-: You should pick a major that you love.
You shouldn't pick a major that you think
the medical school's gonna like.
If you love English, if you love history,
you should major in it.
If you love biology, but not so much chemistry,
major in it.
There are some new majors, too,
that I feel students are looking at,
which may sound very medical,
you know, anatomy, physiology, nutrition, vitamins.
And those are medical terms,
but I still have no idea if that was rigorous or not.
And I don't think the medical schools,
if you're interested in medicine,
really want you to come having taken all those classes.
I think they'd much rather you be able to learn.
So say, like an engineering student from Virginia Tech,
they love that because they know you've worked hard
and you know how to study.
And your mind is open to learning.
So I think having some clinical experience
or, you know, at least someone who has a perspective
of what medicine's all about.
And also I think they're looking for people
who care about people.
They want to see that you are compassionate,
that you know how to empathize,
that you wanna make somebody's life better
by helping them or keeping them well.
And then lastly, of course, research.
Today we're still trying to figure out,
you know, as a pediatrician,
we're trying to figure out autism.
And so, if a student who's applying to medical school
can show that they have interest in research
or they're already getting involved in some research,
that's always a winner.