Kinesiology UVA

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Anonymous wrote:Kinesiology is the worst degree. Don’t do it

It's a great degree for applying to get a doctorate in PT. You still need to take some bio, chem, and psych classes but it will give you more anatomy/physiology than majoring in any of those/

Does it also help to get into med school?

Med school requirements are med school requirements...you can be an art history major if you fulfill all the science requirements to do so. Might only fulfill a couple of the requirements (Bio might fulfill more) but it would certainly be helpful once you're in med school and (depending on the school and how many anatomy/physiology classes you have to take) it could be helpful for the MCATs.

Kinesiology as a class fills NO med school reqs and is NOT on the Mcat. it is considered "fluffy" compared to Biochem, cell bio, and the Phsyiology classes with lab. The Kinesiology undergrad program is not just a major it is a specific track that does not allow full access to the premed courses at UVA. I am an MD. I have served on my Med school AdCom. Premeds at UVA need A&S or Engineering, any moajor they want--English or art or whatnot--but they will have full access and opportunity to take the full array of premed requirements that the med schools list as necessary .

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Anonymous wrote:Kinesiology is the worst degree. Don’t do it

It's a great degree for applying to get a doctorate in PT. You still need to take some bio, chem, and psych classes but it will give you more anatomy/physiology than majoring in any of those/

Does it also help to get into med school?

Med school requirements are med school requirements...you can be an art history major if you fulfill all the science requirements to do so. Might only fulfill a couple of the requirements (Bio might fulfill more) but it would certainly be helpful once you're in med school and (depending on the school and how many anatomy/physiology classes you have to take) it could be helpful for the MCATs.

Kinesiology as a class fills NO med school reqs and is NOT on the Mcat. it is considered "fluffy" compared to Biochem, cell bio, and the Phsyiology classes with lab. The Kinesiology undergrad program is not just a major it is a specific track that does not allow full access to the premed courses at UVA. I am an MD. I have served on my Med school AdCom. Premeds at UVA need A&S or Engineering, any moajor they want--English or art or whatnot--but they will have full access and opportunity to take the full array of premed requirements that the med schools list as necessary .

Don’t worry or waste your breath – someone with this question and lack of research on the issue would never make it into med school anyway. Fortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinesiology is the worst degree. Don’t do it

Why? My kid is interested in physical therapy or possibly med school. Why is kinesiology bad?

NO. Do not do Kinesiology as a major or as the undergrad school at UVA, for med school. Do UVA Arts&Sciences or Engineering. Premeds need the premed year of chem, year of organic chem, year of physics, Bio, Calculus. These are not offered to UVA undergrads in the Kinesiology school.
Kinesiology as an isolated class is fine to take but is NOT a premed prerequisite and is not part of what is covered on the MCAT. It gives no advantage in the premed application /portfolio. Cell Bio, Biochem, Animal or Human Physiology with lab, and other harder classes are what the med schools want as the "extra" beyond the basics.
Same with Nursing school. NOT for premed education .

Kinesiology isn’t a school at UVA. It’s a major. You can get the classes needed for premed just as an engineer can, by taking classes in Arts and Sciences.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinesiology is the worst degree. Don’t do it

Would never pay for this for my kid.

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It would be better to get this degree from NOVA. It's not really a career. It's a tiny part of a bigger career. It's like a business major getting a degree in Excel.

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Does it also help to get into med school?

No. A degree in Bio or Chem would be better.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinesiology is the worst degree. Don’t do it

Why? My kid is interested in physical therapy or possibly med school. Why is kinesiology bad?

Not good for either of those. They will end up a gym teacher or personal trainer.

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Bumping this- does anyone know if it’s easier to get into UVA’s kinesiology than arts and sciences? Not asking as a back door way to get into the school but because DC is interested in kinesiology as a major and is trying to build a balanced list of schools.

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I think you can see stats by college. I’ll see if I can find the site.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is very weak in STEM.

so you've said. on every.other.post.about.uva.

True! sour grapes poster and a big yawn

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Anonymous wrote:Bumping this- does anyone know if it’s easier to get into UVA’s kinesiology than arts and sciences? Not asking as a back door way to get into the school but because DC is interested in kinesiology as a major and is trying to build a balanced list of schools.

This article says it is the most difficult acceptance at UVA. https://uvamagazine.org/articles/kinesiology_program_gets_moving#:~:text=Since%202011%2C%20when%20the%20Curry,the%20most%20competitive%20at%20UVA.

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I know two kids headed to med school out of UVA Kinesiology.
My dc is there in arts and sciences as pre med.

Also. Northeastern. lol. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Bumping this- does anyone know if it’s easier to get into UVA’s kinesiology than arts and sciences? Not asking as a back door way to get into the school but because DC is interested in kinesiology as a major and is trying to build a balanced list of schools.

This article says it is the most difficult acceptance at UVA. https://uvamagazine.org/articles/kinesiology_program_gets_moving#:~:text=Since%202011%2C%20when%20the%20Curry,the%20most%20competitive%20at%20UVA.

Thanks- I saw that but it’s from 2013 so I don’t know how applicable it is.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is very weak in STEM.

False.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably reserved for the UVA team athletes, though they won't say that.

It is not.