that's another story). So in summary, I don't regret doing engineering, but I wouldn't recommend it if medicine is your main focus. Go with Biological sciences to prepare you for the actual med school curriculum, not just the MCAT
@@angelusvastator1297 I think it would because it wouldn't be directly applicable to medicine. But to a lesser degree bc business focuses in grey areas from my understanding while engineering is very cut and dry
@@markmccormick4354 I like how you say med school to memorization and say chemical engineering as complex deep thinking... Would you mind how I passed med school without memorizing large stuff as you wrote(exception is just anatomy things).. Do you memorize physiology or clinical subjects rather than analysing and understanding it?.. Seeing on other hand chemical engineering also has memorization... Every course has some sort of memorization... It's just that people see first year subjects in med school and find anatomy to be at top and more time consuming... So they conclude it's all memorization... They forget about biostatistics, forensic medicine, clinical subjects like cardiology, nephrology, physiology and biochem subjects and other subjects which you learn by doing practicals and not memorization... You won't be able to understand things if you approch things by only memorization as you suggested... Yeah of course knowledge has to be remembered but you also need to understand what you learnt...
This is actually why I chose biology. I love life sciences and I really want to go to medical school, but I wasn't sure if I made the right choice. This helped put my fears to rest in that respect.
Hi I’m also a psych major and I’m using all my electives too complete premed requirements. I’m a freshman right now. Do you have any advice about extracurriculars, clubs, and anything else that could help me get into medical school?
Psych major here otw to being a psychiatrist, I'm gonna look back and comment again when I become a doctor! Thank you! I thought I was going barehanded in this journey since i was told that psych is a bad choice for pre-med. WE CAN DO THIS
I was hoping this video would include how engineering majors fit in..specifically biomedical and chemical engineering. I'd assume they make up a fair portion of that 18% other..
I am a Biomedical Engineering Pre-Med. I would classify it more like in the Mathematical Sciences range because of how much math and skills I had to learn (differential equations, complex planes and transformations, and even extensive computer science). It was a very rewarding path after all, but it IS an uphill battle getting the rest of the pre-requisites taken care of. How am I doing? I am a little over a month away from my MCAT, so I have done well enough. I will say that I have seen a lot of Pre-Meds leave the major within the first year. If you are considering to try it out, by all means, but be active in finding out if it is for you.
I’m chemE, it’s very hard but I think it’s a major all about problem solving skill so I think it helped my mcat. I also think it’s easy to get on good research activities.
At my school within the Ag and Biosystems Engineering department we have a pre-professional option and a good majority of them are pre-med. It allows people to get in the requirements for med-school, but have a fall back if they decide to not go or drop out. I would disagree with Nightshock Playz at least in my circumstance, since the requirements are built into the major. It's all about finding a major that's right for you with the least amount of accessory work (ie taking 20+ credits a semester) needed to get into med-school, even if it seems weird to be majoring in an ag major.
@@jadegerlitz4990 You may have a curriculum with the pre-requisites included, however mine does not have them all, so it is impossible to tell. In my case, I had to go out of my way to take General Chemistry 2, Organic Chemistry 2, Biology 2, and now I am doing Biochemistry 1. Furthermore, I have to take a upper level Biology course. All of those classes not required for my major, but I have to take. So it really does depend on the program.
I'm biochemistry premed! I really enjoyed chemistry in highschool so I decided on continuing it in college. It's hard, but I don't regret my choice because it's what I like doing. I also have (some) overlap with a few bio prerequisite courses which is nice too!
Can you please tell me how the biochemistry class is like? What you learn? Just everything about it please. I like chemistry my self when I took it my sophomore year in high school, though I was not as good at it but I really enjoyed it. So I’m thinking about having that has my major🤷🏽♀️
Hey man, im going to 8th grade this year, dont stop posting for another decade pls thanks man 🙏 (i saw this in another comment that was made 5 years ago 🥰)
Great advice and generally aligns with the information we provide students in my office (Health Professions Advising at Princeton University). That said, we feel less inclined to encourage a biological sciences major as an "easier path" and generally encourage students to pursue their genuine interest instead. Overall though, this is excellent. I was surprised to find such high quality advice on TH-cam. Keep it up!
i love bio and i think its gonna work better for me because my track requires almost all of my pre-med requirements and it leaves me room to take gen eds that also can go toward my major, other major, and pre-med concentration. Thank you for the video!
Do medical school care about all of your education // credentials ? I have a background in FASHION & STEM.. I completed an A.S. DEGREE IN FASHION DESIGN & finishing up my BACHELORS DEGREE IN BIOCHEM .: I’m just curious if they will acknowledge my 2 year degree 😭 I’m not sure how the application process works ... hope we can put our list of completed majors so they won’t just acknowledge me as a science major.. I just want them to see that I’m well rounded
Idk in other country but in my country for you to take the NMAT(an exam for you to entet medscjool) yoy must have atleast graduated from a 4year bachelor of science course
It depends on which institution you’re applying too, most require at least a bachelors degree whereas others only require a high school diploma at most just as long as you meet the other requirements.
@@anon5558 i believe ur from the philippines. It doesn't matter if u took a science course or not as long as u finish a bachelors degree. You just have to pass the required NMAT score
What I conclude from the low percentages of specialized health sciences being accepted or even applying is that they are comfortable in the position they are in, and would rather not take on the extra stress and education when their bills are already paid. I work with RN's that told me that. I'm a nursing major and I eventually want to be a sports physician. These numbers are actually encouraging because I want to be in that percentage that gets into medical school.
This video was very interesting and reminds me of Ivy League law school acceptance rates. Ivy League schools tend to accept a 175 (out of 180) or higher on the LSAT, and according to statistics, STEM majors, especially math, statistics, and engineering, received the highest score on the LSATs while political science majors received the lowest.
Biology major here! I love biology, so I do love my major. However, the work load is more than I thought, so I had to quit my part time job so that I had more time to study and stay mentally sane haha.
@@elvisdagoat2102 I worked at one of the busiest Starbucks in my area, so it was exhausting having to wake up at 3:30 in the morning to get to work, and then go to class in the afternoon. 😭 I hope your job goes well and good luck! 🥰
I am actually in my 2nd year of college right now and I'm a biology major. This is really helpful, especially exams just passed through and I don't even know if I did just enough.
I believe Dietetics is a great all round premed for the following reasons: 1. Great science exposure, eg. modules such as physiology, medical bioscience, biochem, chem, pharmacology, nutrition, epidemiology, stats, etc. 2. Clinical experience, dietitians work in almost every single ward, similar to but not as widespread as nurses. So it gives the premed student a great sense of all the different areas in a hospital. 3. If you discover healthcare/medicine/clinical setting is not for you, you can go into sooo many different directions with a dietetics and nutrition degree, from animal nutrition to becoming an author or product developer, private practice, food magazine journalist, product reviewer, and so many different things. 4. A premed in dietetics also prepares you for the health/lifestyle struggles you'll face in med school, knowing what to eat and what nutrients your body needs for intense exams and rotations, what energises your brain to take better care of your patients, how to excel better in med school and all the other benefits of a healthy lifestyle. 5. You will also be one in a very small handful of doctors with great nutrition experience which is a tremendously useful skillset eg. if you're a surgeon for patient healing, general doctor discussing lifestyle changes with patients, etc.
