Arts

[ML]

Are there lots of people with arts degrees in med school?
Generally, are GPAs in arts higher than that is sciences?

[Ian Wong]

Not lots, but there are some in every class. GPA-wise it's hard to tell because we don't usually discuss those things any more. At UBC, there's a number of science pre-reqs, all the way up to a full year of third year Biochem, so the Arts people have to be able to excell in those pre-req courses without the aid of as much previous background as all the science majors.

Pretty much this means you have to be a smart cookie to get into med, whether that be from science or arts. The trick is to find something you want to study (that may or may not give you a backup job), and then do really well at it.

Ian
UBC, Med 3