Which Major Should I Choose?

[Bruinized]

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Hi, I am currently a Psychobiology student at UCLA and I was thinking about changing majors. The reason I became a psychobiology major was because I talked to a counselor about my goal to get into Pharm School and she recommended that I take either Psychobio or Biochem, and also becasue Psychobio seemed more interesting than Biochem. And I ended up thinking that those were the only two majors that would help me complete my pre-reqs for pharm school, particularly USC. Anyway, I recently found out that there were more choices out there such as MIMG and MCDB. I would like to know what your experience was like like with your major and if it really helped prepare you for pharm school. What did you like about the major and what didnt you like. Thank you for your help. 🙂

 

[lord999]

For AZ, it really doesn't matter so long as the prerequisites were attained and that there was a degree completion. I don't know about CA or other schools. I think it would be best if you approached your prospective schools with that question.

 

[angelil_yu]

Most of biochem majors end up going to pharmacy school. I am talking about current choice that students make. ANother larger portion also go to dental school. But students who take biology incline to go to med school.

 

[BMBiology]

You should major in something that you know you can do really well in then worry about completing the pre-reqs. I think most bio related majors would complete most if not all of USC pharmacy pre-reqs. Here's a link of the UCLA classes that would satisfy USC pharmacy pre-reqs:


http://www.usc.edu/assets/pharmacy/equiv/University_of_California_Los_Angeles.html

 

[Modnar]

I agree with what everybody else has said, with the caveat that you should consider what will happen if you don't get into pharmacy school on the first try. Of course, I hope you *do* get in, but if you don't, you'll have at least a year where you'll have to get a job with the skills you learned in undergrad. When you're choosing a major, think about what skills you'll learn and what sorts of jobs you could get with those skills. Can't think of any useful skills that major will teach you? Pick another major.

Good luck!