THE BEST PRE-MED MAJOR: Majors with the highest acceptance rates to Medical School
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- I explore which pre-med major has the highest acceptance rates and MCAT scores.
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If you don't feel like watching this the answer is Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Psychology, Biomedical Science, Neurology. Of course you can major in anything but these majors have majority of the med school prerequisites built in so you spend less money and time in undergrad. The less challenging majors are psychology and biology. People caught in their feelings will be offended. Take my advice I know people from all majors and I'm in med school.
******Alley******* I’m a political science major with a minor in international relations
I’ve decided to try med school but will that be possible with my major
******Alley******* my question is is after people get those bachelor degrees will they be able to get jobs with them that pay a boat load more than a minimum wage job before going to med school?
so i can major in bachelors of arts in Psychology as long as I meet the prerequisites to get in Dental school?
OfficialMichellemarie 26 you don’t need an specific major to make money. I know graduates in classical studies that work for tech companies making more than your life existence can even dream off with 4 yr bachelors degree. I know others that got your same thought and haven’t moved from the ladder much
Good thing I'm majoring in biochem😂
I'm pre-med and majoring in Philosophy! It's helped me a lot with critical thinking, communication, reading, and writing. Don't be afraid to major in the humanities if it's something you enjoy and are passionate about!
Finally I find someone majoring in Philosophy. I am also majoring in philosophy and I always feel discourages about entering med school but I want so bad.
How are you doing now? Did you get into med school?
I agree. Pick a major you like. Of course, bio is the most common. That is because the major includes nearly every prerequisite course.
I am a dentist, a professor at a dental school. My major was Art History. That made my application stand out.
Did you take any science courses to help prepare for medical school while in undergrad say as electives? If so how many?
Yea I have a similar question to the guy above me lol. Do you think I can do a comp sci undergrad and just see what electives I need (bio, chem, calc, etc) to take to apply into medical school?
Hey I plan on attending med school and majoring in psychology and would that be a reasonable decison to enter med school
@@arebee4592 a little late but yes you can do that as long as you take those specific science classes!
@@rashidipayne2013 With Marketing bachelor, how can I enter into Neuroscience field? need answer ..
I'm currently majoring in Biomedical Sciences, can't wait to get into medical school.
Evani Golden nakli doing I am currently doing major in biotechnology, can i get into med school ??!
Evani Golden
Hi!!
I didnt take chemistry and physics for my junior and sophomore years in high school ( i only took biology) , but i reallyyy want to go to medical school, do you think its still possi le for me ro go to med school withoit taking chemistry or physics?
Thxx😀
Handy Pranata try to take those classes senior year it will be better. Even though you might forgot some you will still have experience and your notes! It will come back to you. I highly recommend you take them maybe even AP Chem or AP Physics senior year.
Handy Pranata u prolly have to take chem and physics in college
Me too!
I spoke to my nephrologist and neurologist and both told me the same. Do what makes you happy and you'll excel in. I decided to take sociology and ended up meeting the director of the pathology program the my med school and he actually was surprised by how informed I was and offered to set me up with the admissions director with who I could plan my schedule with. I was super happy because he knows I'm a sociology major and he said that it wouldn't be a problem. :D
^Ditto. Would like to know as well.
shawn n be sick/need help/checks and then just randomly ask during the appointment.
How does your curriculum look if you don’t mind me asking?
@@thesarasiablack Sociology major here. Maybe her minor/electives composed of heavily on chemistry or any hard science and she was able to accepted in med school. Mine are sucks the courses we need to take are fix and we can't choose electives and it is more on politics so I am not qualified for advanced profession like being a doctor
Great! I think the point you and the video make is there is no one specific major to get into medical school cause medical school teaches you to be a doctor not undergrad. Many don't know this and assume it's pre med biology al etc...
I just got in to med school here in Denmark and Im so excited to begin this new chapter of my life! Thanks for all the inspiration, you're such a great person :))
This is the very FIRST video I've ever commented on! And I want to say that this video was extremely informative, eye-opening, and relevant. You dug into a lot of things I continuously wonder and this ONE video answered about 70% of my questions about majors (if you can believe). Anywho, thank you.
I'm gonna start med school by next week and all i can say is THANK YOU, JAMIE!
Welcome back Jamie! I hope you enjoyed your break! Lovely video as always of course :)
Hey Jamie! Good to see you back after your summer break (: My hypothesis: there is such a noticeable difference in acceptance rates because the bio majors are regressing to the mean due to their very large sample size in comparison to other majors. Such a beautiful representation of the data!
i remember watching this last summer, it's already a year later.
your videos still motivates me
your channel is so helpful and informational, just want to take the time to thank you for dedicating some of your time to these videos !!
I've heard that first track so many times it gives me Study PTSD. Welcome back Jamie!!!!
She's baaaack! Haha glad to see a new video! Your videos are a calming, motivating resource!
