Econ/Finance for Premed?

theproletarians
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:13:35 +0000

I am a student trying to decide on a major for the upcoming college application process this year and I am interested in becoming an economics major. The high school I currently go to will allow me to transfer up to 60 hours of college credit to most if not all public schools in the nation including many private schools as well. A school located close to me has the option of a double major in econ and finance. If I choose to go to this school and enter this program I wouldn’t waste any time because I would have already completed the prerequisites for most of the higher level econ courses already along with general education requirements. I also want to be a premed student and will cover all the required premed classes at my dual credit high school, including organic chemistry. I hope to later on get an MPH or MBA and work in med business, which is why I am interested in economics as a undergrad major. Do you think that majoring in econ is a good idea at all for a premed student and if so do you think that a econ/finance double major would be bad?