<p>I'm really confused about majors. If I major in biochemistry, but my dream school for graduate school doesn't have biochemistry as a major, that means that I can't attend that school to get the next level of degree right?</p>
<p>In addition, is triple majoring extremely hard regardless of the fact that most of my classes will overlap?</p>
<p>I'm having a hard time choosing between biology and biochemistry. I intend to become a disease researcher. However, I also have a natural talent and love for mathematics, so I wish to major in mathematics as well. I may want to throw in another major if it does overlap. However, I wish to hear what you guys think before becoming a glutton for punishment. So far, biology, chemistry, and mathematics or biochemistry, physics, and mathematics sounds extremely fun for me.</p>
<p>If your dream graduate school doesn't have a graduate program in biochemistry, that means you won't be able to get a degree there - correct.</p>
<p>Triple majors aren't unheard-of, but they're difficult. Science majors tend to be particularly time-consuming and require more credit hours to complete. If you want a triple major, with two majors in the sciences, you're likely talking about five years of college, with multiple lab courses every semester - a lot of work. Colleges have different rules about course distribution, overlapping courses between majors, etc., which could also complicate your plan. It'd be a good idea to pick a college (or a few) that you might like to attend, look at the catalog, and chart out what the requirements are (for each of the majors you're interested in, plus general distribution) and what you'd need to do to meet them.</p>
<p>Realize that you don't need to major in a subject in order to study it. There's no reason you couldn't double-major in bio/biochem and math, for example, and then use your elective courses to explore physics as much as possible, without the pressure of meeting the major requirements if they would put too much strain on your schedule. You could also pursue a minor, which would be less work but still give you an opportunity to study the subject in-depth.</p>
<p>Last question: How easy is it to switch majors? I'm sure I wish to major in the field biology/biochemistry, but I'm not 100% sure which one yet.</p>
<p>I know a kid at Brown who's triple majoring, and from what I've heard from him it's tough, but definitely not impossible. However, all of his majors sound like they have a lot of overlap, it was something like biology, biochemistry, and biomedical engineering or something.
Unless you want to graduate in 5-6 years, either find different majors with overlap, or drop one of those majors.
While you may love math, how much will it help your future? How much will those extra classes help you? You can always take like free MIT online math courses later in life or something.</p>
<p>I know someone who triple majored in poli sci, economics and spanish in only four years. I don't know how they did it, but they had a really good GPA too.</p>
<p>Thanks for the great replies guys! I have two more questions...</p>
<p>Will it be detrimental to me when applying to graduate school if I were a double/triple major? Maybe the schools will think that I'm not well-rounded...</p>
<p>What do you guys think about biology and biochemistry? I'm a bit torn... I do want to enter medical school, but life sciences have always caught my interest. However, I always preferred biology at the cellular level rather than the macroscopic level, and I also hated ecology and zoology. Would biochemistry be better for me?</p>