<p>I sat in on the Admitted Student Day premed hour…and Dr. Baum stated that five members of Vandy class of 09 got into med school with MHS majors. It was difficult to hear in the meeting so he may have said that five of the students admitted to medical school at Vandy Med itself had this major. My own son loves ethics and philosophy and has looked into this major. Dr. Baum stated without being disrespectful in any way that MHS is a legitimate path to med school but he stated that many top med schools, including Vandy, are looking for students with a track record in hard research more typical in a physical science…at least one full summer or a full year of assisting in serious research is more typical of admission success, often more. I appreciated him dealing directly with this issue. Often we have been told when visiting colleges that you can “major in anything” for premed, but make sure you are not avoiding serious lab skill training when you have the opportunities available at Vandy.</p>