What's a good bachelor's major for Pathology?

[Mungoose]

I am going to a community college now, and will be transferring to a 4-year college where I will be taking all my pre-med courses.

I was thinking, what could be the most helpful major for a Pathology career?

People always tell me to choose something easy so I can have a high GPA, but I don't to spend a lot of time on a major which will be useless for me. I am going to transfer to Brooklyn College here in NY.

Here are some of the majors in the science department...

Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Health and Nutrition Sciences, Psychology, just to name a few.




Also while I'm here, because I haven't been in school for a few years now, and just starting at a Community College now, what are some methods I can use to help me remember difficult material and also to help with memory?

Thanks, Yuriy K.

[Protoman2050]

I am going to a community college now, and will be transferring to a 4-year college where I will be taking all my pre-med courses.

I was thinking, what could be the most helpful major for a Pathology career?

People always tell me to choose something easy so I can have a high GPA, but I don't to spend a lot of time on a major which will be useless for me. I am going to transfer to Brooklyn College here in NY.

Here are some of the majors in the science department...

Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Health and Nutrition Sciences, Psychology, just to name a few.




Also while I'm here, because I haven't been in school for a few years now, and just starting at a Community College now, what are some methods I can use to help me remember difficult material and also to help with memory?

Thanks, Yuriy K.

Major in biology, and see if you can do some research in cell biology.

I can't really help you on memory.

I plan on getting my AS in cardiovascular technology, and work as an echocardiographer part time while earning my **. I hope to become an interventional cardiologist.

Oh, btw: No residency program cares about your undergrad major. They care about your USMLE scores, esp. Step 1 for pathology.

[AUCMD2006]

patholgy..or choosing aresidency is so far removed from undergrad that you should focus on getting into a US med school first...you will match according to your usmle scores regardless of your major in college no one cares what you majored in. everyone is right, major in whatever will get you the highest gpa.

you dont need to rely on your undergrad for a single thing in med school or residency

[tegraphile]

I picked a pretty difficult major myself. Initially, I was planning on engineering as a career. I did really enjoy the coursework, but when it come time to applying, a lower GPA did put me at a disadvantage.

I would find something you enjoy (and can accel in).

[Tipton]

I picked a pretty difficult major myself. Initially, I was planning on engineering as a career. I did really enjoy the coursework, but when it come time to applying, a lower GPA did put me at a disadvantage.

I would find something you enjoy (and can accel in).

Yes! There is a general trend among US Med Schools to accept more applications from students who were not science majors in college but still have the general science course work required for admission.

[devildoc8404]

Whatever it is, study something in undergrad that you LOVE... something that is exciting to you, whether it is science-based or not.

If you choose a language or the arts or something, as long as you kick tail on your pre-med science classes and MCAT, you will likely stand out to admissions committees as a non-science major who can excel in the sciences.

You will get more than your share of science classes in medical school, believe me.

[Tipton]

It KILLS me to see transcripts from students who took their premed courses beginning their freshman year at the university! Take one maybe each semester/quarter your first year. If you get A's your freshman year, then continue a similar or slightly more intensive schedule the following year. Why anyone is taking organic chemistry as a sophomore is beyond me.

[AUCMD2006]

It KILLS me to see transcripts from students who took their premed courses beginning their freshman year at the university! Take one maybe each semester/quarter your first year. If you get A's your freshman year, then continue a similar or slightly more intensive schedule the following year. Why anyone is taking organic chemistry as a sophomore is beyond me.

100% RIGHT ON..actually, after taking it...my sophmore year.... why anyone would take organic chemistry period is beyond me

[gumby]

100% RIGHT ON..actually, after taking it...my sophmore year.... why anyone would take organic chemistry period is beyond me

Amen, and amen! That class alone was my downfall.