AP Credits and Med School

WayOutWestMom
Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:17:11 +0000

Medical school admission officers do not care what you major in so long as you have fulfilled all admission requirements.

Majoring bio or chem is very common among pre-meds because there is significant overlap between major requirements and pre-med requirements. But you can major in just about any academic subject that you want. (I know of med students who have majored in agriculture, engineering, math, computer science, physics, English, Spanish, Italian, history, sociology, women’s studies, public health, theology, philosophy, music performance…Really med schools do not care about what your major is.)

The biggest downside to a bio or chem major is that those fields don’t have the best post-graduation employment prospects should you be among the 60% of med school applicants who don’t get accepted.