Pre-med survival -SAT link.. anyone?

mkm56
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:11:00 +0000

Since premed is not a major–only a set of prerequisite classes (inorganic chem, organic chem, bio (2 with labs), physics (2) are the basics)–you can major in anything and just fulfill those classes in addition to your major. I would not discourage him. Let him start on those classes in college and see what he thinks–he may love it and excel or decide it’s not what he wants. I would rather he make the decision for himself than tell him you don’t believe. His college work may be totally different than his effort in high school–boys mature a lot after high school.

Encourage him to chose a major (and most schools don’t have a student declare until soph. year) that he is interested in and that will leave other doors open for him. Students go to med school from many, many majors–not just science ones.