Best major?

[starryangel]

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I'm doing Bachelor of Science(BSc) and plan to get into a medical school after this. I'm still undecided on what majors I should take under BSc. I intend to do a double major. Which combination would you recommend?


Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Cell Pathology
Immunology
Medicinal Chemistry
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Physiology

 

[armybound]

I recommend you don't double major. I also recommend you take some courses and figure out what really interests you, then major in that.

You don't have to declare a major right away, and most pre-reqs are the same for almost all science majors.

 

[Near]

Well, I can see how double majoring in "anatomy" and "physiology" would come in handy for medical school. However, there is no generic "best" major.

Why do you want to double major, if I may ask?

 

[Zona Pellucida]

Whatever interests you the most. You're the one that will have to take all of the classes, not us, so pick something you will be happy with. As long as you do the pre-reqs it really doesn't matter.

 

[insane]

None.

Find something that interests you and maybe, just maybe, you might not hate your classes for the next 4 years.

 

[teenmachinery1]

IMO, immunology and neuroscience would be a killer double major.

Edit: DON'T do bio unless you find crab sex interesting. and physiology or pharmacology as a major sounds like hell on earth but as is obvious - do what you want to cause it's quite an investment.

editx2: crab sex and plant anatomy and ecology and blah blah zzzz

 

[Zona Pellucida]

My bio degree basically came down to memorizing body parts of animals (zoology), memorizing names of plants (botany), memorizing cycles in our body (biochem), memorzing lines and how they piece together (o-chem), memorizing how to solve math equations (general chem), and some other boring stuff. Medicine is more interesting.

 

[CoolWhipp]

I'm doing Bachelor of Science(BSc) and plan to get into a medical school after this. I'm still undecided on what majors I should take under BSc. I intend to do a double major. Which combination would you recommend?


Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Cell Pathology
Immunology
Medicinal Chemistry
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Physiology

Why would you want to combine any of those. There's no point. Get a double major in two different colleges at least.

 

[teenmachinery1]

My bio degree basically came down to memorizing body parts of animals (zoology), memorizing names of plants (botany), memorizing cycles in our body (biochem), memorzing lines and how they piece together (o-chem), memorizing how to solve math equations (general chem), and some other boring stuff. Medicine is more interesting.

👍 YES! This is what i was getting at!
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[DrYoda]

Something to consider.

 

[TopSecret]

Something to consider.

To keep things in perspective the average starting salary for a plumber is $38,000 and for a pastry chef it is $36,000. Those are not bad but consider the starting salary of $58,000 for an LA police officer with an associate's degree. It beats engineering.

 

[DrYoda]

To keep things in perspective the average starting salary for a plumber is $38,000 and for a pastry chef it is $36,000. Those are not bad but consider the starting salary of $58,000 for an LA police officer with an associate's degree. It beats engineering.

Are you implying there's some kind of equalization over time? Because engineering, actuary, accountant tend to be some of the higher paying jobs down the line as well.

and California police make insane money.

 

[TopSecret]

and California police make insane money.

They can make over $90,000.

California peace officers (prison guards) can also make over $73,000.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

They can make over $90,000.

California peace officers (prison guards) can also make over $73,000.

I think some of that money is pre-compensation for being gassed in the future.

 

[DrYoda]

They can make over $90,000.

California peace officers (prison guards) can also make over $73,000.

Some of the high ranking types (obviously outliers) are😱.


4th highest payed employee of SF

 

[Perrotfish]

To keep things in perspective the average starting salary for a plumber is $38,000 and for a pastry chef it is $36,000. Those are not bad but consider the starting salary of $58,000 for an LA police officer with an associate's degree. It beats engineering.

The average starting salary for a plumber is not 38K. In California, which has one of the highest median salaries, that's the average median lifetime salary, which is what I'm guessing you hastily Googled in trying to prove how badly compensated engineers are. I have no idea where you found the pastery chef data data but since pastery chef training generaly requires a bachelor's degree it's not surprising that they would make decent money.

Police officers are generally paid in relation to their qualifications. A lot of people tend to underestimate just how much education is required because they mistake the minimum requirements to apply for the average matriculant stats. It's like saying anyone with a biology degree can go to medical school. In the DC area, while only an associates degree is required and that can be waived with military experience, the average matriculant has a 4 year degree AND military experience. And that's just to get into boot camp, which has a very high fail out rate. In suburban Maryland, where even low ranked police officers can make well into six figures, the average matriculant has a masters degree, previous military or law enforcement experience, and has to be able to pass a lie detector test swearing that he has never once used any controlled substance.

 

[TopSecret]

The average starting salary for a plumber is not 38K. In California, which has one of the highest median salaries, that's the average median lifetime salary, which is what I'm guessing you hastily Googled in trying to prove how badly compensated engineers are.

The average salary for a plumber is in the $47k-49k range.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos211.htm#earnings

 

[Aidan]

I will agree with most of the people that have said it's important to major in what you want to major in. It doesn't have to be "crab sex" as someone mentioned 😛
I also am double-majoring.. in comp lit. and creative writing. You can see how that's related to medicine.

 

[AlexMorph]

I will agree with most of the people that have said it's important to major in what you want to major in. It doesn't have to be "crab sex" as someone mentioned 😛
I also am double-majoring.. in comp lit. and creative writing. You can see how that's related to medicine.

so you can creatively write people prescriptions and make easy money on the side?

 

[shindotp]

In my opinion, you should take the opportunity to learn stuff you won't learn in medical school... Now may be the only time in your life that you get to learn whatever it is you want to learn.

 

[Aidan]

so you can creatively write people prescriptions and make easy money on the side?

Precisely. I'll add a limerick underneath the sig, or something.

 

[BleachBleach]

Choose one from your list and then combine that with something in the arts (e.g. art history, philosophy, English). That will boost your chance of admission. But only if you can keep a high GPA in both tracks.

 

[Handinhand]

The one you can do the best in... whether that means it's easy for you, or you find it interesting enough so you don't mind AS much sitting the library studying it for hours.

By your list though, it's pretty obvious you don't know what in the hell you want to do.

 

[Rachell]

How about being an electrical engineer, or better yet a physicist? Get a PhD and you should be attractive to med schools.

 

[chman]

Take a few classes and find out what interests you. Medical schools don't care as long as you have the required classes. Have some fun, open your mind, its college!

 

[Giovanni1s Room]

Is that a latin phrase under your name Aidan?

 

[Giovanni1s Room]

Is that a latin phrase above your avatar Aidan?

 

[ShinyDome19]

Pick a degree with the idea that you wont get into medical school. I am not saying you wont get in, but you will have a degree which will be useful to you during any time you might have between college and medical school. I personally chose Microbiology, not because of medicine, but because I was and still am interested in research and wanted to be a professor at a university when I started undergrad. I am now gearing myself towards medicine because my personal interests have shifted...but since I got a degree in microbiology, which I do enjoy, I atleast have a job that I can enjoy until I start medical school.

IMHO, dont double major...I know a ton of people that double majored in Engineering and Biology...to go on and get a job in one or the other...If you do double major, I would suggest something like Science and Spanish, or Science and English...two things that can be used together in one way or another, but still seperate enough to where your double major will make a difference.