Pre Med Dillemma

thumper1
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:46:45 +0000

So you mean major in music, minor in foreign language and do pre-med pre-reqs?

I can’t think of ONE good reason to have a major AND a minor AND take the prerequisite courses for medical school admission…regardless of your major.

I have a professional musician son with a BMA, and a MM…both music performance degrees (bachelors of music applied, master of music).

He was PLENTY busy just taking the courses to satisfy his music performance requirements. Remember…you will be taking a bunch of one or two credit courses that meet 3-5 times a week. You will have ensemble rehearsals daily, and maybe more than one. You will need time to practice your instrument daily for both your ensemble and private instrument instruction. Music performance is a very time consuming major. VERY.

In addition, there is a huge list of required music courses…no choice…

There ARE music performance majors who do take the required courses for medical school. And get accepted to medical school. BUT…it takes time, and very careful planning. And possibly or probably some summer courses.

I would strongly suggest you ditch the idea of a minor. Any minor. You will have enough trouble scheduling your music courses, and electives to satisfy med school admissions requirements. TBH, you will,have enough trouble scheduling your music stuff!

One other monkey wrench…many times, science labs meet at the same time as ensemble rehearsals at the end of the school day. You need to check the colleges where you are interested to see if this is their scheduling. If it is…I can guarantee you…as a music major, you cannot elect NOT to attend your ensemble rehearsals. And you have to attend the labs for those science courses as well.

So…is your plan possible…sure…but probably NOT with a minor of any sort. And you should plan on some summer courses to satisfy the med school admission course requirements.