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I was told by someone here that you don’t have to major in a science topic to get into a medical school.
What I find hard to understand is how some humanities students score highly on the MCAT but the only courses they took related to the questions on the MCAT are the prereqs for med school.
Are the prereqs sufficient for preparing for the MCAT?
As a humanities major, would it be wiser to take the prereqs when you begin as a freshman or as a sophomore?
I know that you have to study on your own time regardless of what you major in. I just find it difficult to understand how humanities students develop the intuition needed for the MCAT without majoring in science.
It’s like humanities students are focusing on their chosen major and focusing on textbooks about science to the side. Why not just major in biology and get everything over with? Or major in biology and then take some humanities courses if that’s really what you love.
I do love humanities and learning about the world and society, I do know that I want to become a doctor, but I think it’ll be harder to major in something non scientific and then study for the MCAT.
What I find hard to understand is how some humanities students score highly on the MCAT but the only courses they took related to the questions on the MCAT are the prereqs for med school.
Are the prereqs sufficient for preparing for the MCAT?
As a humanities major, would it be wiser to take the prereqs when you begin as a freshman or as a sophomore?
I know that you have to study on your own time regardless of what you major in. I just find it difficult to understand how humanities students develop the intuition needed for the MCAT without majoring in science.
It’s like humanities students are focusing on their chosen major and focusing on textbooks about science to the side. Why not just major in biology and get everything over with? Or major in biology and then take some humanities courses if that’s really what you love.
I do love humanities and learning about the world and society, I do know that I want to become a doctor, but I think it’ll be harder to major in something non scientific and then study for the MCAT.