<p>I'll be an incoming freshman (college) in the upcoming year. I was accepted as a bio major at every school I applied to. I've decided on a college, but I'm wary with majoring in Biology. I'm not worried about interest, but rather scared about having a back up plan in case I don't get into med school. I won't get a decent job with a bio degree, and I'm thinking about changing majors. I would really like to major in something that is science related, but I can't really think of anything that has significant job security. I'm not highly math oriented, so engineering is pretty much not in consideration. Any ideas/suggestions?</p>
<p>my idea/suggestion is to take a variety of classes that seem interesting to you and to decide on your major closer to the deadline after experiencing classes in different areas of study</p>
<p>Chem or bio-chem, perhaps? (of course, P-Chem is a GPA killer in the former, particularly for those not strong in math.)</p>
<p>Neuroscience, with emphasis on learning?</p>
<p>I was considering neuroscience, but I heard that there are very few jobs. I’m also thinking about BME(bio-med engineering), but I’m not 100% sure. I heard that BME is also a GPA killer. I’m not exactly a very poor math student. I can manage some calculus, but probably not like Calc 3 or linear analysis. I’ll definitely look into Bio-Chem. I’m fairly certain that I want to pursue medicine as a career - I’ve shadowed several hundred hours and assisted a friend, family doctor in various occasions - however, I want to have a backup plan in the case that I do not get into med school. I’m sorry if I’m coming off as “job hungry,” but I want to be financially secure in accordance to being happy in the future.</p>
<p>IWBB, got it right. You have time until the end of the sophomore year to declare a major. Use your first semester to get a taste of 2 or 3 three areas that interest you and decide before the deadline.</p>
<p>What other subjects do you like? English? History? Computer Science? Some CS degrees aren’t in the eng’g dept and may require less math. </p>
<p>My med school bound son was a Chemical Eng’g major. He felt that ChemE was a good back up in case he changed his mind about med school.</p>
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<p>Uhh, not if the OP chooses Engineering. That needs to be a choice on Day 1; otherwise, graduating in 4 years is nearly impossible. OTOH, unless the OP is a math ace, I would not recommend Eng+premed.</p>
<p>As per OP: “I’m not highly math oriented, so engineering is pretty much not in consideration.”</p>
<p>But the OP also said
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<p>But…Engineering should be off the table, given the threat to the GPA of this particular student.</p>
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Not necessarily. My son decided his major at the end of his first semester. He is a double major in CS (an engineering major, not the arts science variety) and Biology with a minor in Linguistics. He is on track to graduate in 4 years. He did take some courses in summer mainly to address the scheduling conflict between the school of engineering and school of arts and science.</p>