I'm a psych major on the premed track and I don't agree with the whole ''2 years of prerequisites'' for medical school because it's simply not true, unless you double up on sciences which then I still think can't even be done. You'll have to start your prereqs freshman year to stay on task. Not only do you need to fulfill your school's general education requirements, you also need to fulfill your major requirements and then your premed prereqs. This may work if you're a bio major but I'm not so this is inaccurate for non bio majors. Nice video though!
Saskia Mayette Im a psych major as well, but I can definitely see how all the pre reqs can be done by sophomore/junior year. Yes, you have your general cores but you also need electives. You can choose pre med reqs as your electives.
@@motorcyclemama3662 I'm not sure what school you go to but even by choosing them as your electives, it's still not possible for me, unless you plan on taking like 3 science courses in a semester consecutively. There's definitely NO WAY you can finish by sophomore unless you come in with credits and even then it's not going to finish by junior year. Many of these upper level science courses require you to have prereqs done for them as well. It's virtually impossible.
Saskia Mayette you're doing something wrong with the math. You practically have 8 semesters and 2 summers to complete the courses. Literally pick up 1 of the pre reqs and if needed add a summer course. It's simple.
I was a bio major and Spanish minor and I really loved every second. I was able to develop a close relationship to my professors and actually got to publish and undergraduate thesis in the Journal of Medical Entomology because of the connections I made with my professors and the work I put in. It definitely wasn’t an easy path, I worked my ass off (finished in 3 years) and did volunteer work/EC’s/was a TA/dissected a cadaver/etc then took a gap year to work as a bilingual medical scribe and learned more about medicine than I ever did in undergrad. I would recommend starting as a bio major and switching once you more fully understand what professors teach what programs and see how your school works. Luckily, I had an incredible school and professors and got an amazing education that I made the most of.
Thank you so much. I have a bachelors degree in interdisciplinary studies and am pursuing a biology degree for med school. Key element: survivorship bias. That’s it!
I’m the Air Force currently and am aspiring to be a radiologist oncologist or ophthalmologist. I’ll be checking back in a few years to this video to say I finally did it after all the years of studying and working after my dream.✨
My university is undergoing a devastating 41% budget cut and many of our more specialized science majors are being cut unfortunately. There won’t be any biochemistry major or natural sciences major any longer so we’re very limited in terms of our choice. I’m just choosing to major in biology because I don’t have much other option in terms of science majors. Really rough stuff but it’s the only university system in my state and I can’t afford out of state. Hopefully it’ll all work out still because I don’t know what I’ll do otherwise
This os the fiesta video I watch from you Andrew I can say this is the best medicine Channel on TH-cam, I am gong to start as a pre med un neurocience, thankyou a lot
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In conclusion, study what interests you.
Thank you
So I can study Bio
I’m premed and my majors are Public health science and Linguistics. People think it’s dumb, but I like medicine and languages. And if I decide that I don’t want to go to medical school anymore, I can still have a degree that I can work with and be proud of myself
Can we have an engineering major (mechanical/electrical) before entering med school?
no idea That's what I plan to do, go for mechatronics then neurosurgery
every pre-med bio major watching this: they had us in the first half not gonna lie
Noelle H HONESTLY LOL
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FOR NURSES THAT WANNA GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.-I graduated from an accelerated BSN program (15 months). After getting my BSN and working for around 2 years on a ER department. I finished all my pre med courses, I didn’t need to take some bio classes because of my nursing background, neither psychology. I just needed, calculus, physics, and the Chemistry classes. I’ll leave all the extracurriculars aside, all I can say is that I did around +1,000 volunteering hours at a hospital. This was my pre med journey, I considered myself a non-traditional applicant. And surprisingly enough, I was accepted to my top Choice D.O School.
David Sanchez thank you. I’m a nursing major now and my goal is to get my BSN and go to medical school to be a general practitioner...at first I was kind of skeptical about it because I was unsure of being accepted to a medical school since I’m a nursing major
David Sanchez Hell yeah bro, whoever says otherwise is wrong. 💪🏽
Do you reccomend I finish my prenursing prerequisites first and then take a extra year to finish the Physician Assistant program Prerequisites or should I go to the nursing program and then take a gap year to complete the Physician assistant program while I work as a RN?
Did you take your premed preqs at a university or community college? :)
I've been a nurse in ICU for about a year now. I graduated with my associate degree in nursing. I find myself wondering the "why" behind medicine that nursing education never really covered for me. I am finishing up my online BSN program since I need a bachelor's in something. and also taking pre-med classes/upper-level bio. Congrats on getting into your top choice school. It takes a lot of hard work just to get there. You got this!
My sister’s friend went to USC and became a French Language Major, but since he also took the required classes, and excelled in them, he was able to meet the requirements to get into UCLA’s Med School
wow!!🤩
Bruh wtffff omgggg
Congrats to her!!!
One of the highly rated cardiologists in my area is also a French major. It made me feel less worried about my own situation.
I’ve known several French majors who got into med school easily.
"100th percentile as the statistically illiterate would say" 😂😂😂 coming through with the heat I see Doctor
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I felt that, haha.
We only say it cuz the aamc does :(
@@MedSchoolInsiders most clinicians are actually terrible statisticians...
Damn he really aced that test jesus
Any major you are passionate about = great grades + memorable
I really don't agree with non-bio majors being an uphill battle (except maybe actually difficult majors like BME, math, etc). As an English major I had a lot of free time to go out with friends, to focus on difficult prereqs like biochem and do well in them, and to get a higher cGPA. And to have unique EC's and rec letters that comment on my creative and communication skills in a way science-based activities/courses don't. I don't know about most schools' requirements but I also had room to take a lot of upper-level biology electives as well. I'm sure some people love bio but the premed requirements already give you bio classes...undergrad is a time to take what you actually like because you'll be studying medicine for many years to come
amen! thats what ive read and everything ive heard from EVERY admin ive come in contact with from lower tier med schools all the way up to Harvard!
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I agree with this lol, I've seen so many humanities majors that hand pick when they're going to take tougher pre-req courses for med school when they have lighter semesters. Definitely easier to maintain a good GPA not doing biological science based major (of course physics/math/chemistry majors are just as hard too) and keep a social life. At the same time most bio majors are taking 3-4 sciences a semester getting they're GPA hammered. Although being a biology major I think benefitted me the most in taking the MCAT and in graduate school because there's so many specific upper level courses that you're required to take that you wouldn't doing another major. So I guess there are benefits to both.