So happy you're back!! I'm going to be a freshman in college this year. I'm majoring in Biomedical Sciences on a premed track! I'm super excited and your videos have helped me prepare for studying♡
You broke this down so beautifully!!! Honestly a big thank you !!
I missed you so much, welcome back!
Thanks for the video! Very helpful. I'm hoping to major in chemistry so the fact it was close second made me happy!
Welcome back!
Great video! Very informative. I very much enjoyed the breakdown of all the data into graphs; it made the data easy and clear to read and understand.
Well done!
So happy to see you back💊❤💕
As much as I would like you to have a break, it's hard to start my weekend without your video.
I concur
You need rest periods so as to allow your brain to function at its peak. It is like running training and needing break periods.
Im so happy you and candy are back!
Thank you so much for making this video :D It's something I've always known, but feel like people still don't fully believe it. Thank you for being my med school inspiration, I'm working towards it!
Yaaaaay, finally Jamie is back! I missed your videos so much!
I'm so happy I watched this video. I go to the University of Washington and a majority of popular pre-med majors here are competitive or capacity-constrained. My current major is Biology which falls under that "competitive" category, but watching this video put me at ease!! Thank you:)
Glad to see you back!
Melissa M me too
great and helpful vid!! very much agree with your hypothesis about humanities majors getting an upper hand on the CARS section
Its the middle of summer and i already finished the emergency medicine lectures in the great curses. Im not even a college student yet lol. Im not going to lie, i really enjoyed them. So.much so i already started another lecture series: understanding the human body. This is more relevant to my major, human bio, so i even think ill take some serious notes.
But thank you so much for this free month trial! These lectures are really interesting and i feel like im learning a lot.
Thanks for always making such great videos!
Best advice! Do what you really enjoy and shine ❤️
Good to see you back Jamie :)
Thanks finally something with some data! It's just cool to look at it this way.
I'm majoring in psychology 🙋🏼 Idk what category that falls under, but I want to get my medical degree in psychiatry and I feel like that's the best major for me particularly. I love your vids, btw! They really help me to be not as nervous about trying to go to and graduate from medical school later on! ✨❣️
Em Sterls yay another psych major! Also want to go into psychiatry 😌 good luck!!
Em Sterls You fall under Social Science hun.
That'll fall under behavior.
I want to do psychiatry also!!
Please tell me did you do BSc in psychology or there is something different known as premed psychology!?!!
Excellent video, great info & advise thank so much!
Thank you so much! I'm getting out of the Navy in 1 year and stopped taking course that were going towards my major in Psychology thinking that I needed something in Biology and now I see I wasted all this time! I need to enroll for classes ASAP! Thanks
YAYYY welcome back!! I missed your videos :)
Nice to see you back!!! I'm so glad we didn't have to do a degree before medicine :O
Yay! Welcome back Jamie. 🙌🏽
This is a phenomenal video, subscribed.
Very helpful information J. Thank you.
Amazing, I really admire your efforts to provide us such cool statistics.
I like the editing style of this video :)
this was such a helpful and well done video! thank you !!
This could have not come at a better time, thank you so much
This was sososo helpful and informative. Thank you! I absolutely love your videos :)
Yay! Thanks for watching
Excellent. Really good stuff here. Thank you.
Great info! So helpful to know thank you
Another great and informative video thank you for the enlightenment
this is such a good video!! helped me out a lot
This was amazing and very useful thanks!
Thank you so mucj for you help ❤️ Lots of love abundance and infinite happiness to everyone🥰
Thank you for this video, I love this break down so much!! Also, did you make that blanket behind you? I want it!!! lol
I'm want to go to Physician Assistant School and my major right now is biochemistry for my undergrad. Your videos really help me decide which direction I wanted to go. You are really informative. Thank you!
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This is SO helpful!!! Thanks so much
Thanks for the breakdown!
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Thanks for the advice, thinking of double majoring in biology and psycology....btw you're a beauty with brains sis
This video is very helpful in selecting a major....thank u soo much
Jaime, thank you so much for this video. I will be starting my freshman year of college this fall as a sociology major on a premed track! This is just what I needed because I had already decided to switch my major to bio or physics but now I understand that won't really affect my MCAT scores or chances of getting accepted to med school. Thank you for this video 💙
I will be honest with you medicine is about natural talent some people will have it others will not.
If you do a major in chemistry you are going to have a good basis for medicine because it will be very focused on that topic area.
Now you could do a sociology major and have classes in chemistry that give you a good foundation. I am of the opinion that if you are cannot recognise that you are gifted academically then you should be doing a mixed program anyway but have a good foundation in there that you could get a job with.
super informative video!
I LOVE your videos there very helpful and interesting!!!
L❤️ the charts. Gr8 piece (clever on hypothesis) & for the 1st time am gonna subscribe on U2B
I’m an MD. I went to a conservatory for undergrad and my major was double bass. Just saying. In my med school class were former lawyers, former engineers, a writer for Condé Nast, everything you can think of. As long as you get the prerequisites just study what you are interested in.
