I just started going to college this semester and right now I am taking developmental classes that I need. I am unsure about my major I was thinking probably biology or chemistry. The school I attend has a nursering program where you can get an associate's in nursing or a bacchuarale in nursing. Would that count as a degree to get into med school or not? I want to know because that way if the doctor thing doesnt work out I can always fall back on being a head nurse.
2007-03-13 04:03:58 · 3 answers · asked by jessyhotncool1224 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
What are the pre-requesite classes for med school?!?
2007-03-13 06:50:12 · update #1
You can study whatever you want to get into medical school, but a nursing degree will alert med school admissions because they will wonder why you went the nursing route for medicine instead of going to nursing school. You will get asked "why be a doctor instead of a nurse?" so you had better have a damn good answer for that (a little hint...any answer involving "i want to help people" will bring a question about being policeman, fireman, paramedic, soldier, and nurse, so think of something original that doesnt involve helping). And you dont actually have to have a degree to get into med school, so that makes it really not matter what your degree is in.
At my med school it was 2 year of biology, 2 years of chemistry, 1 year of physics, 1 year of math, and 1 year of english with helpful extras of biochem, sociology, psychology, etc. plus MCAT and letters of recommendation.
Dont let anyone tell you that you need a science degree to get into med school because you dont. and having a nonscience degree makes you stand out if you have a good answer for why you chose that major. But having a nursing degree will make the admissions committee think twice because of the different signals you will be sending, nurse vs. doctor. Also, i dont know much about nursing undergrad but research is getting to be close to required for admission to med school, and I dont know how many nursing research projects are out there.
2007-03-13 09:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by wildcat_72069 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a bachelors in nursing and still make it to med school. The key is to fulfill all the med school prereq classes and score well on the MCAT. They don't have any requirements as to what major you choose.
2007-03-13 05:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could do nursing, but it would need to be a bachelors degree.
2007-03-13 04:24:21 · answer #3 · answered by FormatLife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