Business major while pre-med? MBA in the future? Discuss.

apumic
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:13:38 +0000

If you’re wanting to go to med school, a business major will not serve you well. It’s a vocational major and, therefore, not suitable for a med school applicant. An MBA later on would be fine but your UG major needs to be a more “academically rigorous” major. Econ would probably be fine as it is more of a social science; however, finance, accounting, marketing, biz admin, etc., are all poor choices.

Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, and Biochemistry are all very popular majors for med school applicants for a number of reasons and are well-received by medical school adcoms. Business, nursing, etc. are all generally seen as vocational majors requiring little academic rigor.