<p>I am freshman in college, hoping to go to medschool to study cardiology. I am a little confuse, hope you guys can help me on this issue. </p>
<p>To go to medschool and be able to study cardiology what should I major in, biology or biochemistry? or should I major in biology and minor in biochemistry or major in biochemistry and minor in biology?</p>
<p>Which occupations are perfect for biology and which one are for biochemistry?</p>
<p>You can major in anything. Majoring in one over the other isn't going to help you study cardiology, and I would certainly advise against major and minoring in both.</p>
<p>It makes absolutely no difference what you major in during college---most of what you learn in college will be long forgotten by the time you finish your cardiology training 9-10 years after college. Med school acceptance (and internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship matching) will not be affected by your undergraduate major. Do what you like in college, but do it well and get good grades, experiences, mcats. I bet that what you end up doing 10 years from now is actually hard for you to predict at this point in your life, anyway (did you really know what you wanted at age 9 years?). And this advice is from a practicing physician.</p>
<p>Major in what you love. The last 2 people from my school to go to Harvard Med were english majors. Med school care about how you performed in the classes you took, not so much which classes they were. If you were to major in Biology or Biochemistry, in some instances you would free up electives for other things and not have to so much extra work as far as meeting premed course requirements, but it can be done. I.E. It is easier to double major in Biology and Chemistry then Biology and English since there is a lot of overlap as far as content and requirements. Personally, I am a double major in Biology and Economics, but only because I might want to get a MD/PHD, in which case major would play a huge role. However, if you just want to get into med school, do you what you like. You are going to have at least 7+ years of the most grueling training mankind has to offer as well as a lifetime of arduous work ahead of you. Cherish these 4 or 5 years of undergrad, your never going to have freedom like this again.</p>
<p>Does MD/PhD applicants have to major in biology or a related major (like biophysic, biochem)?</p>
<p>Thank you for all your help and advice. I just hope everything works out like I planed.</p>