Nursing and Pre-med?

Doogie311
Mon, 07 May 2007 10:36:28 +0000

you are in the same situation i found myself in last year. I originally started out as UVA nursing with the intentions of being pre-med. I figured it was just the major i decided to pursue, and like you, if there was a problem with med school I can be a nurse.

Here is the problem I encountered. After your first year, your required nursing classes become very overwhelming. You must take approximately 16 credit hours of nursing classes alone in addition to clinicals. Basically I found that unless I wanted to be at school every summer…the two would not work out together. It is often said you can major in whatever you want and still be “pre-med”. This is true, but not always true. Just check how many credits you will be taking per semester by doing both…some are just insane!

People have done it before, but its extremely difficult and especially since premed classes require a lot of time and energy, I decided to transfer out of nursing and pursue a history major as premed…so far so good!

any questions, let me know.