Major in Mechanical Engineering, minor in psychology?

boneh3ad
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:52:26 +0000

RichInPitt:

I think an interest in a subject is a good reason for “why”. And I don’t think that taking one extra course is exceedingly demanding.

Where did it say that his motivation is “interest?” Interest is great, but if the goal is medical school, which still has an old-school fixation on GPA with little consideration of other factors, I’d argue that simple interest is not a strong enough reason if the ultimate goal is medical school. Self-studying without the regimented requirements of a a graded series of courses would be less risky.

Also, where does it say only one additional course? That would be a very strange situation for someone in engineering to be able to earn a minor in psychology with one extra course. Usually even a math minor requires several, and that has a lot of overlap.