I wanna ask about graduate schools in the US.?

Question

In graduate shools in the us, we dont have to take major which is related the major taken in undergraduate school?
I mean like i major in literature in undregraduate school and take medical science as my major in graduate school. Is this possible?

Answer 1

It is fairly common for students to switch to a different, but related, discipline when starting Graduate school. But, it is also common for the Graduate school to have a list of required courses that entering students must have taken. So, if you have not completed all those courses, then you will have to take them all before you begin the actual graduate program. If you have taken all the prerequisite courses then they probably would not care much what your 'official' major was.

Graduate school admission in the USA (at least in the more elite schools) is quite different than in India. Inthe USA there is no single test that you take and then you get admitted if your score is high enough. THe schools often have a very limited number of places for grad students and they do not accept more students than they have places for. In many elite schools they will not accept you as a student unless they can guarantee that you will receive financial support. So, if they run short of scholarships they will not accept you even if you are the greatest student in the world.
Also, many schools prize creativity and achievements such as completed, published papers or books, or projects in the real world, above high test scores. Graduate schools - at least the elite ones - in the USA are not about grades, they are about doing creative work in the discipline. You are trained to be a leader and researcher in the field, not a test-taker.

Answer 2

It is possible but you may have to take the neccessary undergraduate requirements if you have not taken them as an undergraduate. I would recommend talking to prospective graduate programs to see about their minimum entrance requirements.