<p>Haven’t checked this in a while, glad to see this thread has grown with great advice around. </p>
<p>Ari: Did your wife attend NYMC by any chance? I was just in White Plains/Valhalla last week for my interview there, great suburban atmosphere with Manhattan close by for days out. Loved it. </p>
<p>ConcernedDad: Major doesn’t matter as long as you complete all the requirements that medical schools stipulate. My B.S. was in Psychobiology, so I was able to handily fulfill most humanities requirements at my schools. General education classes should be able to fill in the rest of the requirements, such as English. Ari’s advice on this is sound, so that’s why you see a majority of accepted applicants with science majors; when you spend about 2 years completing your bio/chem/physics/math requirements, you might as well major in it. </p>
<p>Spanish will be very useful, especially in a state like California. The UC PRIME programs (MD + masters) exist to help underserved populations, and some like UCI PRIME require Spanish proficiency as a prerequisite prior to applying to their program. If she has time and motivation, go for a Spanish minor; if not, at least spend a summer studying abroad in Spain or another country.</p>