<p>Some colleges actually offer ‘pre-med’ course and accelerated programs (for 6 or 7 yrs), but some others don’t.
would it be better to go to those accelerated courses?</p>
<p>2) Would it be better to major in ‘pre-med’ instead of bio-related majors or chem-related majors?</p>
<p>-> I mean, isn’t it much easier to pick ‘easy’ majors (related to bio, chem stuff) to get into ivy-leagues? Why do people choose to major in pre-med courses?</p>
<p>3) Which colleges have good pre-med courses?</p>
<p>I’m a junior and still confused at choosing right colleges and majors…</p>
<p>1) accelerated med programs are good if you know for sure that you want to go into medicine. they are often very difficult to get into and sometimes require students in the program to spend extra summers to make up for the lost year or two. some programs require you to take the mcats, others do not. not only are there accelerated med programs, but there are also guaranteed acceptance 8-yr programs, which in my opinion are better, since they don’t rush through undergrad. so it depends on how strong your feelings are about medicine and how fast you want to reach your goal of becoming a doctor. i was accepted to a 7-yr program (that required the mcats) and an 8-yr program (no mcats) and i opted for the 8-yr one. if you do decide to apply to one of these programs, look into each one carefully, since they are all different. some will not let you apply out once you are in the program, and others require you to keep a high GPA and score high on the MCATs, which somewhat defeats the purpose of being in the program.</p>
<p>2) as far as i know, most colleges do not offer a “pre-med” major (some do, but i’m not sure which ones). most pre-med students major in bio or chem related majors. i’m not sure exactly what you mean by picking “easier” bio and chem majors to get into ivy-leagues, but then again i’m not sure what majors the ivy leagues offer. i’ve also heard that it is sometimes easier to get into med school if you major in a non-science major, like music or something in the humanities. </p>
<p>thanks for your reply, hello2u.
i thought some famous colleges like p-ton offer pre-med course, but I might be wrong since I have not researched a lot. isn’t pre-med course more competitive than natural sciences which are relatively unpopular? These are all my assumptions, though.</p>