<p>Hey guys, I'm a rising senior in high school and was really interested in some input from the experienced. I plan on going to med school pursuing a career in dentistry or like a family doctor. I know that majors aren't really that important and that GPA is the most important factor when applying to med school. However, according to UCSD's website, human bio is intended for those who want to pursue medical careers while biochem is more for pharmaceutical careers. </p>
<p>Which major would be better? Easier one or one that will be more related to my future occupation?</p>
<p>both will get you in and i know people from both majors who have gone on to med school. it's not worth picking a major solely for its "looking better than major B" on your transcript. your next four years of college are a substantial investment, so pick the one you're actually interested in. most non-engineering majors have a lot of leeway (esp in 4th year) so you're always free to take whatever other electives interest you. </p>
<p>you're going to find out by the end of freshman year whether you're a bio- or chem-minded person. it's not necessary to know all this as a high school senior.</p>
<p>btw, med schools are for medical doctors.
dental schools are for dentists. :)</p>
<p>don't worry about bio majors. they're all more or less the same (exceptions: EBE & bioinformatics). besides, in all of the bio majors, you get a lot of leeway to choose classes. so even if you were a hardcore biochem major, you can use up one of your electives to take mammalian physiology (which is a required class for human bio majors, i believe), or if you were human bio, you can use your elective to take structural biochem (required for biochem)</p>
<p>(above paragraph corresponds to the biochem/bio major, NOT biochem/chem major)</p>
<p>5 on AP Bio/4 on AP Chem for me, hated chem in high school, yet still wound up a happy chem/biochem major and now in grad school for the latter.</p>