<p>does anyone know on average what percent of people that apply to med school from UT Austin get into med school on the first try? Also is it beneficial to major in science for med school? I heard more and more medical schools are looking for students that have non science majors such as english, philosphy, etc. If anyone has any information about it that would be great.</p>
<p>look down to the thread w/ the title
“BHP and Premed”
read it.
the member w/ the screenname “tuke” has written lots of information that will answer most of your questions.</p>
<p>anyway, from what i’ve heard, you really can’t find any information on the web about acceptance rate to med schools at UT
(I tried on their huge website…practically impossible to get any numbers)</p>
<p>The reason why science majors are more “beneficial”(not exactly the term i was looking for) for premed is because most of their major requirements meet the med school requirements.</p>
<p>if you’re a non-science major, great, just make sure to fufill the requirements that med schools want.</p>
<p>the marticulation rates arent posted. call them and you’ll find out they dont compile it either. it’s no where to be found (but they do have other statistics, try calling and ask or visit the office). overall, it is not easy being a premed student at UT unless you’re willing to put forth the effort to study. UT is infamous for its weedout-ness…and o-chem at UT wont be funn…</p>
<p>doesnt matter what you major in. actually, majors like english, philosophy, humanities, may be considered as the so-called “fluff” majors - where a high gpa is more easily attainable than in a sci major. so you could still pull this off while taking premed prequisites. psychology is also another “easy” major. but in general, you should pick the major of your interest or something you think you could do farily well in, while also keeping up with your studies in your premed prerequisites.</p>
<p>as iamwhoiam stated, search around. there was a whole thread about this dicussion. and also check out the SDN forums (<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/)%5B/url%5D”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/)</a>, as they have vast amounts of discussion on premed.</p>
<p>lol…philosophy as a fluff major at UT…unfortunately you are mistaken.</p>
<p>but other than that, yeah, UT is really annoying about pre-med statistics.</p>
<p>If you’re in Plan 2 or Dean’s scholars though you’re good to go, I know DS has around 85% goin to their first choice med schools (I think was the statistic they told me).</p>
<p>yeah, deans is worth it. i dont see the worthfulness of planii while doing premed though. it just seems like unneccesary added workload…unless you’re ONLY doing planii and premed, but i think most do planii while doing another major as well as trying to keep up with premed</p>
<p>and i take back about calling english a “fluff” major too. oops.</p>
<p>hahaha Eric is that you two posts above me? you’re premed???</p>
<p>anyways yeah I’m plan II/DS (bio)/premed and i think its the best choice i’ve made in my life cause i get to take crazy liberal arts classes besides all the science crap.<br>
of course if you’re really lazy you probably dont wanna do that, and i have to admit, there are times (nights before multiple papers are due) that i ask myself why i’m in plan ii. but i think overall it’s totally worth it, especially since my bio degree isnt as hard as say chem or biochem. </p>
<p>anyways, just another perspective.</p>
<p>hahaha
eric? really? wow
yea. definitely agree with getrich up there</p>
<p>hi yux!!!</p>
<p>I didnt apply for Deans when i applied to the university because all the other schools i applied to didnt require honors program applications until after you were accepted. Is it hard to get in your second semester?</p>
<p>I believe they take about four or five people max as transfers. but i don’t think its necessarily harder for you to get in as a transfer than as an incoming freshman.</p>
<p>who’s getrich? yux is on here? looks like one big happy DS family.</p>
<p>so i transfered into DS (i’m not a pre-med), and i don’t think my stats were amazing. make sure to take at least one Dean’s Scholars class your 1st semester (I’d suggest BIO315H; to do this contact the Dean’s scholars advisor, David Spight, at <a href=“mailto:dspight@mail.ns.utexas.edu”>dspight@mail.ns.utexas.edu</a>). Once your in the class, get to know either Dr. Payne or Dr. Shankland (they’re both really nice, awesome profs) and they’ll give you a rec. I think getting a recommendation from a DS professor really helped me.</p>
<p>good luck, hoopster.</p>
<p>hey, thanks everyone. that helps alot</p>
<p>haha. hey eric! getrich = that crazy girl from el paso :)</p>
<p>yea. jhoopster, just make sure your first semester grades are good, and i think they also look at your hs transcript. good luck</p>