<p>Biology vs. Biological Sciences? What's the difference? The common app makes that distinction.</p>
<p>Well, my major is going to be biochemistry, so I would put biological sciences. I think biology refers to straight biology, and biological sciences refers to the common majors related to biology (biochemistry, neuroscience, cognitive science, molecular genetics, microbiology, etc) but I'm just using the space where they say "other" and putting down my exact major</p>