So for some context I'm applying to PA school and iv had a thought in the back of my mind and I don't know if perhaps Im missing somthing. Most schools require a list of prerequisite courses, A&P, Bio, Chem, ETC, give or take a class or two. All is fine and good, those classes make sense for someone wanting to take on a program like PA school, hell even med school. But the disadvantage im seeing in the process is that this places those who seek to academically challenge themselves, or avoid picking a major with a practical "rubber meets the road" outcome (you can find a job with a chemistry degree short term faster and more reliably than a health major and with likely more pay) and by picking a major that may even exceed the difficulty of the prereq courses this may naturally result in a GPA that is not as high as others. This also leaves the student having to weigh whether or not he or she has the same down time to volunteer, work a part time job/ gain HCE as the other students who may not have to study at the same pace or for the same amount of time due to the nature of their major not being as demanding. I feel that once things are said and done and we compare these two hypothetical students on paper, despite the greater challenge of taking a degree like chemistry/ biochem we still get just a basic once over "look at who has a bigger number" and move on, not taking into consideration the material that was present outside the prereq courses past "eww a B ". to sum up what I'm saying, I feel like the process has a huge flaw in that students with easier majors are at more advantage than those with harder majors and its easier to get their foot in the door. I feel like if they are gonna require prereq courses, just look at the grades of the prereq courses. id like to know however if anyone knows if having a strong background in science is even looked at and taken into consideration past the prereq's.