Under what undergrad major do you go into to become a surgeon/physican or a lawyer?

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I've been looking at college majors, but they have all sorts of majors such as Biochemistry, Biology, Biometrics, Predmedicine, and other fields related to the medical field. Also do you go into Political Science/Government to become a lawyer??? I am confused...

Answer 1

There are no prerequisites for law school, so any science major will do just as well as Pol itical Science/Government or Economics.

For med school, you are best off taking a science major, especially one in the biological sciences (e.g. Biology, Biochem/Molecular Bio/Genetics, Pharmacology & Toxicology etc.) Some colleges claim that art history and literature majors from their colleges have been accepted at med-school, but numbers of such people are very rare. However, that may leave the door open for you to major in Government, Economics etc. and still apply to med school, as long as you complete prereqs. for med school. (i.e. 2 years of Bio, 2 years od\f Chemistry, especially Organic Chemistry, 1.5 years of Calculus etc.) So saying you could major in any science, e.g. Physics, Computing Science, Math etc. and still get into med-school, if you complete the prereqs.

I think the best idea for you is to major in a life science to sufficiently cover med school requirements, and perhaps take a second major or a minor in a Experimental Science-Social Science-Hunmanities cross disciplinary subject like Psychology or Philosophy.

Good Luck and hope you find the advice useful :-)

Answer 2

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Holy smokes. There are some HORRIBLE answers on here! Ok, first of all, law schools don't care what you major in. They're just looking at grades and your LSAT. However, what major you pick is pretty critical. Picking the right one can be very helpful in what internships you get your first year. That internship in turn helps you get other internships/summer jobs your 2nd year and then your first job. You want to be a corporate lawyer? Fine, what kind of corporate lawyer? Most corp lawyers deal in business. Either litigation or transactional. You can go one of two ways with your international background. You can concentrate on international business/law, or just use personal experience to deal with any international situations that may come up and just spend your schooling concentrating on a subject in general. You can do general business, but I'd actually recommend you pick something more specialized. Instead of bus admin, pick something like finance, accounting, or econ. That way, you'll know the technical part of business really well, so you can be more helpful when working with a corporate client and their employees/officers. You're not trying to run the business, but understand their situation so you can help them legally. That's why bus admin may not be as important as a more concentrated business major like finance. Interning the summer before law school in something relating to business is a really good idea too. Gives you even more experience which helps you land a corporate internship/job. Don't listen to any of that, "pick poly sci" BS. Poly sci keeps getting mentioned as the "pre-law" major of choice. That was true maybe 100 years ago when being a lawyer also meant being a public official, but law's gotten much more pervasive and specialized now. Law schools also know it's an easy major. So, it's really only helpful if you're trying to get into politics or just wanna pump up your GPA. If you wanna be a corporate lawyer, it's not going to be helpful at all.

Answer 3

People in both professions had a variety of undergraduate majors before going on to graduate study in their professions. As you have noticed, many, if not most, students aiming for medical school major in the sciences. There isn't usually a "preferred" major, but you need to have had basic sciences (biology, chemistry, etc.) in order to do well on the MCATs and get into medical school. I do know of some students who plan to go to medical school, but who have chosen other majors, like psychology, while taking enough science classes to prepare them for what is to come.

Similarly, most law schools will tell you that you don't need a particular major to get in, but what you do need is a capacity for heavy reading and clear writing. I went to law school, and my classmates' prior majors were all over the place, from accounting to English literature. Political science is probably the most common, but not necessary.

What you should know is that most schools have a pre-med advisor and a pre-law advisor on the faculty. This person will guide you to take what you need for these programs.

Answer 4

To get into medical school, there are certain pre-requisites that you need to take. You can major in anything, but biology or chemistry probably make the most sense. To get into law school, you don't need any pre-requisites (unless this has changed). So if you want to go to law school, major in something you'll be interested in and that you'll do well in. Law schools look at quality of the college, grades, and LSATs more than the subjects you take.

Answer 5

Well, to be a doctor you should probably major in some kind of bio or science related, because med school requires you to be a pre-med and pre-med has courses you need to take and they overlap the bio/ science field. so it would be less work for you. As for being a lawyer, it doesnt matter what major you are, as long as you get the degree. I am applyin to law school and i am a Information systems management major.

Answer 6

Your undergraduate major really doesn't matter as long as it relates to your career. What really matters is grad school majors. Yes, you can do Political Science/Government to become a lawyer but you can also do History, Criminal Justice, or Pre-law.

Answer 7

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