<p>Ok so if anyone would mind responding to this post it would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>In short, I want to Major in Neuroscience and Minor in Psychology(Or even Double Major) while also completing the classes required to qualify for Pre-Med. </p>
<p>First, would that be possible here?
Second, how would the workload be?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>look into biological basis of behavior (BBB)</p>
<p>[Biological</a> Basis of Behavior Program](<a href=“http://www.psych.upenn.edu/bbb/]Biological”>http://www.psych.upenn.edu/bbb/)</p>
<p>neuroscience isn’t a major at penn. you can do biology with a concentration in neuro, or you can do BBB, which covers everything you’re looking for (including most, if not all, pre med requirements)</p>
<p>Sorry if this is a silly question, but where would one find a list of majors/minors offered by Penn. for undergraduates.
I checked the website but only found majors/minors for graduate students; there was however, such a list at collegeboard.com.</p>
<p>Here it is.</p>
<p>[The</a> College](<a href=“http://www.college.upenn.edu/]The”>http://www.college.upenn.edu/)</p>
<p>They have Cognitive Science in addition to BBB. Within that, you can major in Neuroscience.</p>
<p>It’s very easy to fit in all the pre-med requirements with either cognitive science or BBB; I would advise doing cognitive science, because the courses in BBB are filled with striving premeds who will make your life a living hell.</p>
<p>“striving premeds who will make your life a living hell”</p>
<p>really? uh oh…i’m probably going to be a BBB pre med. i guess i can always look into psych.
is biochemistry as competitive as BBB? i really don’t want to get killed.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman intending to major in Bio with a neurosci concentration (originally I had planned on doing BBB) As far as I can tell, the bio route has more overlap with pre-med requirements than BBB, but BBB still has a great deal of overlap. The main differences I can find between BBB and Bio/Neurosci is that Bio requires a thesis, whereas in BBB a thesis is optional; also, in BBB there are different tracks you can pursue, so if you want you can take more psych-focused courses, or you can take more science-heavy courses. With Bio, there’s only the science-heavy option.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about picking a major now; you probably will change your mind after you get here, and the intro courses are more or less the same so it’s easy to switch around.</p>
<p>Look, I don’t think it would be that bad to take the pre-med classes. I’ve gone up against them, and I came out with A’s. You simply need diligence. But is it really worth it?</p>
<p>I don’t think so.</p>
<p>wait, what’s not worth it? the BBB major?</p>
<p>my final goal is just to become a doctor and be able to help people to the best of my abilities, so any road that gets me there is fine. </p>
<p>would a music major + pre-med classes be a better route then?</p>
<p>I mean, is it worth slaving through classes against pre-meds, where the course material is not part of the pre-med track? Because that’s essentially what happens in BBB.</p>
<p>A music major + pre-med classes would be a great route; it will help you stand out when you apply to med school, which is definitely a plus.</p>
<p>“my final goal is just to become a doctor and be able to help people to the best of my abilities, so any road that gets me there is fine.”</p>
<p>I love this comment. So much that I’m half inclined to write it in calligraphy and post it on my wall. Thank you for being a beautiful person!! :D</p>
<p>thanks cloisicecream92! :)</p>
<p>muerteapablo, thanks for the advice! i’ll definitely look into the music major + pre-med option. my original intention was to double major or major/minor in BBB/music. i’m just afraid a music major = no money in case i don’t get into med school…</p>
<p>what are you majoring in? / are you pre-med?</p>