fkhan: anxiety

[Jim Henderson]

Hi Dr. Henderson,
>
>I'm a premed student at the Univ. of MD and I will be entering my second
>year there. I am just ridden with anxiety about admission into medical
>school and whether I'm making the right decisions regarding my undergrad
>career. I recently changed my major from biology to psychology becuase I
>found it to be very interesting and to learn science from a different perspective. Do you think this decreases my chances
>into med school? I'm also thinking this will affect my performance on the MCAT's?? I just want to make sure I won't regret this decision in the future...what other general suggestions do you have for getting into med school?
>
>Thank you so very much!
>
>F.K.

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[drhenderson]

You should not be discriminated against on the basis of your major. These days, students enter medical school with all kinds of majors!
As for the MCATs, I suggest taking a practice MCAT from one of the books available on our site. If you are getting 10s in every category, or higher, you'll probably be fine.

You have a slightly better chance of doing well on the biology section of the MCAT if you are a biology major, simply because basic principles are often reinforced in advanced classes. The biology stuff on the MCAT usually does not extend past your medical school pre-requisite biology classes!

Best wishes!

Jim Henderson, MD of Medicalstudent.net