- Tim Said:
Well, this is true, but most of the reason people may not major in what they want and do what they think they have to is because there's a legion of counselors who have absolutely no clue what they're doing telling pre-meds what they need to do. 
I used to talk to a pre-med who was told by a counselor at my college that med schools do not accept bio majors so she would have to major in something else. And unfortunately, I'm not making that up. What makes it even worse is this is at a community college where the counselors obviously don't have the first clue as to how to get into medical school.
I used to talk to a pre-med who was told by a counselor at my college that med schools do not accept bio majors so she would have to major in something else. And unfortunately, I'm not making that up. What makes it even worse is this is at a community college where the counselors obviously don't have the first clue as to how to get into medical school.
The medical admissions process is so random and arbitrary that people might as well major in something they really love. In the long run, their self-satisfaction and sense of achievement are more important than having the "right credentials", and their enthusiasm will shine through during interviews.
If someone has no idea what to major in, biology is a perfectly reasonable thing to consider since probably it's going to make medical school a bit easier to handle, but for someone who really would rather be studying something completely different such as languages or philosophy, it's a recipe for disappointment and frustration. We need more physician-historians, physician-philosophers, and physician-poets out there and I think admissions committees are beginning to agree.