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Hi!
This is my first post here, so hopefully I'm not screwing up and putting this is in the wrong forum.
I'm a second-year student at the University of Minnesota. I am currently a dual degree student officially declared as BS Biochemistry and BA Music. Recently, I've become interested in the Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior program, and was wondering if dropping the Biochemistry degree in favor of EEB would affect my chances.
This is something I've been thinking about for about a month now. We started the ecology unit back at the beginning of April, and I just secured a volunteer position in a theoretical ecology lab (my interest) over the summer to see if this is actually more to my tastes. This choice is something that I have a few months before I really need to declare (as my classes diverge next spring semester), but some other opinions would be nice before doing so.
I know that in general (or as my peers on campus and friends would tell me) it's not about the major, it's about taking the requirements and doing well in GPA/MCAT/ECs, but I just wanted to check. ESPECIALLY because switching to EEB would force me to drop OChem Lab in my plans. There is no way I can fit this into my schedule without overworking myself. I am already taking 17-20 credits every semester, and have 13 and 11 credits planned over the summer (Fall/Spring: 12 is considered the minimum for a full time student, 15 is the recommended, and 20 is the maximum you can get without applying for exemption. Summer: 7 is the "full time student" course load). I know that some schools don't explicitly state OChem lab as a prerequisite, but... even if it is highly recommended, there'd be no way I could fit that in if I switched majors.
EDIT: I forgot about this possibility because it's not one that I'm fond of... but I could take an extra year, and do a 5-year plan. Then I could fit in all of my classes for both degrees, get my desired music focus (Theory and Composition as opposed to just Music Theory), and still fit in OChem lab. (The reason I'm not able to achieve a Theory/Comp focus in 4 years is because of all of the prereqs needed before I could even take the level 1 composition class.) Doing so would also allow me to take some other courses that I would not have been able to, mainly Physiology and/or Anatomy (The intro bio class here did not cover either topic).
This is my first post here, so hopefully I'm not screwing up and putting this is in the wrong forum.
I'm a second-year student at the University of Minnesota. I am currently a dual degree student officially declared as BS Biochemistry and BA Music. Recently, I've become interested in the Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior program, and was wondering if dropping the Biochemistry degree in favor of EEB would affect my chances.
This is something I've been thinking about for about a month now. We started the ecology unit back at the beginning of April, and I just secured a volunteer position in a theoretical ecology lab (my interest) over the summer to see if this is actually more to my tastes. This choice is something that I have a few months before I really need to declare (as my classes diverge next spring semester), but some other opinions would be nice before doing so.
I know that in general (or as my peers on campus and friends would tell me) it's not about the major, it's about taking the requirements and doing well in GPA/MCAT/ECs, but I just wanted to check. ESPECIALLY because switching to EEB would force me to drop OChem Lab in my plans. There is no way I can fit this into my schedule without overworking myself. I am already taking 17-20 credits every semester, and have 13 and 11 credits planned over the summer (Fall/Spring: 12 is considered the minimum for a full time student, 15 is the recommended, and 20 is the maximum you can get without applying for exemption. Summer: 7 is the "full time student" course load). I know that some schools don't explicitly state OChem lab as a prerequisite, but... even if it is highly recommended, there'd be no way I could fit that in if I switched majors.
EDIT: I forgot about this possibility because it's not one that I'm fond of... but I could take an extra year, and do a 5-year plan. Then I could fit in all of my classes for both degrees, get my desired music focus (Theory and Composition as opposed to just Music Theory), and still fit in OChem lab. (The reason I'm not able to achieve a Theory/Comp focus in 4 years is because of all of the prereqs needed before I could even take the level 1 composition class.) Doing so would also allow me to take some other courses that I would not have been able to, mainly Physiology and/or Anatomy (The intro bio class here did not cover either topic).
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