<p>I posted a question on yahoo answer regarding which pre-med major will help me with the MCAT and a guy name PE2008 commented me with this:</p>
<p>"Microbiology Majors get less than the average MCAT score (~27.6 vs ~28.0).
Biochemistry Majors average ~29.3.
(Engineering and Physics Majors average ~31.0).</p>
<p>The standard advice is to choose a Major which both facilitates/overlaps pre-med/pre-dentistry courses AND offers good career prospects in case you don’t make it to Medical School.</p>
<p>Some good Majors that meet both criteria are:
Bioprocess Engineering
Biological Engineering
Chemical/Biochemical Engineering
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chemistry (ACS-Certified degree only)
Materials Engineering (might be intriguing for Dental Schools)"</p>
<p>I’m an upcoming freshmen at UCSD and my intended major right now is Microbiology. Should i minor in some sort of physics or engineering science? like Biochemical engineering? Or Major in Biochemical engineering then minor in microbiology? Also, just out of curiosity, why are physics and engineering major more helpful for the MCAT?? I also intend to go to dental school, that is why he mentioned some of that.</p>