which degree will open more doors?

N_s_Mom
Sat, 09 May 2015 12:10:47 +0000

There are no pre-med undergraduate degrees. You just take the pre-reqs required by medical schools and the classes you need to prep for the MCAT. 40% of med school students weren’t even STEM majors - so knock yourself out and major in art or history or whatever else you love. The important thing is that you will need top grades - in your science classes and overall. Here’s some helpful data: https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html

And you don’t pick a specialty (like Neurology) until you apply for residency at the end of your 3d year of medical school. By then, you will have rotated through many specialties and may have changed your mind several times.

Know that if you go the med school route, it will require immense effort - many years of study, long hours, and disruption to your personal life. My son mourns that he is missing his 20s. There are compensations. But if you don’t love it, don’t do it.