So basically, choosing a humanity is an uphill battle, but one where the slope uphill is like a few degrees, as long as you can chose the right hill, that is
penguins inadiorama wtf are you talking about
It’s not a surprise that those who do best on the MCAT are in majors where problem solving is a core function and not just memorization. There are only so many facts that will help you get by. The MCAT is set up to make you use your understanding of the material and manipulate it to find the answers to the questions.
breea07 math isn’t really logic as people like to think it’s following instructions of an equation. Just do enough questions and follow the equation and you will pass.
@@nightelf4 That is an extremely inaccurate portrayal of mathematics. In order to succeed in math, you need to be able to invent new methods and find different perspectives for different problems you might encounter.
Erick Ross for theoretical mathematics maybe your right but for practical and technical maths it’s plug in numbers the formulas. It’s just to understand the use of the formula and when to use them.
@@nightelf4 I understand your point, and if you are just trying to use math for medicine or something, you could probably get away with not being creative. But it is worth pointing out that someone did have to be creative and invent all those techniques that non mathematicians can then use. All applications of math get their underpinnings from theoretical math that had to be created. I will also mention that although I don't know much about medicine, in computer science and engineering it is much more complicated than just plugging numbers into the appropriate equation. Even in these two application based disciplines, a certain amount of creativity is required (although not nearly as much as in pure mathematics).
nightelf4 Math actually requires quite a bit of logic and thinking to apply it in real life outside of a class setting. Most situations involving math don’t just give you the formula and equations you need to use. So you have to use this big database of math tools and formulas to figure out what will help solve your problem. Also many real life math requires multiple steps that you have to keep track of and enter correctly. Its definitely not just plug and chug when you move outside of math in a class
Me, a math student who wants to get into med school, watching this and remembering how everyone told me that this was the hardest path.
Congrats !
@@MedSchoolInsiders Thank you💕
Is it really hard? I’m thinking about being a college math student when I go to college, but I’m not sure
engineering was the way
someone crazy enough to major in math has to be really passionate that's why I think they did better.
Neuroscience major just Like me. Let's hope I score 99.9 percentile as well
Neuroscience indeed
Sven San are you studying neuroscience?
Any update?
@@beyoncekasapira8141 He Has unfortunately passed away
how'd it go?
It’s important to note that the GPA garnered from any bio/chem/math/physics class counts towards the BCMP GPA that med schools care about about as equally as MCAT. So history majors have a lot fewer classes counting towards that number
Good point
And there classes are generally more inflated, an engineering or hard science major might have a lower GPA from taking entire semesters of hard classes while a history major might only be taking one extremely difficult class at a time.
@@jacob9673 Very true. Why a hard science major who still manages to get a stellar GPA will always be looked upon more favorably than the English major with a perfect 4.0 because they took all easy classes and spread their difficult classes throughout to never challenge themselves. A hard science major has to take full course loads of all difficult science classes every semester. I took Biology I, Gen Chem II, and calc-based Phys I all the same semester still got a 4.0 for that term. The upper level sciences you also take shows a level of competence with high academic rigor which more accurately portrays whether you can handle the massive course-load of medical school.
Humanities majors can still succeed in medical school of course, but a 3.9 from a hard science major taking 18 credit hours of all sciences, still keeping up with ECs, research, shadowing, etc., is always going to translate to someone who can DEFINITELY handle medical school's curriculum whereas a 4.0 robot English major who took one science course a semester is just hit/miss because they haven't truly had a challenging academic course load.
@@LilJbm1 to be fair anyone should be able to take all the intro classes at once, I’m talking about upper division engineering and science. But yea, I agree.
@@jacob9673 There's a difference between intro classes and the first class in a series for a science major. What I mean is, there's an "Intro to Biology" for nursing students etc., and there's "General Biology" which is far more detailed, comprehensive, and difficult (which you take as a science major/as the prereq for medical school). You could say anyone should be able to take them all together, but each course normally takes people a lot of study time and doing it freshman year when many haven't adjusted to the course load is quite difficult.
Once you get to upper levels you should have adjusted well at that point to taking multiple difficult sciences, but I remember almost nobody at my institution had that course load and nobody recommended I do it (not my advisors nor peers).
I'm majoring in Bio and I'm glad I picked it. Tbh, I fell in love with it during sophomore year in high school and would have stuck with it regardless, but watching some day in the life videos by med students, I do see the overlap especially in Anatomy, Physiology, and Micro specifically Pharm. I know this might not be too accurate of a picture I'm painting here, but one thing I can say for sure is that my Bio prereqs completely cover my med school prereqs which is SUPER NICE. Not only is Bio the love of my life, but it seems like a really great stepping stone to med school and I've never been happier.
im kinda glad i went with engineering as my major. it is rough getting the prereqs and major requirements done but i believe it to be worth it. the level of math and physics i have to complete has heightened my analytical and critical thinking skills instead of plain rote learning. because of this i think im more prepared to get a good score on the mcat. and if all else fails, the job outlook for engineering is good.
My son is doing the same!
I am planning to do the same but their are doubts if i can do it.
@@josephgonzales9614 wow I wrote this 2 years ago… you can do it. I’m no longer pre-med and finished my degree, but we need more MDs with an engineering mind! Nonetheless this degree definitely prepares you to be a good test taker, that’s for sure.
@@erinannelies u got into med school?
@@nbveneno9452 he didn’t apply for pre-med anymore
I wish you would've covered more about Psychology since it's a fairly popular non-biology pre-med major. I am a Psychology major and a neuroscience minor and (at least at my school) was afforded a ton of electives for the required courses, as well as great overlap with neuroscience courses. Psychology is applicable to all sorts of contexts. For me, I took a lot of social science courses which taught you about discrimination and disproportionate treatment of different population groups, including within a medical setting. Because Psychology is not heavy with lab courses, I was able to tutor for multiple years at my school and explore different interests. I am graduating with a 3.94 GPA with numerous awards in Pscyhology. I am applying this cycle and honestly could not have pictured embarking on this path with a different major.
did u get in?
@@devgala5780 i g OT a 3.98 in aerosoace engineering and got into yale med school. You can Do it.
i'm a bio major, double minoring in neuroscience and psych. I find the spectrum has made my education more well rounded- though closer to hard sciences than social science
I thought I wrote this at first. That’s literally my major and concentration and I’m a bio minor
@@WolfShroom Hopefully you'll see this, I was considering doubling Psych and Neuro too. Just wondering how that's been for you so far juggling both. Also how hard has neuro been for you?
I have so much gratitude that i found this channel😌 i am currently a freshman in community college and have been doing horrible due to lack of motivation. I never struggled to understand all the material i was thrown at in high school (i always took AP classes). The only thing that killed my motivation was the work that came with those classes. Medical school almost seemed like a “yeah it would be nice but its too long and i might not be able to do it” kind of dream. But now i know i can do it. My fascination for the human body always gets me excited and now this channel will keep me on track for this journey. Thank you so much❤️
what are you majoring in?
Feeling a lot better about sticking with neuroscience from day 1. I’m about to enter my junior year of undergrad as a pre-med and I’ve been loving it but have always been nervous about whether I picked the right path or whether I should have shifted my focus. Thank you for this video!
