Best major for Pre Med student?
I am going into pre med and am trying to decide which major to take. I have a few choices right now. Please choose the number that, in your opinion is the best major. 1) Biomedical Engineering- I have a fallback in case I don't get into Medical School. This major also has some biology and medicine in it. I also love engineering, math, and physics. I just don't know if it this major will give me the strong background of sciences that I want. 2) Chemical Engineering- This is another fallback. It has better employment oppurtuities and salaries in regards to a Biomedical Engineering. I think ChemE might be more challenging and therefore, fun for me. However, I don't think it relates enough for me to do it as a major for pre med. 3) Biochemistry- I think this will be a great major for me because I love Biology and chemistry. However, if I don't get into medical school, then I will have a tough time finding a ob that does not involve teaching. Also, I don't know if this major has quite enough math for me. Choose the number that you think will be the best choice for me. Also, please state your reasons for your choice
What would be the best minor for a pre-med student? I'm majoring in Biology.?
The thing that most med schools want to see is that you had an honest interest in whatever you both majored AND minored in. The subject matter is not the point, as long as you covered the pre-requisites. It honestly doesn't matter from the science point of view--they will be teaching you all you need to know in your first two years. If anything, I think they like to see more unusual majors and minors, because it makes you stand out from the crowd of BSs in chemistry and biology. If you want a bit of advice to make things run more smoothly in med school, and you have the chance, the non-required courses I always recommend are statistics, cell biology, biochemistry, and anatomy and physiology. But you don't have to minor in any of that. Best of luck! It's a fun ride. ;-)
Major in pre med and accounting?
Every university and every department within that university has different degree requirements, so you would have to contact an advisor in pre-med at your school and have them tell you what you would have to take. The problem is that accounting and pre-med are going to involve very different classes, so you will almost certainly not be able to graduate on time if you choose both. I have two majors as well, but they are both social sciences and have similar requirements so my coursework kind of overlapped and counted towards both in a number of cases. However, I don't think that's going to fly if your majors are business and biological sciences, so if you really want to do that, you're probably going to be committing to at least some extra time. The specifics of that are something that talking to an advisor would be helpful with.
Biopsychology major for pre-med?
I'm a pre-med student, with an "undecided" for now (freshman). I've been looking into the various majors that my university offers, and these two seemed interesting - economics and psychology. However, seeing as economics will not help me on my pre-med track, I'm looking at psychology. Unfortunately the requirements are 11 classes in psychology which I do not think I'll be able to do. Then I saw that my university offers biopsychology as a major, and since I already have to take Biology courses for pre-med requirements, I figured I can overlap them here and make my life a tiny bit easier. But I've read up on biopsychology and I'm not sure what its uses are. Do you think it'd be a good choice for pre-med - especially since I'm even considering becoming a psychiatrist (possibly)?
PRE-MED: Neuroscience or Biochemistry major?
Take it from someone who's made the same decision you have. My school offered Neuroscience. It was a new major for us. And in fact not every common anywhere in country. So I choose Neuro. But honestly once you are in med school you will have 1 class where your neuro degree will become useful (neuroscience). On the other hand if you do Biochem, you'll probably have to take cell bio or molecular bio (either of those are extremely helpful with histology in med school). You'll probably run into genetics somewhere along the line too. AND BEST OF ALL!!!... Biochem is one of the hardest classes to understand in med school. The fact that you got exposed to it early will give you a significant heads up over the other student. I know a lot of people will disagree with me and say med school science isn't anything like undergrad science. And this is true... but think about being in med school and having a 100 new words thrown at you... the fact that you remember how to at least pronounce 80% of the words literally put you 5 hours ahead of everyone else's study schedule. I know I rambled on quite a bit. But I just don't want to see people make the same mistake I have. Good luck in undergrad and best of luck with med school. Don't forget to pick an answer