<p>I am a senior in high school and next year I am attending stony brook university with an intended biochemistry major. I have a pretty good idea of what I am getting myself into. Are there any biochem majors out there who can give me and advise on how I could prepare myself in any way. (Self studying certain topics to give myself an edge...?)</p>
<p>You do realize that major-specific job prospects are not very good, so you need to do like the humanities majors and apply to internships and jobs widely (not restricted to those relating to your major), right?</p>
<p>Pre-med…</p>
<p>Just memorize things like polyatomic ions, solubility rules, strong acids, etc.</p>
<p>Remember that most pre-meds do not get into any MD medical school in the US.</p>
<p>Sucks for them. If I wanted premed advise I’d ask for it.</p>
<p>Thanks aldfig0 … Is that it?</p>
<p>That’s all I can think of that will be useful off the top of my head. Maybe add periodic table trends to the list. I tried self studying some topics during the summer but it was pretty much useless as it was covered in class anyway. There’s really no need to memorize organic functional groups (unless the general chemistry or intro bio classes you’ll be taking requires you to) as you’ll learn them effortlessly when you take organic chemistry (as of now they may seem kind of random and difficult to learn but it’ll become super easy in organic chemistry).</p>
<p>You also might want to take a look at the major requirements and get a general idea of what classes you’ll need to take in the next few years.</p>
<p>Edit: If you’re going to be taking math classes you might want to review topics that you might have forgotten.</p>
<p>You will also need to know organic functional groups, the structure of all the amino acids and the major biological series (Krebs cycle, electron transport, …)</p>
<p>Good luck, its a tough major but you will learn a lot.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help</p>