How does Biology match up?

[Snowman334]

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My current major is Biology. Simple, precise; but is it too bland? How does a degree in Biology compare with a degree is something like, say, Biochemistry or Cell Biology? Are admissions officers going to favour these degrees over streight Biology?

 

[ChemEngSoonMD]

My current major is Biology. Simple, precise; but is it too bland? How does a degree in Biology compare with a degree is something like, say, Biochemistry or Cell Biology? Are admissions officers going to favour these degrees over streight Biology?

Nope; but they do favor those who can spell.

 

[unique135]

Considering that how would they favor Arts undergrads? (You have your answer)

Besides, simple Biology program ends up with pretty diverse courses.

 

[Snowman334]

Nope; but they do favor those who can spell.

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Thanks for the responses guys.

 

[RevDM]

I got my degree in biochemistry & cell biology. The difference is that I didn't have the option of choosing those courses from a list like you can in general biology major.

 

[metallica81788]

A lot of times cell bio and biochem majors only take about 2 or 3 different classes than regular bio majors - depends on the school. But regular bio major can give you a variety of classes.

 

[ThaliaNox]

One thing I noticed, at least at my school, was that biology majors had to take ecology or plant physiology classes as their upper level biologies, which biochemistry and cell biology majors did not. We took human-based molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry instead. As someone interested in the human body and how it works, I wasn't at all interested in ecology or plants. Hense... biochemistry major!

 

[kappa09]

At my university, biology majors can "specialize" in one area. For example, my specialization was physiology, which meant I got to go through without having to take lame classes like botany. Awesome, IMO.

 

[niblet]

Don't major in Biology if you don't like Biology.