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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of posts here recently about major and concern distress. Why would non-wealthy or trust fund families ever let their kid major in something like philosophy or history?

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The point of college is social mobility. Why would you intentionally hamper that with a humanities degree? No judgement, just wondering. [/quote]

What do you think the major with the highest success rate is for medical schools overall?[/quote]

And what social class do you think those med school admits and their parents belong to? Come on now.[/quote]

Your implication is wrong. It's not all wealthy elites.

I grew up without indoor plumbing, majored in philosophy on scholarship, completed a combined grad/med degree, and am working very happily as a physician. I've stayed in touch with many people from my medical school (a combined degree program, half of which were majors in humanities or liberal arts), and we are all quite happy with the routes we took.

Humanities degrees have a very comparable med school acceptance rate to the physical sciences, some much higher. Philosophy is rare (about 0.5% of applications) but has an over 50% acceptance rate, while biology is usually 37-39%.

It's not easy. You still have to fill the prerequisites and take the MCAT. But just having a humanities or liberal arts degree does not determine what can be done with it.[/quote]

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