<p>Okay, lets say i want to go to med school but it is a long path and said to be difficult to get into.</p>
<p>What is the best major to go into during undergraduate in the case you don't get into a graduate school? </p>
<p>Lets take passion out of the context, and look at job options and salary. What is a good undergraudate program to pursue in? Or would it be good to have 2 majors?</p>
<p>I am so confused and don't know what to do at this point. </p>
<p>Also, does being a prestigious undergrad school factor into getting to a graduate school? Or does it help you get into the same school for graduate?</p>
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<p>By “graduate school”, do you mean a PhD program, or professional school (MD, JD, etc.)?</p>
<p>PhD programs do care about your undergraduate school, but not necessarily the same way that general prestige rankings tend to go. General prestige rankings are based on the worst undergraduates at the school, while PhD programs are concerned about whether the best students in the major at the school will make good PhD students (in terms of course work preparation and quality research opportunities). Professional schools are generally said to be more GPA and test score (MCAT, LSAT, etc.) oriented.</p>
<p>Prestige is a very small factor when it comes to undergraduate school -> graduate school. Same with professional school (medical). In my opinion, business administration is a solid major for job opportunities and salary. However, that would not qualify you to be a med student. If you still want to meet prerequisites for medical school while still having something to fall back on, I recommend a double a major in biology (or related) and business administration. Make sure you look at med schools that you are interested in before hand to get a feel of what the prerequisites are, as there are sometimes a couple of oddball classes that are not required in a science major.</p>
<p>What do you mean by business adminstration? Like MBA? So are you sugessting a double major? What do bio student usually fall back on if they don’t make it to med school?</p>
<p>And yes, by graduate school i mean profesisonal school.</p>
<p>Business Administration is a major at the undergraduate level, but it’s not very compatible with biology since basically no requirements overlap. You can double major though. Business Major is one of the least demanding majors (little reading/writing).
Be aware that for med school in addition to biology, you’ll need about 1/3 classes in humanities and social sciences, including 1 year of English/composition/freshman seminar, psychology, sociology, and classes that have a diversity or international component; biochemistry; chemistry and calculus; upper-level science classes; and research experience. Your college does not matter as much as your ability to keep a high GPA (keep in mind that 60% freshmen think they’ll make an A in college… only 30% do) so you should make sure you’re in the top 25-40% students at your school and the ability to do research ie., close contact with professors is also a prime criterion. A public college’s honors program may be a good choice, for example.
If you can’t make it into med school as a biology or biochemistry major, your best bet is a second major or minor in the sciences. CS tends to lead to jobs 
BTW you don’t need a science major to apply to med school; you need science classes and a high GPA in them, but you could apply as a French major, an Economics major, a Women’s Studies major, etc.</p>