<p>Does anyone know what the general trend is with these majors? I think premed people tend to choose these ones</p>
<p>These majors seem to share a lot of classes in between them, but which one tends to have a lower GPA on average? I feel like it's Biology because it is such a common major</p>
<p>yea i feel like half the pre-meds on campus are neuroscience. i hear it’s the less “burdensome” major to take as a pre-med, because nearly all of the pre-med requirements are fulfilled by the major requirements.</p>
<p>For premeds, Biology seems to be sort of stale because sooo many premeds choose that one.</p>
<p>Does Biology have more Grade deflation? I heard the average in most Bio classes is around a B-</p>
<p>Is Neuroscience a little bit more easier than Biology?</p>
<p>First, lame and myopic way to choose a major for premed. I made half of this mistake as a freshman. Your GPA = weak, weak correlation with concentration GPA. The bioscience majors here are so similar, I doubt there’s much of a significant difference in GPAs. The hardest core courses (biochem, genetics) are ones that everyone has to take anyways. More important are your own brain, particular interests, and the actual advanced electives you choose take within the major, not just some big sample size’s. If you’re good at psych, you’ll get a higher GPA in neuroscience than bio or microbio no matter what the averages are for the hundreds of others in the program. If you hate psych but like ecology, same idea for EEB. Course requirements for bio majors:[Concentrations</a> & Minors](<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/biology/academics/concentrationsminors]Concentrations”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/biology/academics/concentrationsminors) But why stop there? You’re paying dearly not just for premed and a good GPA, but also for an education. And there’s more options than just bio and neuro: [College</a> of Literature, Science, and the Arts : Students](<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umich/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=316cd377a3ce9110VgnVCM1000005001010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=9e0d086dbf3e9110VgnVCM1000005001010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default]College”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umich/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=316cd377a3ce9110VgnVCM1000005001010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=9e0d086dbf3e9110VgnVCM1000005001010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default)</p>
<p>You will need to communicate an interesting and genuine answer to “So why did you major in ___” at medical school interviews. So look at the electives within all the majors you’re interested in and choose the ones that you like the most, so you’ll get good grades AND be happy doing it. Half of us only get in med school, and most people graduating with these LSA degrees, premed or otherwise, won’t land great jobs right out of undergrad anyways (except CS-LSA, econ, math, stats, etc.). So we’d better enjoy it while it lasts if it’s just for premed.</p>
<p>That is pretty true actually.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that some premeds who do a tough science major such as MCDB or CMB end up switching to BBCS or Neuroscience later on because the higher level classes become really difficult.</p>
<p>Another difference I noticed is Math requirements. A lot of the science majors require Calc 2 while many premed people would have preferred to take Calc 1 and Stats as opposed to two semesters of Calc…</p>
<p>I’m not sure which major would be the least “troublesome” for premedders…</p>
<p>I will be pre-med and majoring in neuroscience not because I think its easier but because its interesting to me. Id say pick a major you think you will enjoy and succeed in but for pre meds I think neuroscience is going to get more popular since they are adding psyc to the Mcat</p>
<p>Yeah, I thought the same thing.</p>
<p>The 2015 MCAT is gonna be geared more towards social sciences and stuff like that. It’s also gonna be 1.5 hours longer.</p>
<p>I’m soooo glad that I’m in the class of 2015, because I’m still able to take the old MCAT in 2014 for Junior year</p>
<p>When I was looking through the different concentrations that involve neuroscience, I noticed that there were several different majors available such as Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science and Biopsych, Cognition, and Neuroscience. Could anyone offer some insight into the differences between these two as well as the general Neuroscience concentration? On the LSA website it talks about some of these majors offering better prep for grad/medical school than the others…</p>
<p>pick the major that when in an interview for med school you can have a good answer for why you chose that major (such as an interest or something) you don’t wanna just say I picked it because it was GPA booster and fit the pre-med requirements.</p>