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[falsifier]

so i've decieded to up and go back to school, and then to either med school or to get my PA

does it make more sense to major in biology, chemistry or biochem??

someone help me out here please :)

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[falsifier]

at the school I will be going too, all 3 have the option of doing the first 3 years of course work then 4 years of med school, to finish it in 7 years instead of 8 and be ready for residency at the end.

i'm more interested in the biology aspect of things...

[erikalindsay]

The majors are very different at my school. The courses for biology and biochemistry are similar (in their core courses) but of course with biology you take things based more at the organismal level and biochemistry is more at the chemical level.

Chemistry majors are on the technical side of things...I wouldn't choose that if I was you.

I'm a biology major but I wish I had been a biochem major (I like it better, personally), though the bio one makes more sense for med school I suppose...for example, human anatomy lecture and the human anatomy cadaver lab both count toward my major and would help a lot for med school. Of course, you can major in English if you want to, and still go to med school (I don't know if I'd recommend that since you'd still have to take the prereqs, but you can).

[rebex]

as a medical student i can say a few things

1- all you need to get in is basic requirements (2 yrs chem, 1 yr physics, 1 yr math usually, 1 yr bio with labs)

2- you should study what you feel like. people get in with philosphy degrees, public health, hard sciences, art, spanish, every kind of degree imaginable.

3- you will be able to learn everything in medicine with the basic requirments. i was a slacker in medical school, in terms of studying, and i did fine.

so, dude, if the sciences geek you out. do them. but if not, don't think for a moment that you 'aren't med skool material.' you SO do not have to have any of the degrees listed to get in. and in fact if you do something outside of the traditional realm, in my opinion, you get looked at as a more well rounded candidate.

if you want a 'leg up' you can study anatomy or physiology. but don't go over board. it really didn't help students do that much better.