PreMed/MusicEd

musicprnt
Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:06:22 +0000

You can go to medical school on almost any major, pre med is not a major per se, it is a pre professional program. I forget the exact requirements, but usually it is a year of non organic chemistry, a year of organic, usually a year of physics, several semesters of math and a year of bio (at least, they may require zoology, not sure). It might be difficult to fit those in with a music ed major, though some of those also help knock out core course requirements. The other option is to take what you can as an undergrad to fulfill requirements then post grad take whatever courses you need to fulfill med school requirements. A number of schools offer programs for graduates to do just that, fill the gaps needed for med school admissions.

You actually might have a benefit in being a music ed major, a lot of pre med students major in chemistry or biology, being in something like music or music ed may help differentiate students (there are some statistical reports that say music majors of any kind have the highest or among the highest acceptance rates to med school).

As far as Pharmacology goes trying to dual major with that maybe very, very difficult, I seem to recall it is a 5 year program by itself and has requirements for internships, I suspect that may almost impossible as a dual major (don’t take my word on that as gospel, that is just my impression)