Being a Premed, requirements? Options

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The typical courses that must be taken to meet the pre-medical requirement are:

* General Chemistry 1 & 2 (with laboratories)
* General Biology 1 & 2 (with laboratories) (some schools allow zoology in place of second semester)
* Organic Chemistry 1 & 2 (with laboratories) (some schools allow biochemistry in place of second semester)
* General Physics 1 & 2 (with laboratories)
* One or two semesters of math, at least pre-calculus (algebra and trigonometry). Of course calculus 1 and either calculus 2 or a statistics course are preferential.
* English and Writing

Pre-medical students may be advised or required to take upper level biology and chemistry electives, such as cellular biology, physical chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, etc. Specific requirements for these courses vary by institution.

Schools may also have requirements for non-science classes. Some schools require a certain number of general humanities credits, while others have specific requirements for courses in English, Psychology, or other disciplines.

^Are these the requirements to be a Premed? Is anyone here a Premed? How much work does it take to become one and what is the best year to be one(age). And what are the best doctor categories? Like what's the most stable, lots of money type of doctor to be? I really like these types right now:
Psychiatrist
Anesthesiologist
Physician

Tell me what you think?

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^are you a double majoring?

[Comptine]

^are you a double majoring?

I'm not sure. I'm still a freshman but I was thinking a Public Health minor. My premed track major doubles as a BA of Science in Human Physiology.

you can't BE a premed major. Usually it's a bio major and chem minor or the other way around.

Princeton Review (WHO SPECIALIZES IN KNOWING COLLEGE STUFF)

Major: Pre-Medicine

Basics

Reality check: a pre-medical degree does not guarantee that you will be accepted into medical school. Pre-medicine is a curriculum designed to best prepare you for the MCATs (the Medical College Admission Test) and for the rigors of medical school. Rich in biology and chemistry, this major dovetails neatly into several other related areas of study (such as chemistry, biology, and biochemistry). It also provides a solid background in physics and mathematics.

If you declare pre-medicine as your major, be prepared to forget about a social life from time to time. Colleges design pre-med programs to weed out prospective applicants to medical school (read: organic chemistry). Med schools can only accept a certain number of students a year because a limited number of doctors may be licensed in the United States each year.

So if the thought of hundreds of hours spent poring over organic chemistry notes appeals to you in a strange way, if you refer to ER as one of your “stories,” if you think that the unabridged Gray’s Anatomy makes for some interesting reading, or if you think you can really study harder than most of your friends for four years, then pre-medicine just might be the major for you.

Following premed curriculum to fulfill requirements is VASTLY different than MAJORING in premed. One makes it easier to get the credits you need while leaving you free to do other stuff. The other is USELESS unless you get into medical school.

Most people advise against declaring PREMED as a major and some schools don't even have PREMED as a MAJOR. Instead, they have other degrees that are on the PREMED TRACK or follow a PREMED CURRICULUM.