I’m a senior that has changed my major THREE times... from Geology-> Geography-> Nursing. I finished my Nursing prereqs in Fall 2018 as a Junior but started to question myself if Nursing was for me. In short, Medicine is for me.
Changing paths can be tough and confusing at times. Videos like these are smoothing my transition to pre med. Thank you.
how are you doing these days bud
Engineering to Med School, wassup!!!
brave!!!
BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING GANG
BME Gang!
Excuse me sir, is it possible to proceed to med school if I take chemical engineering?
Brandon Ballesteros lol thats the point of the video, you dont need to be a specific major to be pre med
For me I pick history as my college major knowing it would be an up hill battle for medical school but I’m loving it so far
gamer242mooo i was a history major and I’m about to start med school- you can do it too!
@@hayden2494 hey, how is medical school going for you?
how’s it going?
Were you in already then or were prepping for it?
Will medical insiders still exist by the time I’m in med school, I really hope it does
I’m only in 8th grade right now
Only time will tell 🙃
Same here! I want to be a radiologist, and I’ll probably apply to all the Ivy Leagues and WashU.
Don’t worry you would no longer have interest
Lwemon lol you want the easy part
Sun Sun yeah kid, after a few years a lot of people realize we all can’t be doctors. Remember to focus on other things, not just a job that gets you the most $$$
Thank you for reducing my teenage angst in choosing exactly which college major will satisfy the aspirations my parents have for me.
I always thought what my Dad did was pretty clever: he got a general studies degree and tailored it for his med school's requirements and MCAT subject material. That way he didn't have to go waaaay back in his memory to study for the test. He also minored in psych which he said really helped.
I wouldn’t say that’s a super clever idea. That’s good idea if you think you’re 100% going to get in, otherwise it’s a risk. The majority of pre-med students don’t ever make it. Imagine after university and you only got a “general studies” degree. No specialization, you’re screwed lol
I'm studying biopsychology! Iv'e had lots of success and failures but I'm still persevering. Thanks for uploading this!
I would also imagine that math requires high critical thinking skills, especially in upper division classes. while chem & bio require those skills, there’s a lot of memorization involved. math teaches you how to think through a problem with certain knowledge and solve that problem. it’s also often tested in classes in a different format than taught, at least in higher math courses. those are the skills needed for the mcat so math majors are essentially learning mcat test strategies while in college.
Like he was saying towards the end, you need to challenge yourself! Keep a full schedule and include courses whenever you can that will prepare you for difficult subject matter later on in medical school.
And I have to advocate for public health, which was my major for undergrad. It was extremely beneficial for these main reasons:
1. you get exposed to many topics related to medicine besides just the biological sciences. I learned about the healthcare system, healthcare ethics, epidemiology, diversity and inequality, social problems, policy, and more that I was able to apply on my secondary essay questions and even in my interviews!
2. it is more work because it does not overlap very much, if at all, with pre-medicine requirements. But this automatically challenges you to have a full schedule and take a variety of classes to beef up your application.
3. you will stand out significantly more as a result. I believe that I appeared more well-rounded compared to my peers who majored in biology or biochemistry by showing interesting in medicine in a way other from the scientific approach. Schools want to know that you are aware of issues, that you can get along with other people, and aren't just automatically following the path that the majority take.
I know public health is a relatively uncommon major to be offered in undergrad, but it is essentially an interdisciplinary major so you will likely find a lot of the same classes I took, especially if you are at a large college or university.
If you are really interested in biology or whatever, GO FOR IT! BUT, look for other classes to fill in your schedule.These can include ethics, epidemiology, English, communication, etc. that are relevant to medicine!
*I am speaking as a current first year medical student, and I just graduated from college in May! Of course there are many other factors, but I feel very strongly about the need to incorporate these other classes, besides the biological sciences, and keeping your schedule full.
Do you have any ideas for Global Health? I’m about to start college this fall and I still don’t know if I should major in Global Health or Public Health
I love how you analyzed the stats but also included other factors into this video. Very informative for incoming med students!
Gotta take the data and analyze it for its strengths and weaknesses!
“correlation does not imply causation”
One of the only things I’ve learned in stats
Literally me too 😭
It's kind of an abused phrase. A lot of people seem to think that correlation and causation have nothing to do with each other... correlation may exist without causation, but causation can't exist without correlation.
@@velocitor3792 It’s based on a fallacy
@@chrischika7026 Please explain.
@@velocitor3792 sorry for not being clear . People use the fallacy correlation *equals* causation all the time and this video proves why you shouldn’t
Thanks for the reassurance, Dr. Jubbal. I decided last year to pursue a Kinesiology degree. I love sports and fitness and it's amazing to work towards med school studying about my hobby!
Would exercise science fall into this?
Study your passion and you will develop a passion for study
You're literally a life savior. I'm about to become a freshman in high school, so I have a lot of time to think about how I am going to navigate my career path. I am so glad that you have created this channel because now I can base my choices on something that is reliable and helpful. Thank you!
omg are we both seniors rn?
Soo, what did u pick?
This is interesting to know. Because we have a different case here in the Philippines. The most popular premed majors here are the allied health courses. Medical students here are already registered nurses, pharmacist, radtech, lab tech or physical therapist. Biology and psychology majors are quiet popular either. We chose these majors because we believed it would help us with the subject matter on medschool because we have some prior knowledge already. We have less emphasis on admission test (which is known as NMAT btw) and I think med school here focuses more on the premed performances. 😀
Anong katumbas ng neuroscience na program sa pilipinas?
@@anemari5809 tingin ko wala.. Ang neuroscience ay isa lang sa mga major subjects namin sa BS in physical Therapy...magkahiwalay siya ng schedule neuroscience lecture at neuroscience laboratory..
@@marcoalipaopao236 Ohhh iniisip ko nga dapat nag PT nalang ako kaysa MedTech kaso na discourage ako kasi nakikita ko yung mga PT laging nagppractice ng mga sayaw sayaw. Gusto ko sana pinagaaral sa PT kaso mas gusto ko yung ginagawa sa MT 😅 skl
Hi! I'm a 16 year old high school student, and I want to be a dermatologist. What should I take for College in able for me to pursue my career and be accepted in Med School? Thanks!
Lots of fake credentials in the Philippines lol people pay expensive $$$ for diplomas that look so real. Google “Recto Philippines”, many people have been caught.
I got a B.S. in Microbiology. I dont necessarily regret it, however, I'm working as a Case Manager before I start med school and I would have LOVED to study more of the social science aspect of public health. Seems kinda overlooked in medicine today
I don't think it's overlooked, a good percentage of hospital discharges require some social work be it from the discharging physician or a case manager. I think it's just difficult, to much bureaucracy and restrictions. Perhaps in training its overlooked, I could see that. There is definitely room for improvement in that regard. Glad you are doing it though it is a very important skill set and could make you a better physician overall. Good luck!
