<p>Which one is a more useful major?
I know that with the Biochemistry/chem major you can apply to the 7 year pharmacy program. How many applicants do they accept for that program?</p>
<p>for the BS/PharmD program, give this a read (particularly the FAQs):
UCSD</a> - The School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences</p>
<p>there's no absolute "more useful" major. you'll figure out within the first two years whether you like chem or bio more, and go from there. look over the course lists and decide which you like more. (i refused to take genetics and mam phys lab, for example, so my choice was easy) my suggestion is to pick the chem version first; there are some classes that chem majors can get into more easily than bio majors, but pretty much all bio classes are open to all majors.</p>
<p>for some opinions on the two programs, dig into the archives. i've offered posts on why i liked mine more.</p>
<p>is human bio the way to go for premed?</p>
<p>not necessarily! people from all majors, assuming the correct preparation, get into med school.</p>
<p>Human Bio probably has more premeds than any other major @ UCSD.</p>
<p>Human Bio is also the home of some of the most whiny premeds you'll ever meet :p</p>
<p>OMG i hate those premeds. they're the ones who interrupt every other topic with a "will this be on the exam?"</p>
<p>seriously guys. just shut up and learn the material already or learn to take a B every once in a while.</p>
<p>ooh i applied as biochemistry/chemistry but I just changed it to biochemistry and cell biology haha. Figured I'm a slight bit better at bio than chem.</p>
<p>I'd also say to pick the chem one first, because it requires 20 series math and 2 series physics. you can always go down but you can't go up without retaking those harder classes.</p>
<p>And going on to the premed thing...I haven't found anyone who does that in class, and I rarely ever go to office hours to hear annoying premeds suck up to the prof, but I have heard of students begging for the last half point of extra credit before, which out of hundreds of points, shouldn't even make a difference.</p>
<p>they typically won't make you retake the classes if you took the easier version first, but it's probably to your benefit to pick 20 series ahead of time. </p>
<p>case in point: my roommate was a bio major up until sophomore year, then switched to chem. she was able to petition in her math 10 series and start off at 21D* (which was a little rocky in transition). she did take the physics 2 set with us, though.</p>
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<li>it was math 21C and math 21D back in my day. guess i'm old, huh? :)</li>
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<p>is the math 20 series a lot harder than the 10 series?</p>
<p>i don't think so. i came into math 20b straight from AP Calc AB (5) and didn't have any problems adjusting. in fact, we had already covered 50% of the 20b material in high school.</p>