Major for Pre-med thats also good on its own?

xraymancs
Sun, 07 Jun 2015 22:55:21 +0000

From your last sentence, it does sound like compensation is the most (or one of the most) important consideration. That’s OK if you realize that all the issues described by @AuraObscura are absolutley correct plus you will have significant debt to pay off as well.

That being said, your initial question was what major is good for medical school. The answer is that you can enter medical school with just about any Bachelor’s degree as long as you have the prerequisite courses (you can look them up on Medical School web sites). Many students choose Biochemistry as a major since it pretty much includes all the prerequisites for medical school. The big problem is that the jobs for those with a B.S. in biochemistry are not terribly plentiful. Engineering is better (not Biomedical Engineering though) but your GPA might not be as high and you will have to take extra courses to make the pre-requisites. however, there are jobs for Chemical, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineers with B.S. degrees.