@@Camboo10 you're definitely right. I guess I meant more in the medical school application process
Sorry I know this is kind of an old comment but Im going to college soon(this fall) and I was looking at majoring in health. My college offers microbiology/immunology as a major and I was wondering what you thought about your experience (career and major). Is it fun? And how is the job outlook?
@@BigGreenDub Well considering what is going on in the world today I definitely feel like my limited expertise in this area has given me and my family an edge in how we prepared and dealt with this outbreak as soon as I learned of what was going on overseas.... As a major I had a lot of fun taking courses such as virology, parasitology, bacterial pathogenesis, because I was able to learn how diseases and illness develops on a micro to macro scale. Moreover I learned a lot more about the importance of balance between "good" and "bad" microbes and how major diseases drastically altered the trajectory of history...ultimately I do not regret choosing this major AT ALL. However, I was practically dust in the wind until I finally figured out that is what I wanted to study. As a career, the job search post-grad was quite brutal for me. For many entry level microbiologist or quality control positions they require you to have experience via research or certification of some sort. I had neither....I work in a Homeless Shelter now and my knowledge has definitely come in handy from a public health standpoint but, as a lot of post grads may agree, job search can be tough if you lack formal training or experience. I hope that helps!
@@alexisdestiny9147 So sorry for the late response! TH-cam didnt notify me that you has responded, hope both your family and you are doing well and thank you so much for responding and the information!
I also recommend thinking of alternative tracks in case medicine doesn't work out for you, especially majors that lead you directly into a specific job (i.e. engineering, accounting). I double majored in humanities/biology and I was accepted into the school of my choice. Many people with similar degrees did not make it into medical school and were not able to find well-paying jobs with humanities or biology degrees after college. What would you do with your biology degree if you don't get into medical school? Remember that the loans still require repayment even if you don't make it.
I am beginning college this fall as a neuroscience major (pre-med track of course) and I think it'd be very interesting if you could do a video on the major specifically!! :) Love the content!
How did it go?
I’m just starting college as a biology major and this was super helpful! thanks for making this
Good luck, I'm a biology major and it's kinda hard but super fun.
Same...
Hi Mika, I am in medical school atm, 3rd year. My advice is to reconsider Biology in undergrad. I took it and it really did not even help me in medical school or most things are forgotten in senior year of college. My collgues studied other things and are far better in the application pool for med school. Consider something else that give you a job after college eg. computer science. Read the comments below on here.
Chowdhury1000 thanks it’s an advice I wish I had when I was in college. Spreading the word for good of humanity and medicine :)
Claudia WWJD omg thats me right now. I am a Biology major but I want to switch to political science. I want to go to medical school but Biology is tedious and I find it boring having to take all those classes.
According to the video the acceptance rates for each major are:
Math and Stats 47.6%
Humanities 47.2%
Phys Sciences 46.1%
Social Sciences 40.9%
Other 40.2%
Bio Sciences 40.2%
Surprisingly, bio science majors were the lowest. However, if you looked carefully at the Applicants/Matriculants chart, you probably noticed that this fact is kind of misleading. Bio science majors have 29,443 applicants, compared to the next highest number of applicants from the “Other” category with 9,546 applicants and social sciences with 5,143 applicants.
It’s unfair to compare more than 29K bio science majors with a mere 353 math and stats majors. It’s likely that considering the math and stats majors have the highest MCAT average and GPA, they were extremely focused in med school from the beginning of college, maybe even earlier.
Like how he said, the thing to take away from this video is that there is no sole pathway/major that will get you into med school. If you are truly lost in what you want to major in, then go with biology, it just makes sense.
At the end of the day, it’s your GPA, MCAT, and extracurriculars - that’s why the math and stats majors have the highest acceptance rate. (It’s also possible that these could be some kind of outliers or coincidences. I am not well-versed enough in how statistics work but it’s evident that maths and stats majors have a different case than other majors.) I may be wrong about something but those are my two cents.
I have a full explanation in my video about premed majors
Man, people from other categories maybe didn’t considered to go in med school initially. This is why there are so little number of applicants.
I'm a 2nd Year Nursing student in my MidYear--and I really aspire to become a licensed Plastic Surgeon--and in nursing school I relate to the fact that I see MedSchool as a long shot because nursing skills and competencies are already challenging enough as a pre-med and there is no guarantee that you won't feel burn out as well as the economic constraints along the way. Basically it's up to your mental strength and burning passion to drag you to the finish line. Btw love this channel. Just Subscribed.
PS. I wish I can comeback to this comment as a surgeon in the future 🙏🏻
Hi! i’m currently choosing my major, what would you recommend ? i’m between nursing or biology as premed! tysm!
@@lama4934 exactly the same! Still don’t know what would be the best but i heard a lot people do not recommend nursing!
Hi! I’d love to hear how it’s going for you so far! I’m in the same boat right now
GRIT is the answer to everything.
Yesss
What’s GRIT?
@@lydia3139 th-cam.com/video/H14bBuluwB8/w-d-xo.html its like the power of passion and perservence. This ted talk video explains it very well and i really recommand watching it. Its truly inspirational and motivating as well as eye opening
AuroraRising1 I know you've taken intro to psychology just by that response. Angel lee Duckworth
fatboyRAY24 that's so Angela lee Duckworth 😂
When I was in Graduate School at the University of Texas (Organic Chemistry), I taught the Pre-Med students Organic Chemistry Lab. We had about 1600 premed students as Freshmen. About 125 got into any Medical School. So what are you going to do with your Degree in Library Science if you don't get in? You will be $150,000 in debt with no job. Consider that.
I like your concept of "Survivor Bias". If you can get a BS in Mathematics with a good GPA, you have demonstrated that you have the intelligence and drive to survive Medical School. For example, In my Freshman class of about 30 Chemistry majors, only 5 of us graduated with a degree in Chemistry.
After working as a PhD Research Chemist for 4 years, I went to Medical School. I didn't do as well as you on the MCAT: only the 94th percentile. I have been practicing for 40 years. BTW: some Schools do not look favorably on applicants with advanced degrees. "Are you a professional student?"
I'm an engineering major and I'm just happy to stand out from the thousands of bio/chem/neuro majors. Added bonus is I get to learn the highest level of critical thinking and problem solving (Which I've heard radiologists deal with big decisions) and I get to work for a few years after graduating to save up for med school. If I don't succeed or enjoy med school, I always have a great plan B that I could live comfortably off. For now it's a grind. EE+Pre-med+Part time job.
EE?
Electrical engineering
This is perfect timing because I was just doing research on this topic the other day and was thinking about choosing biology as my major when I graduate high school.
woot!
I just took the final pre SAT test and I got 50% right… just gonna go cry in a corner 😍❤️
Public health, BABYYYY! and I love it.
But I can definitely see why we stay in the field instead of moving forward with med school. Public health is a vast field with interesting nuance and rewarding opportunities to help people. I love it. But it definitely ties into Healthcare very well, and I would like to see more doctors come with a public health background.
pre med here! want to know my major?
economics
have you gotten in med school already?
