Should I go pre-med or switch my major? Future Bowdoin student

apple23
Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:20:54 +0000

My stepdaughter was a pre-med lacrosse player at Bowdoin. She handled it well and went on to Dartmouth for med school. Remember, you don’t actually have to declare your major until second semester sophomore year. While you will have to take some science courses to get a good start on the pre-med track freshman and sophomore year, you will also have room to try other courses (sociology) and work on getting some distribution requirements out of the way those years…and…play lacrosse. Once you get there you will be able to assess the workload. If you think it will be too much you have the option of picking a non-science major or not playing lacrosse.

Also, I echo what others have said here, you do not have to major in a science to go to med school. A word of caution though, you will have to be able to handle a lot of science both undergrad and in med school if you want to be a doctor.