<p>Since starting high school, I've acquired a disliking for math and science subjects. I've considered majoring in biology since it's one science that I actually am very interested in, but I know college bio isn't the same as high school bio and will require math/physics/chem.</p>
<p>My interests are quite broad and it's likely I will major in psychology or american studies or something along those lines. I don't necessarily want to eliminate the possibility of biology, though, and it could possibly help me when I need a job. There are two or three biology classes that I'd like to take, regardless of whether I'm a major or not, but there are many more humanities classes that look interesting to me. If you were me, would you take the requisite chem class to take the intriguing biology classes? Would you even consider majoring in biology? Or would you just play to your strengths? I love psych and bio would help my understanding of psych, but I don't know if I really need to double in bio for that benefit.</p>
<p>I was in your same position when I was in HS. I applyed to colleges as a bio major but when things didn’t work out at an OOS I ended up at community college as a liberal arts major. After a semester in CC in which I wasn’t taken any math or science I realized that being a bio major wasn’t right for me. Even though I love science, I suck at math and seriously hate it. So I decided to choose a major that required few math courses and now am a Social Work major. </p>
<p>It’s honestly up to you as far as if you want to major in bio. It’s a hard major, period. Am not saying you should take the easy way out but think longterm if this is what you want to do. If you are a bio major you are put under the pre-med track.</p>
<p>If you just want to take bio classes to enhance your knowledge then that is something that you should bring up to your college advisors. They will be able to help you fit it into your schedule.</p>
<p>Biology pays. Chem 1 and Chem 2 are not math-intensive by any means. Major in biology and save the things one is interested in for the general ed requirements.</p>
<p>What about bio do you like? I hated bio because of all the memorization. Taxonomy was a freaking nightmare, and it had absolute no relevance to what I was interested in. However, I do like the molecular chem part of bio, because I like molecular chem.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the math part. I have heard a professor himself say that organic chemists are notorious for being terrible at math. I think all you would need in terms of math are all the basic calculus classes, differential equation (maybe not needed), and linear algebra (probably not needed).</p>
<p>I heard psych is a lot of reading. I took psych in high school, and I dropped it mid way through because it was so full of *<strong><em>. I know someone who also dropped it because there was so much *</em></strong> to read. </p>
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I hope you understand that psych and history have basically nothing in common. So I’m not really sure what you mean by “along those lines.” Just pick something for now. Fresh/Soph year classes are very generic, basic and boring. You have time to decide. Many people remain undecided until they run into something they like. No need to hurry.</p>
<p>I like the idea of knowing how to look at world around me and know how a lot of the science works. Memorization won’t be too much of a problem for me, as long as it’s somewhat meaningful. When I took chem, I barely understood anything so having to memorize random bits of information I didn’t understand and formulas equations that made no sense to me was frustrating, but all the memorization I’ve done for bio was much more meaningful.</p>
<p>I know psych and history have little overlap, but by “something along those lines” I meant a humanities subject, or more specifically, social studies. My school doesn’t have any GE requirements, so I’m hoping to make my freshman and sophomore years just as meaningful as junior and senior years.</p>