Perfect!!! Best comment.😍❤️ This what I been looking for. Thank you!
Thank you this helped so much!!
I'm applying to college this year and thank you so much for this video! It surprised me that those who majored in humanities did better on the MCAT than those who majored in biological sciences... Makes me want to major in the humanities even more! So excited to major in something I love and still have the chance go on to med school :)
They did not do better. What it shows is that those who want to go to medical school and major in humanities had a higher acceptance rate.
How many Humanities students really would actually be capable of the MCAT is the question. Again if you have a student who can get into law school with humanities then there is a very strong chance that they could get into medical school.
The actual quality of student is really the deciding factor. Probably lots of science students apply that should not be and probably a very low number of humanities that know they can do it.
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Interesting data! I'll share this with my students.
Yes! I've been looking for this video
Thank youu!! This is so helpful
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OMG thank you so much, I was really struggling with the course, to apply for in the schools I wanted to apply to.
loved this video!!
It doesnt matter at all, but in terms of readiness it's nursing. 👨⚕️
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your cartoons are so cute and this vid is very informative and helpful !
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Yay you're back!
FYI, my sister majored in Communication before she got into med school. She said that it helped her with the MCAT a lot.
That was my major too! Working towards med school, hopefully. :)
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Can I get more details please? Undergrad in non science stream and then applying med school? How please can you enlight me with the pathway?
this is really helpful!!!
I missed you Jaime!
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Trust me major in Biology. Medical School is nearly almost all memorization. Taking a biology major will help you develop memorization techniques and study skills for med school. So biology is best
What about biophysics
So we have to do BSc in biology right? Or premed biology is different from BSc
Idk because I'm not from USA!
Do you know what course should i take if i want to pursue psychiatry?
SatsuiEvilRyu how about biochemistry
Nil Paulo Antonio psychology or neuroscience
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Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks! Will keep in mind for future videos :)
Hi Jamie! I enjoyed listening to your insights on how various majors can impact one's chance of getting into med school. As much as bio majors can provide information on science, these students may be at a disadvantage of writing coherent papers. It's vice-versa for humanities major students.
Now I understand why colleges (mines at least) require us to complete different types of courses. i am majoring in nutrition and food science, but I have taken various writing intense courses, language courses, women/gender studies, psych, etc. These humanities type of courses improve my writing skills and make me think a little more. Despite not majoring in humanities, these courses allow me to practice my critical thinking skills elsewhere.
Med school is so much more than science... great communication skills, sympathy, presentation skills, and not being ignorant are key to making great medical professionals! If one takes advantage of their college courses, they will most certainly be at an advantage, regardless of major!
Karen M Hey we have the same first name and last initial lol
This is true but you unfortunately spend more time and money paying to take extra classes to satisfy medical school prerequisites. So for the people who don't have a lot of money to spend I would say stick to biology or chemistry.
Karen M I agree that it’s important to be well rounded! I think that it’s possible to have a focused major and integrate many studies into your thought process. I’m a biology major but I see direct application for math and writing in the sciences, because science is at it’s core a blend of various logics and tests. I too have noticed that many people struggle and fail courses outside of their comfort zone, when they should be thinking about integrating different styles of thought and new ideas into their world view. That said I still think that if you like medicine then a foundation in biology and chemistry is probably the best way to prepare, as long as you don’t shy away from other fields and skills
Devin Thompson As a biology major, do you find it harder than others majors?
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Thank you for this video. I know these are things that so many people have been telling me. I'm still in community college and I am doing the prerequisites for the mcat and medical school. I want to do linguistics as a major because of me wanting to study language. Still undecided on what premed major I want to do. I'm also still exploring what interests me and I pray that I'll know what I'll pursue and love.
Hi, I just wanted to point out that when you did your percentages for med-school majors and acceptances the total wasn't 100% it was actually 80.5. You mentioned that half majored in biology and the others majored in something else but you forgot to 19.5% of the applicant's majors which I think is pretty big. Just wanted to point that out.
I think that one's college record should demonstrate intellectual flexibility. It is a time in life to enrich oneself. Demonstrating the ability to excel in a variety of disciplines should impress any admissions committee. I have found applicants who were very good chemists or physicists, etc. but whose vocabularies were more limited than one would expect and who couldn't hold a conversation in grammatically correct English. Conversation is a social skill...a very important one in dealing with patients.
great video!
Love your channel! I, too, am a med student - I've just started my own channel and looking to yours for inspiration!
First! I love your channel so much
thankyou for the advice
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I found a blanket like that one on Etsy. I don't remember what seller I bought mine from but they are called chunky knit blankets. I hope this helped :)
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Love your videos! Taking my MCAT Thursday😭 also, go Neuro!!
how do you think you did?
So... how did u do?
Love neuro
She failed the MCAT unfortunately
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