Comment on 50% of US engineering students drop out - Why?parentComments−rms17yFor the purpose of getting into med school, as long as you take the pre-med requirements, you are better off majoring in anything but biology.−rsheridan617yThat's news to me. It seems like majoring in anything else would be a waste of time because you would have to take more irrelevant classes.−emmett17yTaking more irrelevant classes is probably harder (as I said), but because it's harder it is also more impressive and thus looks better on your resume (as rms said).
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For the purpose of getting into med school, as long as you take the pre-med requirements, you are better off majoring in anything but biology.
That's news to me. It seems like majoring in anything else would be a waste of time because you would have to take more irrelevant classes.
Taking more irrelevant classes is probably harder (as I said), but because it's harder it is also more impressive and thus looks better on your resume (as rms said).