<p>I will be attending UC Davis as a freshman this fall under the declared major Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior. However, I’m not sure if I want to stick with this major. My tour guide at Davis said this major is one of the more interesting biology majors, but also one of the harder ones. I think I may enjoy it more because it is interesting, but my fear is that it would be too hard that I wouldn’t be successful and get As in my classes. (I know medical school is hard, but I want to take this one step at a time) I really want to do well in college so that I can go to a good medical school so should I change my major to an easier biology major? Or I know some people choose their undergraduate major based on their interest (such as English, etc) and then go to medical school so should I do something like that? If I were to choose a major based on my interest, I would probably change my major to Design or Textiles and Clothing, but I don’t want to have a career in these fields so would it be a waste of a degree? Would it not be a good undergraduate major for someone who plans on going to medical school?</p>
<p>It’s way too early to decide on a set major. Regardless of major, you would have to take the pre-reqs for medical school which includes a heavy science workload. You can do Textiles and Clothing, but you would have to take a couple of science classes in addition to your major classes. Finish up a couple of quarters and take a couple of different classes before deciding.</p>
<p>design is most definitely not easy, if that’s what you were thinking. if you do design as well as a pre-med courseload you will have final exams along with numerous time consuming projects, and may even have to do a 5th year. it will be hard unless you’re some kind of genius.
ask yourself what you have to gain from doing design. i’m not saying don’t do design, i’m saying weigh the pros and cons. it’s not easy, it’s time consuming, and it’s pretty different from most other majors. i myself am double majoring in economics/linguistics and even though i don’t see myself doing linguistics as a career, i took it up because econ is a small major and i have a lot of interest in linguistics as an academic subject. and it does open up possibilities that i wouldn’t have if i just had the one major.
but as the above poster said, you don’t need to decide right away. try stuff out!</p>