<p>@Ataraxia8 </p>
<p>I was at Admit Weekend as well and having already known about the SymSys major I attended its Academic Expo on Friday morning. </p>
<p>After speaking with Todd Davies (Associate Director I believe), I am under the impression that SymSys + PreMed is possible… But generally not undertaken. </p>
<p>Of the career paths of SymSys graduates (of which there are typically 20-30 per class):
*This is a rough estimate based on what I remember him saying…</p>
<p>45% Go on to techie industrial jobs working at Google, Yahoo, Apple etc. or tech-startups.</p>
<p>40% Go on to graduate school and/or teaching positions at Stanford (coterm) or other universities (typically Berkeley, MIT & Harvard).</p>
<p>10% Go on to law school.</p>
<p>5% Go on to medical school.</p>
<p>So it’s possible, but uncommon. I don’t know if its uncommon because it’s too difficult, or because there isn’t much of an interest as demonstrated by current students in pursuing the two. I do know that most SymSys majors are interested more in CS than in biology (and presumably pre-med). </p>
<p>I too am in the same boat. I’d like to major in SymSys while also fulfilling the course requirements to go pre-med. But remember that you can always minor in SymSys, and then it would be much easier to take pre-med courses at the same time.</p>