<p>Hey everyone I'm kinda new to using this so please bear with me if I mess up anything. Okay so I want to be a doctor or PA once I graduate...im a senior in Wootton HS Rockville MD this year and so I'm really confused what major i should choose. The criteria for choosing a mjor (which my dad guided me to set up) is a major that pays well once i gradauate after FOUR years in college as an UNDERGRAD...basically he wants me to get a high-paying job with my first degree and i have no idea what i should do...can anybody help me??? thanks alot</p>
<p>Umm I don’t think you can become a doctor without going to medical school. Most PA certification programs are graduate degrees. The best paying major after just four years of school is engineering. Most people just have to go to grad school if they want to get great paying jobs now days. Just major in one of the sciences like Bio, chem, biochem, or something like that, I guess. I think those are the types of things premeds do, but if you are premed, you can major in anything you want. Your dad is being extremely illogical and ignoring your aspirations. Just don’t listen to him, because I don’t think that is likely. Plus, college isn’t trade school - you’re only required to do about 25% of your work in your major, so really everything evens out. Everyone is having a difficult time right out of college now.</p>
<p>Pre-meds can major in anything, as long as they take the pre-med course work alongside.</p>
<p>Many pre-meds major in biology because it is convenient (the major requirements cover most or all of the pre-med requirements), but biology has poor job and career prospects for the majority who do not get into medical school.</p>
<p>In many schools, you do not need to decide and declare your major until late sophomore year. However, in some schools, engineering majors enter predeclared even though others enter undeclared; engineering and some other majors like physics have long chains of prerequisite courses that need to be started early, whether or not you have to be declared as a freshman or can wait until late sophomore year.</p>
<p>Choosing a major solely on the basis of job and career prospects is not a great idea, since you will do the best in school and on the job in something you enjoy doing. However, it is best to be aware beforehand how different majors are in job and career prospects before you commit (note that, for many majors, graduates work in areas that may not be obvious to freshmen students; these areas may be high paying or low paying).</p>
<p>What subjects do you like?</p>
<p>Here are some career surveys of graduates from various universities:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html</a></p>