Help me pick a premed major!

MAmomto4
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:15:13 +0000

elise123:

The con is that if I don’t go to med school, I’ll either have to go to law school or switch my major no matter how late it is because what else could I actually do with a philosophy degree?

I’ve heard that philosophy majors are actually some of the most employable non-pre-professional degree earners out there. Students who get a degree in philosophy are required to be able to think very deeply and see issues from multiple angles; they have to be able to complete & digest large volumes of complex readings; and they have to be able to communicate their ideas clearly.

Analysis of the earnings of degree holders shows that philosophy majors consistently have high incomes, even controlling for what field they go into. (Ie, it isn’t just that philosophy majors are becoming lawyers. Even if you take out the lawyers, the remaining philosophy majors tend to have higher incomes than other humanities are social science majors.)

So I think if the philosophy major is highly interesting to you, you should go for it!