Im in high school and want to go into pre med, but would love to major in business do you think it'll be fine for applying to med school?
@@jvf2400 As long as you take the appropriate pre-reqs. I personally have a passion for finance and my background in healthcare made me competitive for jobs that I never even knew about. definitely opened a lot of doors for me. Just make sure you are getting volunteering hours, shadowing hours, being apart of EC's, do something in undergraduate research in any way shape or form, any form of clinical experience and just putting your foot in the door of different healthcare facilities.
+keep your gpa up. That is the main priority. Graduate schools AND employers will look at it.
JV F Major in anything you want. Just make sure you take the prerequisites
@@jvf2400 I suggest you double major in business & biochem.
Discuss about going for a graduate programme first, let's say Master's (or even Doctorate), before going to medical school
Yea! I would love to hear Dr. Jubal and his colleagues opinions. I my end goal will be MD in derm. But I want to get my masters in medical lab sciences first
possibly in a future video!
@Scott Joseph most definitely! I'm in a toxicology lab now and I would like to stay here for a little bit (interest, and funds reasons) before I jump into more schook
@Scott Joseph thanks so much for your words of reminder and encouragement (I found the really encouraging). I'm honestly a little lost in my path right now, but I definitely want to get there and I have the determination to not fail. So I do appreciate your story.
I was a general biology major at a school which had an agreement with a medical school. I was able to get into medical school without taking the MCAT and I knew I was accepted in September of my junior year. My advice your major is important, but the school you choose to go to is even more important. Try to find a university with an existing medical school or an agreement so you can get into an early acceptance program
How do I do this
Name of school please
I was wondering if you could do a video regarding non traditional Medical School Applicants, I wish there was more videos about it when I was applying to Med School as a Nurse then pre-med student.
You were a nursing major and then got into med school? Just curious, because I'm in nursing school right now and I'm interested in possibly going to med school after
@@sarina1196Hey, how did it end up for you? I’m currently in the same boat as well
I’m in medical school. I have a degree in biochemistry and a degree in biology. If I could do it all again I’d drop the biochem degree and focus on more extensive biology classes because the foundational biology knowledge is super important for doing well in medical school. Getting into medical school is hard, distinguishing yourself from other people who got into med school is harder.
what kind of biology classes in particular
Oh God make this my story too. Completed with first degree and a cGPA of 4.45 out of 5 and I’m hoping to get into Med school this year. I know my cGPA isn’t as impressive but I’m sure to do whatever to make it work
@@Osoruiz123 Oh geez I just saw this (see also medical school) biochemistry is great, any kind of anatomy, cancer biology, any kind of like mechanisms of parthenogenesis/ disease defense class, microbiology, immunology (if your school offers it), embryology, histology, cell biology, and even things like evolutionary bio would probably help. I wouldnt sweat it too much as I did not take half of those classes in undergrad and I have done fine. They just would have been helpful.
@@MegaBGriff congrats and thanks 😁
I double majored in Microbiology and German - lots of work and a little extra time. I loved German, excelled in it, and wanted to spend a year studying abroad at a German university. I got the added benefit of getting great grades in the humanities - which offset my good (but not great) science grades. I got in early decision at the University of Michigan Medical School. I was then on the admissions committee while in school there. I recommend picking a major that you like and can do well in - your overall GPA is the most important factor, and taking the needed classes that will help you excel on the MCAT. Good luck!!
Biomedical engineering to medicine, the ultimate combination coming from someone who’s doing it and knows many others who have finished/are in it
no purpose in doing so really. you gain nothing from taking engineering for med school. unless you like that
Nursing then medical school wassap👋🏻
eduardo santos yo I’m an Rn and I don’t see myself as a nurse practitioner so Med school is my next step! Woot woot
Same 💛
Sounds like it's not all that common, and it might involve taking some extra classes to actually be eligible for medical school, but I like the overall practicality of that path. If medical school doesn't seem feasible for whatever reason after 4 years, you have a crystal clear career path you can follow.
Saamee
I always hear, I’m gonna become a Nurse than a Doctor but then they never get heard of again. But I have never seen anyone do just that. Good luck to you but highly unlikely.
I went for a more streamlined bio sci related approach, but sometimes I wish I did another major to be more multidimensional
Going to start college next month as a marine biology major. Glad I've found this channel now. 💕 subscribed
Just some hope; my mom works at a medical school, working in a department that all students take (including dental) and creating the first two years curriculum. She has a student (who matriculated to med school) as a cello performance major from Berklee.
You don’t need a biological science major to get into medical school you just need the motivation to apply yourself in succeeding at the admissions process.
how did they take the prerequisite courses while attending berklee?
They have a major for the cello?
I really want to go to med school, this really helped me! I was planning on a Microbiology and Biochemistry double major and this just made me more confident.
If your GPA isn’t up to par, majoring in those won’t even matter!
@@chaffls8786 Believe me, I know. I know how much work it will be to keep up my GPA with a double but I trust myself enough to do it.
It's nice because I'm a Neuroscience major. Thank you so much for helping us:) This was just perfect to get me through the process.
As a high school senior that wants to be pre-med this answered a lot of questions for me thank you! I still don’t know what I want to major in though :/ hopefully I can figure it out before I start applying next month.
Any updates?
So what did you decide?
Update what did you choose?
What did you choose?
To everyone asking I’m a Medical Sciences major and I love it. I get taught by medical school professors at the medical school.
99.9 percentile ‼
Bruv 😂 thats possible 🤣
And can I just say it is INCREDIBLE how much you and your team work for us. Thank you so much
I graduated from an accelerated BSN program (15 months). After getting my BSN and working for around 2 years on a ER department. I finished all my pre med courses, I didn’t need to take some bio classes because of my nursing background, neither psychology. I just needed, calculus, physics, and the Chemistry classes. I’ll leave all the extracurriculars aside, all I can say is that I did around +1,000 volunteering hours at a hospital. This was my pre med journey, I considered myself a non-traditional applicant. And surprisingly enough, I was accepted to my top Choice D.O School.
Awesome!
Med School Insiders What is awesome is that many people told me I wasn’t gonna get in because I was a nurse and that didn’t look good for a medical school, but instead, the day of my interview the people interviewing me told me that I was really brave and an example for those Nurses that wanna go beyond their carriers. Funny how life works huh?
@@davidsanchez586Hi, I’m currently in the same process. What were your answers for choosing medicine over NP or similar?
Thank you so much for this! I'm currently studying Neuroscience😁. Anyone else?
Just for fun...my major is bio.
