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2015/4/6 Majoring in English for Fun and Profit As for medical schools, the main requirement for admission is only thirty-two hours of science courses. This requirement is certainly no The study of literature is not only civilized and civilizing — impediment to a major in English. Moreover many medical schools encompassing, as it does, philosophy, religion, the history of events and require a minimum score on the Medical College Admission Test the history of ideas — but popular and practical. One-sixth of all those (M.C.A.T.), another test which offers an advantage to the well-rounded who receive bachelor’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences liberal arts student. The M.C.A.T. evaluates four areas of competence: are English majors. These graduates qualify for a surprising range of skill with synonyms, antonyms, and word association; knowledge of basic mathematics from fractions through solid geometry; general jobs. Their experience puts the lie to the knowledgeknowledge ofof literatureliterature, philosophyphilosophy, psychologypsychology, musicmusic, artart, andand thethe popular supersti