what major would you recommend for someone pursuing a career in medicine?
My dream college dosn’t offer a posted pre-medical major (that I know of), what major do you reommend pursuing for someone who is looking in a career in medicine (more specifically a doctor of anethesiology)?
by the way, the college is BYU.
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Most med students that I know majored in biology with minors in chemistry and/or psychology. What you get your bachelor’s in isn’t that important, just make sure you take all the require classes for admission into med school. Theoretically you can major in just about anything as long as you meet all the requirements. Students end up with a major in biology mainly becuase biology mjors have to take most of the classes that are require for med school. Also, depending on what you want to specalize in, you may be able to major in on the the sub-fields of biology that is relavent for med school (i.e. microbiology). Make sure to explore all options at your college and talk with your acedemic adivsor, he/she will be able to help you a lot.
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Biology is probably the closest, with a minor in Chemistry, perhaps. Or check on an Interdisciplinary Major, where you put together several areas, to build up the major you want!
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