I graduate with my RN next year but just decided to make the leap and take medical school prereqs. I really hope that a lot of the undergrad research and clinical/volunteer experience I've done will help me be a better candidate and overall doctor. I've realized I really want to just know more-- more in-depth pathophysiology and HOW medications work. But if it doesn't work out, then I'll be a very curious RN who loves asking the doctors questions. For example, we had an infant in the ER code with septic shock, cardiogenic shock, renal failure, and a potassium of >9. The attending had us give albuterol, which is not something we would have ever considered, to get her potassium in check without increasing the risk of fluid overload! I was amazed and just in awe at how quickly the baby improved over the next 24 hours (I was with her on the PICU). Really solidified my desire to just know MORE. Thank you for all these videos, they are seriously so encouraging and informative!
I’m only a junior in high school but I’m stuck between choosing biology or humanities as my major, this really has helped a lot, thanks!
Damn in the first half I was seriously considering switching my neuroscience path for a math one
Don’t get it completely twisted though. With there being so many biological science majors, it brings the average way down. While when it comes to math, there was only around 350. It looks better because of how many less applicants there are because the others bring it down.
For example to get a 40% out of 26,000, you would need to get 10,400 questions right. To get 40% out of 350 you only need to get 140 right.
Now if you love math more, great, do it. The major you like the most will get you the best GPA because you like the classes. But don’t let these statistics completely fool you
Former med student here, when I was in undergrad I majored in chemical engineering.
I don't regret my major choice but in hindsight I think it was a mistake for preparing for medical school. Going from a complex, critical thinking degree with generally a step wise approach to problem solving to memorizing a ton of information and deciphering between what knowledge to tie in to different clinical scenarios in med school was very difficult for me. Honestly I never was able to get it down and scored very poorly on exams throughout my whole time in school.
Eventually I withdrew from med school to pursue another field, and I think my engineering background was a big part of that. Knowing that I did very well in my undergrad degree and that things were not clicking in med school I felt more comfortable with my options to walk away (there were a variety of other factors involved too but that's another story).
So in summary, I don't regret doing engineering, but I wouldn't recommend it if medicine is your main focus. Go with Biological sciences to prepare you for the actual med school curriculum, not just the MCAT
Thank you very much. Would this be applicable to people doing business majors as well?
So what are you currently working as?
@@angelusvastator1297 I think it would because it wouldn't be directly applicable to medicine. But to a lesser degree bc business focuses in grey areas from my understanding while engineering is very cut and dry
@@aub5020 I'm actually in the military right now, but eventually want to go into academia
@@markmccormick4354 I like how you say med school to memorization and say chemical engineering as complex deep thinking... Would you mind how I passed med school without memorizing large stuff as you wrote(exception is just anatomy things).. Do you memorize physiology or clinical subjects rather than analysing and understanding it?.. Seeing on other hand chemical engineering also has memorization... Every course has some sort of memorization... It's just that people see first year subjects in med school and find anatomy to be at top and more time consuming... So they conclude it's all memorization... They forget about biostatistics, forensic medicine, clinical subjects like cardiology, nephrology, physiology and biochem subjects and other subjects which you learn by doing practicals and not memorization... You won't be able to understand things if you approch things by only memorization as you suggested...
Yeah of course knowledge has to be remembered but you also need to understand what you learnt...
An incredibly informative video; thanks! I'll be going into college this year to study Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
This is actually why I chose biology. I love life sciences and I really want to go to medical school, but I wasn't sure if I made the right choice. This helped put my fears to rest in that respect.
Psychology with a major specialization in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
I'm intrigued. How'd you pull that off?
Hi I’m also a psych major and I’m using all my electives too complete premed requirements. I’m a freshman right now. Do you have any advice about extracurriculars, clubs, and anything else that could help me get into medical school?
Why am I watching this, I don’t even want to go to med school.
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lol
Please can you a video for international students... it’ll mean a lot... thank you so much for ur videos
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Psych major here otw to being a psychiatrist, I'm gonna look back and comment again when I become a doctor! Thank you! I thought I was going barehanded in this journey since i was told that psych is a bad choice for pre-med. WE CAN DO THIS
We have the coolest PFPs 😎
I’m a high school senior and I want to be a doctor!!!! Thank you for helping me with these free resources :D
I was just thinking about my future college major, as I'm going to graduate high school next year. This video was so helpful! Thank you so much!
Binura Makasheva so ur 2020 sorry about grad being ruined for you
im only a jr in high school but college and career in the future is ALL i’m set on run
haematology here i come
I was hoping this video would include how engineering majors fit in..specifically biomedical and chemical engineering. I'd assume they make up a fair portion of that 18% other..
ML Striker my friends dad is an ENT surgeon and he was a chemical engineering major
I am a Biomedical Engineering Pre-Med. I would classify it more like in the Mathematical Sciences range because of how much math and skills I had to learn (differential equations, complex planes and transformations, and even extensive computer science). It was a very rewarding path after all, but it IS an uphill battle getting the rest of the pre-requisites taken care of.
How am I doing? I am a little over a month away from my MCAT, so I have done well enough. I will say that I have seen a lot of Pre-Meds leave the major within the first year. If you are considering to try it out, by all means, but be active in finding out if it is for you.
I’m chemE, it’s very hard but I think it’s a major all about problem solving skill so I think it helped my mcat. I also think it’s easy to get on good research activities.
At my school within the Ag and Biosystems Engineering department we have a pre-professional option and a good majority of them are pre-med. It allows people to get in the requirements for med-school, but have a fall back if they decide to not go or drop out. I would disagree with Nightshock Playz at least in my circumstance, since the requirements are built into the major. It's all about finding a major that's right for you with the least amount of accessory work (ie taking 20+ credits a semester) needed to get into med-school, even if it seems weird to be majoring in an ag major.
@@jadegerlitz4990 You may have a curriculum with the pre-requisites included, however mine does not have them all, so it is impossible to tell.
In my case, I had to go out of my way to take General Chemistry 2, Organic Chemistry 2, Biology 2, and now I am doing Biochemistry 1. Furthermore, I have to take a upper level Biology course.
All of those classes not required for my major, but I have to take. So it really does depend on the program.
I'm biochemistry premed! I really enjoyed chemistry in highschool so I decided on continuing it in college. It's hard, but I don't regret my choice because it's what I like doing. I also have (some) overlap with a few bio prerequisite courses which is nice too!
I think biochem majors are better equipped for the MCAT.
@@shivanishastri4285 That's a really nice thing for you to say! Thank you! :)
@@isaiahdavis5435 It is a fact, most of MCAT is biochemistry.
Can you please tell me how the biochemistry class is like? What you learn? Just everything about it please. I like chemistry my self when I took it my sophomore year in high school, though I was not as good at it but I really enjoyed it. So I’m thinking about having that has my major🤷🏽♀️
I just found this channel and I’m so excited!!!!
Hey man, im going to 8th grade this year, dont stop posting for another decade pls thanks man 🙏 (i saw this in another comment that was made 5 years ago 🥰)
Great advice and generally aligns with the information we provide students in my office (Health Professions Advising at Princeton University). That said, we feel less inclined to encourage a biological sciences major as an "easier path" and generally encourage students to pursue their genuine interest instead. Overall though, this is excellent. I was surprised to find such high quality advice on TH-cam. Keep it up!
i love bio and i think its gonna work better for me because my track requires almost all of my pre-med requirements and it leaves me room to take gen eds that also can go toward my major, other major, and pre-med concentration. Thank you for the video!
