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Shah says she has found her niche with history and science, because it has broadened and enhanced her pre-med focus, compelling her to look at the more social aspects of medicine. Now, Shah says she constantly asks herself, "How is what I'm studying affecting the world...
Associate Professor and Head Tutor of history and science Mary Terrall says that the reputation of history and science as "the ultimate pre-med concentration" is unfounded...
...catering to pre-med students," she says. "It's possible to get an honors [degree] in history and science and be pre-med since some of the requirements overlap, which is how we get the reputation, and we do get a lot of interest from pre-med students...
However, Terrall stresses that, at most, only one-third of history and science concentrators are pre-med...
...Often, people will take their pre-med requirements in the summer, but we don't recommend it," she says. "It looks like you're avoiding Harvard's science courses and can look unfavorable to a medical school...