what happens to bio majors who dont get into medschool?

[JaYwOo55]

lab technician? what else?

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[superdevil]

many of them go to grad school to avoid the "lab tech" lifestyle that people tatoo bio majors with. more education = better money in most cases.

 

[tinkerbelle]

lab technician? what else?

they can teach high school bio at a private school...

 

[constructor]

lab technician? what else?

you teach sex ed at high schools.

 

[wantobemd]

many bio majors become drug reps-the compaines love to get science majors who also have some marketing or business courses

 

[shock827]

aren't they called dentists?
i kid...

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

High school football coaches. I say this because my varsity coach fit the profile. He blamed his lack of acceptance on AA 🙄

 

[dr.z]

I went to a Ph.D program. I'm re-applying. I think bio majors have many choices for career. I had a friend that went to law school for patent law for biology. Also business for consulting bio-tech stuff as well.

 

[iamgoaloriented]

With a BS in biology, you will easily get a job being manager at McDonald's.

Its sad to say, but a BS is basically useless for any purpose other than continuing your education (sure you can teach, but don't you need a degree in education to?). You can lab tech as an undergrad, so having the degree isnt even a necessary step to do that.

 

[RAwe]

thats every bio major's nightmare, I think thats why bio majors push so hard to get in.
I know my friend who just graduated and has received some regular offers for her degree, - she's opting to get her cna license and work full time with as much overtime as she an get.

 

[kiwie07]

biotech, consulting, teaching, research (kind of) etc etc...

 

[euromd]

You should think of these questions, and answers, before choosing your major.

-S

 

[MEG@COOL]

You should think of these questions, and answers, before choosing your major.

-S

Euro is right. If you have already declared your major, please dont post in this thread.

 

[Medikit]

Teacher, that's what I would have been.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

I thought some one would have mentioned "Chiropractor" by now. 😉

 

[bb88]

i dont think this prob is related just to bio as a major...for example, history major...what kind of job would a history major be a prerequisite for...besides mickey d's

 

[kappasigMD41]

Many of my friends who didn't get in opted for nursing or PT. My backup plan, although not very glamorous, was to teach high school biology

 

[nockamura]

Erotic dancer?

 

[fullefect1]

Well if your goal is to become a physician and you fail, I would probably go the PA route because it is still involving medicine.

 

[X.O.]

They go to grad school and get PhDs and perhaps segway into industry working at Pharm or biotech if they dont get an academic appointment. There is alot of utility in a life sciences degree if youre ambitious and got half a brain. I know alot of good people that opted instead of going to med school or completing a residency that got jobs in investment banking covering life sciences companies or just made loads of money off patent income or got rich of equity from starting a biotech outfit.

IMO, beats toiling away in primary care where you're just breaking even paying back your school loans. Dont think that medicine is the only ticket to an easy lifestyle from an life sciences background.

 

[ElKapitan]

Erotic dancer?

I would love to be a chip and dales dancer, big money and I wouldn't even need to get naked. Unfortunately, I am not cut and would resemble polly shore from jury duty.

 

[Tiddly of Winks]

A lot of bio majors go on to grad school. Some people actually like all that non-medical biology they take in college, can you believe it? 🙄

 

[liverotcod]

They just... disappear.

 

[CharlieVN]

They just... disappear.

Get a MBA
Look for Corporate QA/Lab Manager Jobs = 120-150K a year

 

[tupac_don]

lab technician? what else?

Either, factory job, Miki D's or some job requiring no formal education but they still give it to some with some college education. Or do PhD, masters.

 

[USAF_Dentman]

Either, factory job, Miki D's or some job requiring no formal education but they still give it to some with some college education. Or do PhD, masters.

You make it sound like any ******* can get a PhD. Whats up with that?

 

[EvoDevo]

Ritual seppuku.

 

[iamgoaloriented]

Now that I think about it, if they don't want to further their education in any way, their best bet is probably panhandling. McDonald's managers, CNA's, and lab tech work much harder and longer for less money than a good panhandler can make.

Seriously though, you don't really learn enough science as an undergrad to do anything useful with it, unless you teach high school maybe (which I think is fine by the way). A BS is what you have to do before grad school, med school, or whatever other further education you want to pursue. That's true of a lot of things I think. A college degree in itself just really isnt all that useful in most fields.

 

[VPDcurt]

Sanitation Engineer


If that doesn't work out, I'm going to law school to become a medical malpractice lawyer and sue doctors simply out of jealousy.

 

[PKP719]

^^ I was thinking of that in my sophomore year since all the geeks killed the curve in my classes , and the only way for pay back was sue their asses ! Mhhhuuaaaa
but I love medicine to much to go against it .

 

[constructor]

Sanitation Engineer


If that doesn't work out, I'm going to law school to become a medical malpractice lawyer and sue doctors simply out of jealousy.

i like how you put sanitation engineer before lawyer. well done. 👍

 

[stoic]

They just... disappear.

i always heard they just exploded!?!?!

but yea, a lot do go on to grad school

 

[mdsadler]

someone above mentioned consultant. what kind of bio consultant jobs are out there and what companies specifically deal with bio consulting? this sounds very interesting to me.

 

[hnbui]

Botanist
Conservation biologist
Dentist
Environmentalist
Lab researcher
Marine biologist
Microbiologist
Naturalist educator
Nurse
Pharmacist
Veterinarian
Zoologist

 

[stoic]

Botanist
Conservation biologist
Dentist
Environmentalist
Lab researcher
Marine biologist
Microbiologist
Naturalist educator
Nurse
Pharmacist
Veterinarian
Zoologist

um pretty much to do any of those careers and not be smoeones bitch you need at least a masters.

bs is biology is pretty much bs.

 

[akpete]

I'm gonna be a drifter...

 

[CoverMe]

My sis-in-law did an internship at a Campbell's soup factory during the summer between her junior and senior years, doing QA... testing for unacceptable amounts of rat feces in the tomato soup. She parlayed that job into doing QA for Bayer after graduation, and ended up working on Recombinant Factor-8. She was making about 80K w/in 1 year of graduating with a B.S. in Bio.

 

[iamgoaloriented]

My sis-in-law did an internship at a Campbell's soup factory during the summer between her junior and senior years, doing QA... testing for unacceptable amounts of rat feces in the tomato soup. She parlayed that job into doing QA for Bayer after graduation, and ended up working on Recombinant Factor-8. She was making about 80K w/in 1 year of graduating with a B.S. in Bio.

Exactly what amount of rat feces do you think is "acceptable"? I heard somewhere that on average there were 1.4 cockroaches grinded up per candy bar, which I always thought was BS (and still do). I know that when you mass produce stuff its hard to prevent some contamination, but I would think its doable, or at least reasonably minimized, if you take the right precautions.

Perhaps a BS isnt even enough to keep rat $h!t out of Cambell's soup anymore. I am telling you that a BS just doesn't do much for you nowadays!

 

[VPDcurt]

I might look into becoming a professional geese feeder