Major in Fashion Design and then go to Med School?

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Ok this might sound crazy to you, but bare with me. So im 18 and plan to go to college next year. Im currently work as a cna and before becoming a cna I always interested in becoming a fashion designer. I got certified in high school and spent 3 years in a nursing assistant program and just talking and learning about the med field and healthcare, i started to wonder if i really want to major in fashion design, even though it's what i wanted to be ever since i was 12. Now at my age im thinking fashion design might not give me that promising future i could have if i go to medical school and become an ob/gyn. I am serious about the medical field and i want to become a doctor. I heard that it doesn't matter what you major in college as long as you get a high GPA and meet the pre-med prerequisites requirements. Do you think it's a good idea for me to major in fashion design and then do everything i have to do and then apply to med school? I was also thinking of going to college for nursing (BSN) since it's very relate-able to me, and then going to med school but i love fashion and i want it to be a part of my life. Doctors don't have to be uninteresting bookworms. Please give me some advice. Don't just read and go back. I need opinions so i could make up my mind, so please help I'll really appreciate it and take every opinion into consideration.

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Ok this might sound crazy to you, but bare with me. So im 18 and plan to go to college next year. Im currently work as a cna and before becoming a cna I always interested in becoming a fashion designer. I got certified in high school and spent 3 years in a nursing assistant program and just talking and learning about the med field and healthcare, i started to wonder if i really want to major in fashion design, even though it's what i wanted to be ever since i was 12. Now at my age im thinking fashion design might not give me that promising future i could have if i go to medical school and become an ob/gyn. I am serious about the medical field and i want to become a doctor. I heard that it doesn't matter what you major in college as long as you get a high GPA and meet the pre-med prerequisites requirements. Do you think it's a good idea for me to major in fashion design and then do everything i have to do and then apply to med school? I was also thinking of going to college for nursing (BSN) since it's very relate-able to me, and then going to med school but i love fashion and i want it to be a part of my life. Doctors don't have to be uninteresting bookworms. Please give me some advice. Don't just read and go back. I need opinions so i could make up my mind, so please help I'll really appreciate it and take every opinion into consideration.

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There are many science courses that you have to take in order to be fully prepared for the MCAT. I have friends studying for the MCAT now and they said it is no joke. If you're serious about medical school focus on that for now as it is more likely to pay off in the long run. Once you become a doctor, use your resources to start your own business as a fashion designer. You will be a doctor and a business woman.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

If you really want to go to med school, then I highly recommend against majoring in fashion design. You are competing against many other people for a spot in med school. All the other people will have science degrees, which are far more relatable to med school.

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Specializes in NICU.

I could be wrong, but I would think it would be hard for you to be taken seriously as a med school applicant with a bachelor's in fashion design. If you're wanting something that will give you a decent and reliable(ish) career, why not skip the fashion design step (which you've already said probably won't pan out), and give your all towards becoming a doctor?

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.
If you really want to go to med school, then I highly recommend against majoring in fashion design. You are competing against many other people for a spot in med school. All the other people will have science degrees, which are far more relatable to med school.

This is not accurate. MDs I have worked with have had a wide range of undergraduate majors, including humanities subjects unrelated to the physical sciences.

OP -- lots of good info for you here:

https://www.aamc.org/students/aspiring/

Requirements for Becoming a Physician?

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Yes, I've heard of a few. But the vast majority have science degrees. A science degree will make one a lot more competitive for med school than a liberal arts degree. And, an interior design degree? I just don't think that's a very wise course of action if s/he really wants to become a physician.

But really, s/he probably shouldn't be asking a bunch of nurses. S/he should go to alldoctors.com or whatever the physician counterpart to this website is and ask THEM.

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Yes, I've heard of a few. But the vast majority have science degrees. A science degree will make one a lot more competitive for med school than a liberal arts degree. And, an interior design degree? I just don't think that's a very wise course of action if s/he really wants to become a physician.

But really, s/he probably shouldn't be asking a bunch of nurses. S/he should go to alldoctors.com or whatever the physician counterpart to this website is and ask THEM.

I DONT need your sarcasm/attitude. I was asking for an opinion, not for your judgement. I am a nurse myself and i love doing it. I am not considering becoming a doctor because a degree in nursing isn't good enough for me. I am considering it because it's one of my many passions as a diverse and intellect person. If you had a problem with MY post you didn't need to leave a comment!

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Specializes in Urology, ENT.

I would speak to admissions for the schools you hope to attend. They would give you more information, and they may not completely write you off. What the previous posters have said is true to a degree -- the overwhelming majority of medical schools want someone with a strong science background, but someone who didn't solely focus on science (I had med school aspirations at one point and walked to the two medical schools in my city). Double majors have better chances of getting in, usually a liberal art with Chem, Bio or Biochem. Why? Because the biggest complaint from the medical community was that doctors couldn't write well.

On a side note, I'm not sure where you get the idea that doctors are uninteresting bookworms. I know quite a few successful doctors who don't meet that mold. My friends and I know of two doctors who model in their spare time (they're friends of my friends, and they know them personally), a doctor who dances outside of the hospital (as in ballroom dancing), and there's a huge community of doctors who continued their love of music well after school and formed a medical symphony that performs every holiday season.

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On a side note, I'm not sure where you get the idea that doctors are uninteresting bookworms. I know quite a few successful doctors who don't meet that mold. My friends and I know of two doctors who model in their spare time (they're friends of my friends, and they know them personally), a doctor who dances outside of the hospital (as in ballroom dancing), and there's a huge community of doctors who continued their love of music well after school and formed a medical symphony that performs every holiday season.

That's what i meant. That people have this stereotypical idea that doctor's only love should be medicine and nothing else. Like if they're not humans who are entitled to have other interests that don't necessarily involve reading or something medically related.

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Psych.

I DONT need your sarcasm/attitude. I was asking for an opinion, not for your judgement. I am a nurse myself and i love doing it. I am not considering becoming a doctor because a degree in nursing isn't good enough for me. I am considering it because it's one of my many passions as a diverse and intellect person. If you had a problem with MY post you didn't need to leave a comment!

Ok, this is not intended as snark in any way, but if you are a CNA, you aren't a nurse. If you say that you are a nurse around actual nurses, they might hurt you, so be careful. As far as majors, I would avoid the fashion design thing. You would have better luck with something science based, or as others have mentioned, a dual degree.

Good luck!

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I know 2 GPs who didn't do science degrees. Russian language for one and the other did History. They also did a lot of volunteering in the community (addictions centres, rehabs, womens shelters)

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