Do medical school care about all of your education // credentials ? I have a background in FASHION & STEM.. I completed an A.S. DEGREE IN FASHION DESIGN & finishing up my BACHELORS DEGREE IN BIOCHEM .: I’m just curious if they will acknowledge my 2 year degree 😭 I’m not sure how the application process works ... hope we can put our list of completed majors so they won’t just acknowledge me as a science major.. I just want them to see that I’m well rounded
Idk in other country but in my country for you to take the NMAT(an exam for you to entet medscjool) yoy must have atleast graduated from a 4year bachelor of science course
It depends on which institution you’re applying too, most require at least a bachelors degree whereas others only require a high school diploma at most just as long as you meet the other requirements.
They should see both on your transcript i think?
@@anon5558 i believe ur from the philippines. It doesn't matter if u took a science course or not as long as u finish a bachelors degree. You just have to pass the required NMAT score
@@anon5558 this is false. It doesn’t matter if u graduated in a non-science degree.
What I conclude from the low percentages of specialized health sciences being accepted or even applying is that they are comfortable in the position they are in, and would rather not take on the extra stress and education when their bills are already paid. I work with RN's that told me that. I'm a nursing major and I eventually want to be a sports physician. These numbers are actually encouraging because I want to be in that percentage that gets into medical school.
This video was very interesting and reminds me of Ivy League law school acceptance rates. Ivy League schools tend to accept a 175 (out of 180) or higher on the LSAT, and according to statistics, STEM majors, especially math, statistics, and engineering, received the highest score on the LSATs while political science majors received the lowest.
I’m a senior in high school so thanks for this video because it made me figure out what I want to do.
Biology major here! I love biology, so I do love my major. However, the work load is more than I thought, so I had to quit my part time job so that I had more time to study and stay mentally sane haha.
mslittlechulu I’m in ur same situation rn but hopefully I don’t have to quit my job 😢
@@elvisdagoat2102 I worked at one of the busiest Starbucks in my area, so it was exhausting having to wake up at 3:30 in the morning to get to work, and then go to class in the afternoon. 😭 I hope your job goes well and good luck! 🥰
mslittlechulu thanks I appreciate it and good luck
I am actually in my 2nd year of college right now and I'm a biology major. This is really helpful, especially exams just passed through and I don't even know if I did just enough.
Looks like I’ve already taken or am taking those prereq courses! Nice, right on schedule. Thanks for the info!
This was uploaded on my birthday...
It’s a sign
I love this channel sm! It never fails to make me proud for wanting to pursue a career that is very rigorous, yet so worth it ! THANK YOU !!
I believe Dietetics is a great all round premed for the following reasons:
1. Great science exposure, eg. modules such as physiology, medical bioscience, biochem, chem, pharmacology, nutrition, epidemiology, stats, etc.
2. Clinical experience, dietitians work in almost every single ward, similar to but not as widespread as nurses. So it gives the premed student a great sense of all the different areas in a hospital.
3. If you discover healthcare/medicine/clinical setting is not for you, you can go into sooo many different directions with a dietetics and nutrition degree, from animal nutrition to becoming an author or product developer, private practice, food magazine journalist, product reviewer, and so many different things.
4. A premed in dietetics also prepares you for the health/lifestyle struggles you'll face in med school, knowing what to eat and what nutrients your body needs for intense exams and rotations, what energises your brain to take better care of your patients, how to excel better in med school and all the other benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
5. You will also be one in a very small handful of doctors with great nutrition experience which is a tremendously useful skillset eg. if you're a surgeon for patient healing, general doctor discussing lifestyle changes with patients, etc.
I'm a psych major on the premed track and I don't agree with the whole ''2 years of prerequisites'' for medical school because it's simply not true, unless you double up on sciences which then I still think can't even be done. You'll have to start your prereqs freshman year to stay on task. Not only do you need to fulfill your school's general education requirements, you also need to fulfill your major requirements and then your premed prereqs. This may work if you're a bio major but I'm not so this is inaccurate for non bio majors. Nice video though!
Saskia Mayette Im a psych major as well, but I can definitely see how all the pre reqs can be done by sophomore/junior year. Yes, you have your general cores but you also need electives. You can choose pre med reqs as your electives.
@@motorcyclemama3662 I'm not sure what school you go to but even by choosing them as your electives, it's still not possible for me, unless you plan on taking like 3 science courses in a semester consecutively. There's definitely NO WAY you can finish by sophomore unless you come in with credits and even then it's not going to finish by junior year. Many of these upper level science courses require you to have prereqs done for them as well. It's virtually impossible.
I’m a psych major as well and you can most def finish those prereqs before senior year. As long as you pass the classes you’ll be fine
Saskia Mayette you're doing something wrong with the math. You practically have 8 semesters and 2 summers to complete the courses. Literally pick up 1 of the pre reqs and if needed add a summer course. It's simple.
Saskia Mayette what’s your school’s prerequisites requirement?
I was a bio major and Spanish minor and I really loved every second. I was able to develop a close relationship to my professors and actually got to publish and undergraduate thesis in the Journal of Medical Entomology because of the connections I made with my professors and the work I put in. It definitely wasn’t an easy path, I worked my ass off (finished in 3 years) and did volunteer work/EC’s/was a TA/dissected a cadaver/etc then took a gap year to work as a bilingual medical scribe and learned more about medicine than I ever did in undergrad. I would recommend starting as a bio major and switching once you more fully understand what professors teach what programs and see how your school works. Luckily, I had an incredible school and professors and got an amazing education that I made the most of.
entomology? cool!!
also wow, your story is so inspiring! definitely motivational !
Thank you so much. I have a bachelors degree in interdisciplinary studies and am pursuing a biology degree for med school. Key element: survivorship bias. That’s it!
My pre-med is Pharmacy here in the Philippines 💪 Thank you Dr. Jubbal for this very informative video 💯
I am gonna start college in a month and i am so happy i discovered ur channel
I am too =) good luck
I’m the Air Force currently and am aspiring to be a radiologist oncologist or ophthalmologist. I’ll be checking back in a few years to this video to say I finally did it after all the years of studying and working after my dream.✨
My university is undergoing a devastating 41% budget cut and many of our more specialized science majors are being cut unfortunately. There won’t be any biochemistry major or natural sciences major any longer so we’re very limited in terms of our choice. I’m just choosing to major in biology because I don’t have much other option in terms of science majors. Really rough stuff but it’s the only university system in my state and I can’t afford out of state. Hopefully it’ll all work out still because I don’t know what I’ll do otherwise
May I ask what state you're in?
This os the fiesta video I watch from you Andrew I can say this is the best medicine Channel on TH-cam, I am gong to start as a pre med un neurocience, thankyou a lot
I prefer biology it's just so intriguing to me.
How so