Do I have to be a Premedicine major at Penn State to prepare for medical school admission?
About 75% of all students accepted to medical school have majored somewhere in the Eberly College of Science. The two most popular majors are Premedicine and Biology, but there are many other students who have majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry and General Science. Various majors in the colleges of Liberal Arts, Engineering, Agriculture, and Health and Human Development also often have students who are preparing for medical school admission. Regardless of chosen major or college, it is most important that the student complete the basic courses required by most medical school admission committees before making application to medical school. These courses are: 1 year of English composition, 1 year of general chemistry with lab, 1 year of general biology with lab, 1 year of physics with lab, 1 year of organic chemistry with lab (many schools specify 8 semester hours of organic), and usually 1/2 – 1 year of mathematics (preferably calculus).
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