Undergrad Major?

[NRAI2001]

I have heard different stories from a lot of people, but I was wondering can ur undergrad major help or hurt u when applying to schools. A lot of people have told me that adcomms look really favorably on non sci majors.

Also how does double majoring look? I am a bio major right now and I was thinking about maybe doubling majoring in public health. Also is PH considered a science or a humanities major?

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[YeEhAw]

Pick what interests you and do well. That is all that matters in the end. P.S. If you do a search you'll find about a dozen plus threads on this same topic.

 

[jeffsleepy]

ahh UC Berkeley... in that case you should definately be majoring in EECS. Adcoms pee in their pants when they see that. And if you want a shot at a top 20 school, be sure to pick up a double major in chemE also.

 

[OldMD]

I was an education major and a teacher for a few years, and that really helped me get accepted at my first and only interview school. Of course, I did have to do all of those science courses before I could actually apply to med school.

 

[uclacrewdude]

Originally posted by jeffsleepy
ahh UC Berkeley... in that case you should definately be majoring in EECS. Adcoms pee in their pants when they see that. And if you want a shot at a top 20 school, be sure to pick up a double major in chemE also.

Yeah. Extra points awarded for retention of sanity and humanity.

 

[PublicHealth]

Dude, major in what interests you, not what will look good to ADCOMs. Public health is a great area, but throwing it on as a major just to impress ADCOMs shows how truly interested you are in this field (being sarcastic )

 

[BerkeleyPremed]

Just major in what interests you. For me, I knew it was the biological sciences. I just wasn't sure which part of the biological sciences I should pursue (Berkeley offers about 5 biology majors...Genetic/Plant Biology, Plant/Microbial Biology, Integrative Biology, Molecular&Cell Biology, and Microbiology). Don't worry about being seen as a "cookie-cutter" applicant because it should really depend on how well you did in your chosen major as opposed to which major you chose. It really wouldn't make sense if they preferred a sociology or ethnic studies major over a molecular&cell biology major given that one is significantly easier than the other (given the grade inflation in the humanities). Sorry to all the humanities majors out there reading this... . I think this is why a chemical engineering major with a 3.5 is more likely to be accepted than an Ethnic Studies major with a 4.0.