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Common wisdom is that for most STEM and professional graduate degrees, the best undergraduate preparation is a math degree and a minor in the related field. If you do a major in any science or social science, have the time is wasted on tiptoeing around the math the prof is afraid you can't handle.

Exceptions: lab/field work aren't covered by math class (do these as your minor and senior year) , and theoretical physics/chem do the math -- but you are better off doing a year of math and a year of accelerated whatever, than doing intro whatever and then advanced whatever.



I agree with this assessment.

I've given dozens of presentations to my fellow hospital docs, and by far the most attended and appreciated are those dealing with proper use and interpretation of statistics.




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