<p>Hey, I know I shouldnt be worrying about what I want to major in right now since it's early, but I wanted to know whether I can take some options. At the moment, I'm really interested in the atmospheric sciences; I recently conducted successful research on global climate change. However, I'm also into the biological sciences and I may find interest in perhaps the neurosciences or biomedical sciences. So in Columbia, would a field such as neurosciences require a pre-made decision like for example, having decided to go into pre-med during high school? I guess what I am asking is, will there be ample time as well as ample experiences in the Core Curriculum throughout the undergraduate college career for me to "change" majors? I really like atmospheric sciences, but at the same time, i'm sorta pushed to go for careers that have higher salaries. Thanks a lot for any help!</p>
<p>bump... thanks.</p>
<p>sounds like your leaning toward environmental science or biology or neuroscience which is fine, you dont have to make a decision until the end of soph year and by that time you will have the chance to take classes in each and explore them all.</p>
<p>thanks for ur reply. so if i wanted to go into biology or neurosciences, perhaps a career as a neurosurgeon, i didnt need to have applied for pre-med in advance? i dont know why im worrying about this right now!</p>
<p>actually i researched some medical schools and it says that i just need to complete pre-med courses, not neccesarily be IN a pre-med program. so columbia's core curriculum provides all of these required courses. alright so it isn't too late to go into medicine if i want to. alright i now know what i must do.....</p>
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<p>this isnt true....the core will only fulfill your english requirement....the required courses are all science and math! but as a science major your major requirements should fulfill most of the premed requirements. </p>
<p>But yea, bottom line is dont worry too much about it now you can become premed whenever.</p>