为学医、学法律做准备：Pre-Med & Pre-Law
在美国，医生和律师都是非常令人尊重的职业。然而，这两种职业的门槛都很高，需要先念4年大学本科，再读博士学位。所以很多高中学生，在申请本科学校的时候就已经在为将来从事医生或律师职业做准备了。
Pre-med (Source: Wikipedia)
Pre-medical (often shortened to pre-med) is a term used to describe a track an undergraduate student in the United States pursues prior to becoming a medical student. It refers to the activities that prepare an undergraduate student for medical school, such as pre-med coursework, volunteer activities, clinical experience, research, and the application process.
In most colleges and universities, students do not have the option of a pre-medical major. A student on a pre-med track is permitted to choose any undergraduate major in any field of study, so long as certain required courses are completed. Such courses are generally focused in scientific fields of biology and chemistry and are necessary for an individual to be permitted to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and satisfy medical school pre-requisite requirements. It is for this reason students on a pre-med track generally undertake a major associated with one of those fields, however a large percentage of medical school matriculants do not major in a science field at all as an undergraduate. In fact, “more humanities students have been applying in recent years, and medical schools like them.”
Pre-law （Source: Wikipedia)
In the United States, pre-law refers to any course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for study at a law school.
The American Bar Association required law schools that it approves to require at least a bachelor’s degree for North American students for admission. But no specific degree or major or is considered “pre-law”; Both holders of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees (and more rarely, higher degrees such as the master’s degree and doctorate) as well as students of most undergraduate majors attend law schools. Specific law schools have their own requirements; there are also standard requirements set forth by the ABA and the Law School Admission Council.
In 2001, the five most common majors of students entering law school were political science, history, English, psychology, and criminal justice. The five majors with the highest acceptance rates were physics, philosophy, biology, chemistry, and government service.
A pre-law program is offered at some American colleges and universities; however, it is considered to be a “track” that follows a certain curriculum. |
