<p>I noticed on the Common Application, I can pick biology from either a Bachelor of Sciences Degree OR a Bachelor of Arts… what’s the difference?</p>
<p>Basically, if you do Bachelor of Arts, you’ll probably end up with slightly fewer Biology Concentration requirements overall, but it’d probably not look as good for graduate or medical (or whatever) school.</p>
<p>If you go to the Brown website and look at the biology department section, you’ll see the difference.</p>
<p>[Program</a> in AB/ScB Biology](<a href=“http://bms.brown.edu/bug/biology_program.html]Program”>http://bms.brown.edu/bug/biology_program.html)</p>
<p>The ScB requires more classes than the AB (including more chem and physics) as well as independent research. The ScB is (obviously) more science-intense, while the AB is a little lighter and might be the better choice if you’re interested in double concentrating, studying abroad, etc. (although you can still do those things and get an ScB, it’s just harder).</p>
<p>Hmm… I see. I’m mainly interested in science, so I wouldn’t mind doing the ScB, but what if I intend to major in mathematics or something, would you recommend I do the AB program?</p>
<p>It just depends how much time you want to devote to math versus how much you want to be able to spend on other things.</p>
<p>I selected Biochemistry as Bachelor of Sciences, I love BIO!!!</p>
<p>yeah!!! Bio rocks!!!</p>
<p>um yeah…bio…rocks. let’s devote two posts to that sentiment. </p>
<p>an A.B has less required lab work / research and fewer courses in the sciences than an Sc. B. Honestly, it’s probably not going to matter much what label you have than what you’ve done for grad school or med school</p>