What to Look for When Choosing a Pre-Med Program Tacoma WA

What to Look for When Choosing a Pre-Med Program

Some might consider a good doctor to be the one who can discuss philosophy and swap cookie recipes while checking your reflexes and taking a blood sample. A jack-of-all-trades, so to speak. Med schools look to admit well-rounded students, so if you want to major in philosophy as an undergrad and still head off to medical school, that's entirely possible. Generally speaking, med schools have some core requirements that pre-med students must meet, but you can usually major in anything you want. However, it's important to choose your pre-med school carefully and give some thought to both your major and your minor as potential launch pads into the curriculum you'll face in med school.

It's not rocket science
But it's science that you must get under your belt as a pre-med student. Most med schools require a year of college-level biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics as pre-med prerequisites. (Sometimes biochemistry is also required.) With that in mind, you may want to look for schools that have particularly good reputations in the sciences. When you take your MCAT during your junior year of college, science will be one of the primary areas covered on the test.

The three R's
In addition to science classes, med schools may also require Calculus, Composition, and English classes. (We all want doctors who can read, write, and add, right?)

Author: Amy Ambler

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