undergrad majors

Since nobody knows anything about you, it’s impossible to say what’s best for you. Med schools only require, in part, a bachelor’s degree. They don’t tell anyone what to major in, nor do they care.

Consideration should be given to a major that interests you as if you like material you’re more likely to do well GPA wise which is something med schools care, in part, a great deal about. The major you select could be something that combines major and premed reqs due to course overlap (eg most flavors of bio (general bio, human anatomy, biochem, etc)). Or your major can be in any other area of your choosing (eg history, geography, religion, music, foreign language, engineering, etc). Keep in mind that engineering is considered a challenging major. You won’t get bonus points for picking a challenging major like engineering and then do poorly GPA wise. Also keep in mind that picking a non bio major may create hardships in scheduling as several premed reqs are year long sequences and it may be problematic to schedule these sequences into some majors, perhaps requiring you to complete all 4 years of college before applying. (Actually graduating, taking a gap year(s) before applying may be a very smart strategy in order to polish up one’s med school application).

Consideration should also be given to the fact that large numbers of those that start as premed will either change their minds or because 60% of those that actually get to point of applying will not get accepted to any med school. Pick a major with a Plan B in mind… what are you going to do with your shiny degree should your premed dreams fail to come to fruition.