<p>Okay so I'm new to this website, but I've been looking around a lot so I've decided to join :).
I'm a Junior in high school, and about to become a senior, so I have a lottt of time.
I was thinking about majoring in four fields:
1. Chemistry
2. Psychology
3. Biology
4. BioChemistry</p>
<p>For starters, I've ALWAYS wanted to be a Psych major. I love helping others, and I'm very known for doing so. The problem is, I heard that Psychology is a dime a dozen major, and my mom wants me to stay away from it.
So I've looked into Chem, since I also wanted to go into the cosmetic science field. But after doing some research, I heard that Chem is one of the hardest majors out there, and I'm a slacker.
Which lead me to look at Bio and Biochemistry. But I'm not good at memorizing details, and I use to HATE Bio.</p>
<p>So what would be a good choice for me? I'm also VERY good at math (I've taken the highest math courses offered for each grade), and I'm terrible in English. And I've always been interested in Psych, and I even own a few books of my own. But if I were to do Psych, I would do it for research, but I heard they're not that many job offerings for Psych research. =/</p>
This is a no brainer, Applied Math or Statistics… or both or minor in one of them.</p>
<p>And why are you even considering Bio and Biochem when you said yourself you hate them? They are dime a dozen just like Psych, especially Bio. And Chemistry major is only hard and time consuming only to lead you to poverty once you graduate.</p>
<p>No, no. A slacker would definitely not be good for Applied Math or Statistics. Upper level courses can get abstract, and even if someone is good at math, if they slack, they won’t do very well. But that goes for anything. You either go in all out and succeed or you half ass it and fail. But with Psych, unless you go for at least a Masters, you really won’t be able to do anything with an undergrad. If you hate Bio, don’t go into it. Never go into something that you hate, otherwise, you will not put 110% into it. Chem isn’t that bad, depending on where you live and who you want to work for. It also depends what field of chem you decide to go into.</p>
<p>Actually I neglected to notice that you’re interested in cosmetic science… Then Chemistry might not be bad… Chemical Engineering is even better.</p>
<p>I considered taking Biology/Biochem because I heard it can still be beneficial, but it is not as rigorous as Chemistry. And I also read an article that stated even if you hated the class, you might love it in college… the main reason why I hated Bio is because I had a terrible teacher. Though some of the stuff we covered was interesting, others I just did not care about (the environmental stuff, zebra mussels, etc…).
Chem has always interested me, and I always understood the material (even in an honors/AP class). Hopefully I can keep my interest up for a long time, and won’t be overburdened with the course load. Or I can just suck it up…</p>
<p>Go to college, you will switch you major 23 times your freshman year… trust me almost everyone does.</p>
<p>It does not matter what your parents want you to major in, honestly they will have no idea that you change your major nor will they know what classes you are taking after the first semester unless you tell them (you do not have to be honest…) im not saying lie, but you could always say something like… “im trying to find myself and decided to take some social science classes” after a semester or two hearing this they will be glad when you tell them that you have decided on a major ANY MAJOR!</p>
<p>Yes your parents are correct Psyc majors are a dime a dozen. They probably do not know about the many opportunities that social science today has to offer. You could educate yourself and then them about these new trends (it is not like it was when they went to school)</p>
<p>It is true that there is still very little that you can do with a Psyc bachelors except flip burgers. However if you major in Sociology or Social work instead as an undergrad you can take tons of psyc classes and if you decide to not go to grad school, you can graduate and get a $35,000 a year job doing social work. Sure its not glamorous but the cool thing is that you can continue your education and get an LPC (liscensed professional counselor), LMSW (liscensed masters social worker) which both pay an addition $10,000 - $20,000. If you decide to instead go to grad school for Speech Language Pathology you could start at $65,000 off the bat. </p>
<p>You might decide that you want to be a Psychologist and apply directly to a PsycD program from undergrad… it is very competitive but even if you dont make it, there are plenty of other options that pay a great salary with anything in the social sciences that simply were not there 10 or even 15 years ago.</p>