http://www.virtualnurse.com/blog/college-application-is-a-nursing-rn-bsn-major-the-same-for-those-who-want-to-be-doctors/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.virtualnurse.com/blog/college-application-is-a-nursing-rn-bsn-major-the-same-for-those-who-want-to-be-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 eri Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:08:07 +0000 http://www.virtualnurse.com/blog/college-application-is-a-nursing-rn-bsn-major-the-same-for-those-who-want-to-be-doctors/#comment-2027 Medicine is not a major. If you don't want to be a nurse, don't major in nursing - it's not going to help you become a doctor. Major in anything you want and take the premed classes in bio, chem, physics, math, and English. Biology is a good major, and a popular one among premed students, but really, any major is fine as long as you take premed classes. Nursing is specific job training for a job you're not going to do - don't put it down as your major. And since nursing programs have tight caps, it might actually contribute to your not getting accepted in the first place. Medicine is not a major. If you don’t want to be a nurse, don’t major in nursing – it’s not going to help you become a doctor. Major in anything you want and take the premed classes in bio, chem, physics, math, and English. Biology is a good major, and a popular one among premed students, but really, any major is fine as long as you take premed classes. Nursing is specific job training for a job you’re not going to do – don’t put it down as your major. And since nursing programs have tight caps, it might actually contribute to your not getting accepted in the first place.

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