NUrsing to pre med???

kristin5792
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:24:12 +0000

FACTS is the name of the AAMC’s website for med school admissions information.

Table 18: MCAT and GPAs for applicants and matriculants to US medical schools by primary undergraduate major, 2010 might be worthwhile to check out.

Briefly, 1181 “specialized health sciences” (that would be nursing) majors applied, and 406 matriculated (34%). Compare that to bio majors (22,327 applied and 9,559 were accepted=43%) or humanities majors (991/1950=51%) or math majors (183/386=47%) or physics majors (2201/4672=47%) and you can see that “specialized health sciences majors” fare the poorest in the admissions game, and are actually the only category of majors well below the total (18665/42742=43%).

Data here: [url=table 18: mcat and gpas for applicants and matriculants to us medical schools by primary undergraduate major - Google Search]table 18: mcat and gpas for applicants and matriculants to us medical schools by primary undergraduate major - Google Search/url

(This might be off topic, but why study nursing if you want to go to med school? Nurses aren’t doctors. Similarly, why become a paramedic if you want to go to med school? Paramedics aren’t doctors. Then again, I’m sure those careers are quite fulfilling and aren’t only meant to be a stepping stone to medical school.)