<p>I got accepted to Cornell ED and I want to go to medical school. I want advice on what I should major in and what to do if I fail out of premed. I signed up for a biology major but I’m thinking of changing to psychology once I get there. Actually I have a few questions:</p>
<li>If I am equally interested in psychology and biology, would it be better to major in psychology and get a higher GPA (with the assumption that psychology is easier?</li>
<li>If I major in biology and fail out, then what would I need to do to become a professor or high school teacher in biology?</li>
<li>If I major in psychology, then how important is it for me to do medical related research to get into med school (assuming that my gpa is high)?</li>
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<p>1) It is better to major in whatever you like and will get better grades in.</p>
<p>2)If you major in biology and fail out, then you certainly won't make it as a biology professor. To be a bio professor, you need at very least a master's degree and often times a doctorate, and obviously no graduate biology program wants to admit somebody who failed biology as an undergrad. </p>
<p>You can still be a teacher provided you pass an teacher certification program. But you may have difficulty in becoming a biology teacher if you failed biology. </p>
<p>3) It is important for you to get medical experience, but unless you're going for a MD/PHD, that experience does not necessarily have to be obtained through research. You can volunteer at a hospital or a clinic or obtain other such medical-related EC work.</p>