If you are already thinking of grad school in economics it would be a bad idea to do economics as an undergrad major. Math or Physics would be superior choices for entry to a graduate programme. Engineering might be better and is at least equivalent. Modern economics is a branch of applied mathematics, even the thoroughly diseased discipline of macroeconomics. Computer Science would be equivalent to Mathematics or Physics in terms of graduate school entry chances provided you do some heavy proof-based courses. For maximum chances of entry do real analysis. For more targeted advice on econ grad school look here but especially here. To get into a good grad school in either Computer Science or Economics you practically have to do undergraduate research and preferably publish something. CS advice, writing an economics paper advice. If you did any quantitative major and wanted to burnish your cv for econ grad school you could go here though the only hardcore courses are in statistics (of which econometrics is a specialised subset).
If the broad field of medicine appeals to you you should seriously consider studying in Europe where medicine and physiotherapy are undergraduate degrees and they’re almost free compared to studying in North America. In mainland Europe medicine in Germany takes six years. I can’t remember how long it takes in France. In Ireland and the UK it is either a five or six year degree depending on the university, though some universities do not accept North Americans except as second entry students (you do the undergrad degree with the 17 or 18 year olds but must have an undergrad already. ) Note that entry is very competitive and you would either need to already be reasonably fluent in the language of instruction or willing to devote at least three months and conservatively six to full time study of said language if you are not already near fluent. Physiotherapy is a four year undergrad degree in Britain and Ireland and last I checked you qualify to practice in the USA; I don’t know about Canada.
If law appeals to you as an area of study then most, possibly all Irish and UK undergrad law degrees (three or four years) qualify you to take the New York bar exam; I don’t know if any Canadian provinces accept it, most US states don’t.
The problem with going to medical school in Europe from where I am in education right now is that I don’t think my grades are good enough. I’ve always been good at school, but not always as motivated as other people, so the average for my high school marks and first year university marks is between 80 and 90 pecent. Also, could you post some links for the cost of med school in Europe?
There are joint majors in Economics and Mathematics, or Economics and Statistics, at my university, which are the ones I would pursue if I choose economics as a major, fyi.
Given the variation between marking standards across countries and even universities in the same country I can’t really judge but between 80 and 90 percent sounds pretty damned good to me. It would not hurt to apply though it would take time. The cost of attending a public university in Germany varies between 500 euro a semester and nothing. The best information I could find on French med school costs from behind the Great Firewall in two minutes is this.
My vague recollection is that entry into the first cycle of French medical studies is non-competitive; it’s the exams at the end of first year you’d need to worry about. For more info see here
If you are already thinking of grad school in economics it would be a bad idea to do economics as an undergrad major. Math or Physics would be superior choices for entry to a graduate programme. Engineering might be better and is at least equivalent. Modern economics is a branch of applied mathematics, even the thoroughly diseased discipline of macroeconomics. Computer Science would be equivalent to Mathematics or Physics in terms of graduate school entry chances provided you do some heavy proof-based courses. For maximum chances of entry do real analysis. For more targeted advice on econ grad school look here but especially here. To get into a good grad school in either Computer Science or Economics you practically have to do undergraduate research and preferably publish something. CS advice, writing an economics paper advice. If you did any quantitative major and wanted to burnish your cv for econ grad school you could go here though the only hardcore courses are in statistics (of which econometrics is a specialised subset).
If the broad field of medicine appeals to you you should seriously consider studying in Europe where medicine and physiotherapy are undergraduate degrees and they’re almost free compared to studying in North America. In mainland Europe medicine in Germany takes six years. I can’t remember how long it takes in France. In Ireland and the UK it is either a five or six year degree depending on the university, though some universities do not accept North Americans except as second entry students (you do the undergrad degree with the 17 or 18 year olds but must have an undergrad already. ) Note that entry is very competitive and you would either need to already be reasonably fluent in the language of instruction or willing to devote at least three months and conservatively six to full time study of said language if you are not already near fluent. Physiotherapy is a four year undergrad degree in Britain and Ireland and last I checked you qualify to practice in the USA; I don’t know about Canada.
If law appeals to you as an area of study then most, possibly all Irish and UK undergrad law degrees (three or four years) qualify you to take the New York bar exam; I don’t know if any Canadian provinces accept it, most US states don’t.
The problem with going to medical school in Europe from where I am in education right now is that I don’t think my grades are good enough. I’ve always been good at school, but not always as motivated as other people, so the average for my high school marks and first year university marks is between 80 and 90 pecent. Also, could you post some links for the cost of med school in Europe?
There are joint majors in Economics and Mathematics, or Economics and Statistics, at my university, which are the ones I would pursue if I choose economics as a major, fyi.
Given the variation between marking standards across countries and even universities in the same country I can’t really judge but between 80 and 90 percent sounds pretty damned good to me. It would not hurt to apply though it would take time. The cost of attending a public university in Germany varies between 500 euro a semester and nothing. The best information I could find on French med school costs from behind the Great Firewall in two minutes is this.
My vague recollection is that entry into the first cycle of French medical studies is non-competitive; it’s the exams at the end of first year you’d need to worry about. For more info see here