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KunsanVeteran · M
That’s a difficult question, indeed! When my youngest daughter was finishing her pre-med courses she was required to take a couple of philosophy courses. As was typical of her—she aced them. So much so that the professor tried to encourage her to take a Minor in Philosophy saying “Medical school admissions committees look very fondly at philosophy degrees…”
When she called me and told me, first I gagged, then I sputtered spitting out my coffee, then I strongly advised against her professor’s advice.
Alas, my daughter hit the med school admission just as COVID was shutting down our country. I urged her to re-apply the next year, but she didn’t want to wait. She pursued and completed her MPH two years later with a 4.0 GPA.
That was a long introduction to my two pieces of advice:
1. Pursue courses with more “concrete” basis…a Masters might be your best option.
2. Beware careers that are prone to phasing out with the AI revolution.
Best of luck—and always make the choice that makes you happy!
When she called me and told me, first I gagged, then I sputtered spitting out my coffee, then I strongly advised against her professor’s advice.
Alas, my daughter hit the med school admission just as COVID was shutting down our country. I urged her to re-apply the next year, but she didn’t want to wait. She pursued and completed her MPH two years later with a 4.0 GPA.
That was a long introduction to my two pieces of advice:
1. Pursue courses with more “concrete” basis…a Masters might be your best option.
2. Beware careers that are prone to phasing out with the AI revolution.
Best of luck—and always make the choice that makes you happy!
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, MVIP
@KunsanVeteran Its true that many medical schhools want a few more "humanity" based subjects alongside a medical degree to give medical students that human edge, for relating to patients and also dealing with each other and lifes stresses. The strict science focus has been shown to lead to doctors seeing patients as a set of symptoms and conditions and failing to relate to them as people.😷
KunsanVeteran · M
@whowasthatmaskedman In theory, you are correct. But the actual admission statistics don’t show any correlation for the allopathic schools. The osteopathic schools do show a slight leaning more toward favoring the humanities, but the numbers are very marginal when corrected for other inclusion/exclusion selection criteria.
An outlier is the number of fairly new osteopathic schools (some of which are not yet fully accredited) which tend to have less strict admin criteria.
[[[On edit—If I am reading this correctly the original poster is in India? If so, I withdraw my advice. I have no idea what the situation is in India except to say that the physicians that I have worked with that trained in India were top notch!]]]
An outlier is the number of fairly new osteopathic schools (some of which are not yet fully accredited) which tend to have less strict admin criteria.
[[[On edit—If I am reading this correctly the original poster is in India? If so, I withdraw my advice. I have no idea what the situation is in India except to say that the physicians that I have worked with that trained in India were top notch!]]]
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, MVIP
@KunsanVeteran I speak only for my direct experience of Australian Universities. And a little anecdotal work from contacts in America..😷