snowbird1 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Hi everyone, As a recently accepted student, I have a question for any current (or former) Mac med students. I followed a somewhat unusual academic path before deciding to pursue med studies (undergrad major: literary studies, masters: comparative literature and cultural studies) and am wondering about the experiences/opinions of other similarly "humanities"-minded med students at McMaster. Did you feel prepared for med school or have you felt that you have some "catching up" to do compared to others who had a more scientific-focused undergrad? (I've taken all the basic courses in chem and bio, but that's it.) Any thoughts/stories about the transition from non-science fields to med school would be greatly appreciated (also, I'd love to hear from any newly accepted or waitlisted people who are in a similar boat!) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbird1 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 wow...the crickets in here are deafening! really, no other "alternative" background folks out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkourParkour Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Besides intro Chemistry, a few human Bios and intro Anatomy/Physiology, I'm walking into MacMeds with most of my electives coming from either English and Cultural Studies or PoliSci. I'm actually relishing in the fact that the curriculum has so much room for self-studying and library time to catch up with our more science-minded classmates. It would be unfortunate if the lectures required an immense amount of assumed knowledge rather than simply providing the scaffold to build upon outside of class and in tutorials. Hi everyone, As a recently accepted student, I have a question for any current (or former) Mac med students. I followed a somewhat unusual academic path before deciding to pursue med studies (undergrad major: literary studies, masters: comparative literature and cultural studies) and am wondering about the experiences/opinions of other similarly "humanities"-minded med students at McMaster. Did you feel prepared for med school or have you felt that you have some "catching up" to do compared to others who had a more scientific-focused undergrad? (I've taken all the basic courses in chem and bio, but that's it.) Any thoughts/stories about the transition from non-science fields to med school would be greatly appreciated (also, I'd love to hear from any newly accepted or waitlisted people who are in a similar boat!) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokezero Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 One of the things I like about mac is the diversity of students that are accepted to the program. I personally come from a nursing background, but I'm excited to meet people from different backgrounds and see what roles our various educations play in learning about medicine. Wow, nerd alert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applemanv3 Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 One of the things I like about mac is the diversity of students that are accepted to the program. I personally come from a nursing background, but I'm excited to meet people from different backgrounds and see what roles our various educations play in learning about medicine. Wow, nerd alert! hmmm, looks like we will have at least 2 nurses and 1 radiographer (me) in mac meds class of 2015!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbird1 Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Glad people are excited about alternative background people! That's why I applied to Mac; I feel like having students from all different academic background (incl. nursing!) and who've had other careers will be incredibly interesting and enriching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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