<p>hey everyone, i was admitted to the class of '09 at uchicago.</p>
<p>i’m interested in double majoring in econ and premed, or at least take the premed req’s while doing econ.</p>
<p>for anyone currently attending, is this possible or will i just end up killing myself at the library (and then jumping out the library, thereby actually killing myself).</p>
<p>oh, and for anyone going to the overnight 21-22, did you receive any sort of confirmation? i sent my check/slip thingy out about a week ago and didn’t get any. um, hope to see you there regardless, hopefully the people there aren’t as bad as ive been reading. </p>
<p>What are your plans for the future? I’m not sure what an econ/premed person would do. If you’re planning on doing one or the other, then major in that and take the requirements of the other. I don’t know if you’d need to major in that situation, but you could. If you plan on a career with both involved, then I imagine it would be difficult. Chicago’s premed program is supposedly killer.</p>
<p>id like to do medicine, but econ would be an incredible backup; plus, i’m interested in both fields.</p>
<p>does chicago even offer a premed major? i was thinking of maybe doing the econ major, take the premed reqs (just a year and a half of chem and a year of bio considering my ap credits). is this doable? wouldn’t this also cover a lot of the core reqs for uchic? </p>
<p>i could then apply to med school, and if that doesn’t work out–either academically or financially, since my parents are nearing retirement–just concentrate on econ and get a stellar job, considering chicago’s reputation.</p>
<p>either way, really, would be just fine with me.</p>
<p>oh and the real problem is that i’m turning down a 7 year BA/guarenteed MD program for uchicago.</p>
<p>why?
um, because it’s chicago, and i want to do more with my undergrad than prepare for medical school, and i think i actually believe the whole “life of the mind” shpiel and i would freaking love to live it. </p>
<p>trouble is, now i have to justify taking out about 220 thousand in loans to pay for med school in the future, both to myself and to the rents, which is why i need to either do ridiculously well and make a great med school, and/or leave myself an out with a solid (well, more than solid obviously) other concentration.</p>
<p>sabreblade, Chicago, like many of its peers, does not offer a pre-med major. Why? because medical school admissions requirements can be met in a variety of ways. So, it is straightforward to be an econ major at Chicago AND meet pre-med requirements.</p>
<p>If you want some true “professional” adivce, go to the pre-med web site and email one of the advisors.</p>
<p>Agree with jpps in that you don’t need a major in a biosciences field, but you do have to satisfy basic medical school requirements, which include a year to two years study of organic chem, bio, chem, etc which basically covers half of the requirements for a sciences major, so people do that. So, in short, there are a lot of requirements for both majors; I believe somewhere in a previous thread, a applicant e-mailed an admissions counselor at Chicago, and was advised that, while possible, majoring in two such different majors with such different requirements would be <em>quite</em> stressful especially considering Chicago’s reputed rigor and the Core for the first two years.</p>
<p>Oh as a add-on, some people do not major in the sciences and go to med school, but usually do some sort of post-bac study for a year or a semester to satisfy any outlying med school requirements. So, if you really want it, very possible, though in this option, consideration of an extra 20-40 grand for tuition.</p>
<p>when I did the overnight last week, my host was an international studies major on the pre-med track and seemed fine as far as handling the load [she’s currently working on meeting her chem requirements but doesn’t foresee any problems with the “extra load”].</p>
<p>thanks for all the responses, i really appreciate it.</p>
<p>i realize that trying to satisfy both the reqs for an econ major and for med school would be pretty stressful, but i think i can pass out of a lot of the reqs with ap credit; i can pass out of a semester of chem, a year of calc, and a year of physics, so it shouldn’t be so bad.</p>