Switching to med school as a finance major?

Question

I am wondering how hard it would be to try to go to med school if I have graduated as a Fiannce major with a 3.2. I am 24 and I am making a decsion on either trying for law school or do my pre recs. for med school and take a crack at that. I am not 100% sure what I want to do it will be either of those If I can get into somethiong decent. My question is, is it possible to try to go to med school while being a graduate of Finance and is it worth doining all the work? I am still trying to find the right path any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanl you all for the responses. I am still in that rut of figuring out all I want to do. At least for law school I am aiming for a second tier which is nationally recognized for the law that I would study. For med school I know it s huge up hill battle, there is small univeristy that offers all the prereq's as a specilazed program so if I do go down those lines I would most likely do that program. I am just curious whether if I do well in my med school prereq's I can use that GPA as the bases for getting me into med school or not??

Answer 1

Whether it's worth it is highly dependent on the person.

Finance with a 3.2 is not that good. You normally aim for a 3.5 if you want a decent shot at med school. So, your med school prereq courses are going to need nearly all A's, just to pull up your Finance GPA. That's especially hard b/c most premed students use their non-prereq classes to pull up the grades they get in the prereq classes. It's possible, but you've got a lot of work ahead of you.

Definitely take some time to think about it. Law school is hard as well and doesn't guarantee a high income. With a 3.2, that's on the low side so you're already looking at a 2nd tier law school or lower in all likelihood. Not trying to discourage you from law school too, but it's definitely not going to be an easy ride.

The good thing about med school is that as long as you get into any med school in the US, you're ok. Rankings matter a lot more in law.

Answer 2

Last year about 35,000 kids applied to med school and about 17,000 got in.

You need about a 3.6 or higher in your science courses (that is, basically mostly As with a few B+s) in chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, physics with calculus and biology.
Since you did not like science courses enough to major in science, that is going to be a very tough assignment. You will be competing against kids who are equally smart and hardworking as you, or better, and who love science.

Not impossible, but very difficulty.

Law school is a better bet. Although to get a top law job you need to be a graduate of a top law school - and with a 3.2 you won't get into one - still you can get into a 2nd or 3rd tier law school, get out and pass the law boards to get licensed. After that it is a question of how hard you work. If you are a demon for work, then you can do well. But you are definitely at a disadvantage because of your mediocre grades in undergrad.

Answer 3

You can get into a med school with almost any degree. The "catch", if you will is that you did extremely well in undergrad. Also, you are going to need some high level science classes. More specifically the physial sciences such as biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology...

Your GPA isn't the highest, but if you do well on the MCAT you could probably get into a pretty good medical school. You're not going to get into a top 5 school, but you don't have to settle for the Guadalajara School of Medicine and TV/VCR repair :-)

The same with Law school. Except with Law school they don't particularly look for any particular undergrad degree or classes. They look for analytical thinkers and great scores on the LSAT.

You could always apply for both! Just a thought.