Major: I think it matters from these data posted by UCI

[DrCapri]

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Here are some interesting data from my university.

47/111 biological sciences majors gained admission somewhere, while 0/10 psychology majors did

What do you think about these data?

 

[sacapuntas]

To know whether or not the major matters, we would need to know the stats of the biology compared to the psych students. A lot of the psych students could have been the 'slower' biology students that changed majors to get easier classes. If you had data on the average GPAs and DAT scores of the majors, then we could really compare whether or not major makes a difference.

 

[bluesprite13]

To know whether or not the major matters, we would need to know the stats of the biology compared to the psych students. A lot of the psych students could have been the 'slower' biology students that changed majors to get easier classes. If you had data on the average GPAs and DAT scores of the majors, then we could really compare whether or not major makes a difference.

Hey that information is pretty interesting. UC Alumni here! Wooop woop! Don't worry if you are concerned for psych majors. Assuming that you are just cuz you mentioned it, schools will look at your application as a whole for the majority! You will be fine!

Btw, that's not cool to call psych students the "slower" biology students. Please be courteous and respectful to your others and your peers.

 

[Parklife]

Look at the thread doc compiled regarding majors. I don't think it's fair to group any major, but there is a general note. Anomalies exist in all things.

"Easy" major = taking the "easy" way out/being lazy = not as bright and/or hard worker/motivated to learn science = less likely to do well in pre-reqs.

No good grades in pre-reqs + no BCP upper levels = bad GPA.

No good grades in pre-reqs + easy classes = poor study habits and a garbage DAT.

1 + 2 + 3 = no admission to dental school.

my .02

Works for some, but not for others. The number of bio majors is actually decreasing over time if you look at the numbers doc has. You would find the same trend comparing chemistry majors to biology majors

 

[qkchen]

I think it really boils down to the individual student. In the link, there were only 10 psychology students, so that's not very many students to work with. Anyways, still interesting data but I wouldn't jump to any conclusions based on this alone.

 

[diene]

Look at the thread doc compiled regarding majors. I don't think it's fair to group any major, but there is a general note. Anomalies exist in all things.

"Easy" major = taking the "easy" way out/being lazy = not as bright and/or hard worker/motivated to learn science = less likely to do well in pre-reqs.

No good grades in pre-reqs + no BCP upper levels = bad GPA.

No good grades in pre-reqs + easy classes = poor study habits and a garbage DAT.

1 + 2 + 3 = no admission to dental school.

my .02

Works for some, but not for others. The number of bio majors is actually decreasing over time if you look at the numbers doc has. You would find the same trend comparing chemistry majors to biology majors

Wowwww, that is A LOT of generalization.

 

[periopocket]

Dental Schools like BIO majors

 

[sacapuntas]

Hey that information is pretty interesting. UC Alumni here! Wooop woop! Don't worry if you are concerned for psych majors. Assuming that you are just cuz you mentioned it, schools will look at your application as a whole for the majority! You will be fine!

Btw, that's not cool to call psych students the "slower" biology students. Please be courteous and respectful to your others and your peers.

I am not a psych major and I don't go to a UC school, but I do know a fair number of individuals at my school that are pre-med and pre-dent that are going psych after struggling in bio for an easier GPA. Notice I said 'a lot' and 'could have' in my statement. Neither implying all psych students are slow, just a hypothesis of how the stats got skewed the way the did.

 

[doc toothache]

Maybe that is more about stats than about majors.

 

[bluesprite13]

Of course Sacapuntas, I never assumed that you were referring to all psych students. I'm just saying, please be courteous because a pre-dental psych major might get hurt by your statement.

As I said earlier, ya it definitely will depend on your individual application as a whole regardless of major. These stats are pretty general, but interesting to look at. Maybe it just so happened that that year no psych major got in.