What to do regarding my major?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hey guys,
I am super lost right now. My ultimate goal is to get my med degree and be a physician, but for my undergrad I’m really not sure what to do.
You see, I love music. I definitely want to do something with it in college, but I just can’t decide what. I also feel as though I should major in something that will actually prepare me for the MCAT/med school acceptance/ med school itself (I’ve been looking at fields of biology and human health majors at the schools that offer it). Here’s what I’ve been considering:

  1. double major in music and whatever else I decide
  2. minor in music
  3. don’t major or minor in music, but still participate in ensembles
    Double majoring would be ideal, but I’m not sure if I could handle the work load…I know majoring in music itself is a tremendous amount of work. Minoring would be the obvious choice, but from what I understand music minors aren’t eligible for music scholarships. And if I was a non major/ non minor I would feel like my talent has been kind of wasted because I didn’t develop it to its full potential. Also, I don’t want to only major in music (I know it doesn’t matter what you major in to get into med school).
    So with that in mind, I would really appreciate any advice! What should I do? Thanks in advance :slight_smile: </p>
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<p>(I also just realized I probably posted this in the wrong category…sorry</p>

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<p>1.) No major actually prepares you for med school or the MCAT. (You prep for the MCAT yourself. And there’s NOTHING in undergrad that can prepare your for med school.)</p>

<p>2.) It’s possible to major in music and still go to med school. (My older D has a med school classmate who was music major and a biochem minor.)</p>

<p>You are right, though, music is a very time-consuming major. You’ll need to have excellent time management skills in order to juggle your pre-med ECs and music rehearsals/performances. But it can be done.</p>

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why not?</p>

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<p>Don’t double major, You may doom yourself GPA wise.</p>

<p>You don’t have to major in something bio or health related. Nothing like that prepares you for med school. </p>

<p>You’ll get what you need from the premed prereqs…the rest is up to you. </p>

<p>Major in something that you like and will do well in…if that’s music, then music it is!!!</p>