I was recently accepted into The Ohio State University, which is where I will be attending in the upcoming Fall semester. I still have time, but I’m not 100% sure on which major I want to pursue. My goal is to eventually work in disease research. I’ve heard multiple different sides of what I should go for. I have heard about 50-50 between Bio-medical Sciences, and Microbiology.
Anyone here have any opinions? I’d love to hear you guys speak your minds.
If you want to do research, you’re likely look at grad school and research experience as an undergraduate will be very important. Either major will be fine. Take a look at the courses to see which interest you more and major in that. You can always augment your students with other classes of interest outside of your major. Make sure you get involved in research as an undergraduate to make sure that you actually want to pursue research/graduate school and to get a better idea of the kind of work you want to do.
I don’t know if this will help:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/science-majors/1038318-major-to-develop-pharmaceuticals.html
There is a wide variety of approaches to “disease research”. Either of those majors is fine. Do you even have to declare, yet? Once you get into some undergraduate research you’ll be able to make your own decision.
Micro,molecular and bio medical science are good starting places. As everyone else has said you should focus on undergraduate biology and get a job in research then figure out what you GRADUATE school major should be.
Look at the class selection in each major and see what you find interesting. Usually you will start out with the basics (bio, chem, calculus) anyway. Fwiw I sampled microbiology Soph yr and fell in love (mostly with the lab, which is found fun). As a major, I learned about viruses and bacteria and became skilled in lab work with sterile technique and tissue culture. I’d been accepted into grad school immediately after graduation but at the last minute decided to take a job and see what it was like in practice! I worked with HIV (virus/tissue culture) and found I didn’t like it. I tried a couple more jobs. The skills I’d learned (in labs and an undergrad research opportunity) were transferable. I ended up finding my way to my passion by taking a class here and there until I found IT. Then I went back to grad school. Otoh if there’s another program that covers material you find more interesting, go for it. You want to be excited about the classes!