Does major really matter?

[shanghaichick20]

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Would majoring in psychology hurt my chances of getting into medical school? I plan to balance out the lack of science by getting a certificate in neuroscience (my school doesn't have a neuroscience major).

 

[kahoo99]

statistically, a higher percentage of people get in with non science majors. Although the reasons for that are debated.

 

[NubianPrincess]

If you want to major in psychology, I think you should.

 

[Stupendous]

Major in whatever you want. If your major isn't that science orientated perhaps look into a double major where the second major is science oriented.

 

[Long Dong]

I was a psych major and got in, I found it more interesting then learning about animals and plants. And the girls in the psych class are a lot hotter then the ones in bio or chem class anyday.

 

[jlee9531]

do whatevers. doesnt matter what you major in.

 

[Stupendous]

I was a psych major and got in, I found it more interesting then learning about animals and plants. And the girls in the psych class are a lot hotter then the ones in bio or chem class anyday.

If you want hot girls go Computer Science like I did

 

[Haybrant]

major in what you want; it really doesnt, and shouldnt matter. Do what you have passion for. Maybe double major in psych and neuro; good double

 

[Long Dong]

If you want hot girls go Computer Science like I did

Yeah all the hot girls are on the computer moniters not in the class room.

 

[leechy]

Would majoring in psychology hurt my chances of getting into medical school? I plan to balance out the lack of science by getting a certificate in neuroscience (my school doesn't have a neuroscience major).

Major doesn't matter. If anything, majoring in psych might help you - your overall GPA might be higher in psych than if you say, chose astrophysics. Bottom line though is do what you love.

 

[Mumpu]

Major doesn't matter. I was a psychobiology major.

 

[dave613]

If you're doing a psych major, you might want to consider a science minor.

 

[i77ac]

the girls in the psych class are a lot hotter then the ones in bio or chem class anyday.

so true...

 

[Sweet Tea]

major doesn't matter. just do well in your prereqs.

 

[deuist]

so true...

I'll second that. I double majored in religion and physics. Lord, the girls -- if you can call them that -- in physics were enough to make all the men start looking attractive.

 

[i77ac]

Lord, the girls -- if you can call them that -- in physics were enough to make all the men start looking attractive.

wait, I don't know about that last part...

 

[Fed Meat]

Major certainly matters in that you're not going to do as well in something that you're not as interested in. Major in what interests you. All that matters is your gpa.

Just FYI, bio majors have lower rates of acceptance than do English majors.

 

[hnbui]

i always thought that psychology was a science based study....

 

[Mumpu]

Psych at most colleges is social psych pseudoscience fluff. Psychobiology (aka physiological psych) is the science one.

 

[tom_jones]

i always thought that psychology was a science based study....

Psychology is NOT a science.


If you are going to major in psych, you better come out with a high GPA. Don't have any bad semesters

 

[Ypo.]

Psychology is NOT a science.


If you are going to major in psych, you better come out with a high GPA. Don't have any bad semesters

Technically its a social science.

 

[hnbui]

yeah i always thought that psychology was considered a behavioral/social science. Most of the psychology classes as my school deals with animal behavior and etc.

Plus i always thought that psychology was a hard major, but recently it seems like it might be an easy major.

FYI, i will be majoring in neuroscience with minors in cellular and molecular biology and psychology.

 

[Ypo.]

Its considered a "soft" science, as opposed to a hard science. I don't think its considered an easy major, although its certainly easier than biochemistry. Its just a snotty comment that left brained people make about right brained people. FYI I was a biology major.
It doesn't matter what you major in, as long as you take the science prereqs for med school- its good to take at least 2 hard science classes a semester-as this is more like what medical school is like.

 

[Ypo.]

Just to elaborate here- psychology is a science-based study in that it has theories that have been tested repeatably by scientific experiment. However, measuring the reactions of the brain and human behavior is harder to quantify than say, measuring the mass in grams of a certain substance that is produced between a specific amount of reagants in a chemical reaction. This is where the "soft" part of the science comes in- the fact that you can't get hard data because what you are measuring (human reaction/psychological reactions due to stress) varies from individual to individual and often can't be placed in quantifiable terms.