What are the minimum requirements to get into Harvard?

What are the educational requirements to get into Harvard Medical School?

• I plan on studying psychiatry, presently I am studying psychology as an undergraduate. However for an undergraduate degree in psychology the only math and science required is statistics and biology is this enough to satisfy the Harvard Admission requirements because I read that to go to medical school you need physics, calculus and chemistry, or is that just for certain majors? Help.. Thanks in advance :)

• Answer:

  There aren't any unique requirements for Harvard. For medical school in general, you need 2 semesters of general chemistry with lab, 2 semesters of organic chemistry with lab, 2 semesters of physics with lab, 2 semesters biology with lab, and a year of math(can include statistics). Some schools require a year of some sort of writing courses (english, expository writing, etc). There are some slight variations in these requirements from school to school (for example, some schools like UCLA and UC Irvine require a statistics class; USC requires an upper division molecular biology course). These are the basic requirements for all medical schools (besides taking the MCAT). The only thing different about Harvard's requirements are that for the math requirement, they don't accept statistics and they need the calculus class to include differential equations. And the physics class you take has to be calculus-based. Check out their website for more details: http://hms.harvard.edu/admissions/default.asp?page=requirements I know you didn't ask about this but I'm trying to save you some future pain. Don't become fixated with one medical school. Just getting into ANY med school is difficult; 50% of the people who apply don't get in anywhere. And Harvard is really selective and the whole process is very random. Just apply broadly (in terms of a school's average gpa and mcat with respect to yours) and write good essays. Shadow doctors and do some volunteering. Get your head into the profession and see if it's right for you. Good luck and for great info on this whole process, check out: www.studentdoctor.net