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All of your pre-professional health students major in a science? That’s interesting, are you at a small technical/science university with limited degree offerings?</p>
<p>To give some background to your question, I’m a CC transfer. I attended community college for two years and completed most of my general education requirements. </p>
<p>As a transfer student at the 4 yr university, I originally intended to major in biology. However, my schedules in the next four semesters would have been filled with mostly science and math classes. Several senior students at the 4 yr and two of the advisors I’ve since consulted were in agreement that my plan to take the heavy science and math loads could damage my GPA. As you’re aware, maximizing one’s GPA is important for applying to a pre-prof program. I took biology off my list to prevent a burnout or the start of a downward trend in my grades (I have a 3.8 overall and 4.0 science GPA), which would look bad to pre-prof programs. I also had no problem giving biology up because of the lack of decent-pay employment opportunities after graduation. </p>
<p>Adding to the above, biology was the only major that would have allowed me to graduate in two years with med school prerequisites done. All other majors would have required me to shell out an extra year to have all med school prerequisites done, which I can’t afford financially (my full tuition scholarship is only renewable for one year). The alternate plan that was suggested in another thread I started was to graduate with a degree in two years and work full time while taking the med school prerequisites as a part time (non-degree seeking) student. </p>
<p>Now I’m looking for a major that’s readily accepted by employers to make sure my plan goes smoothly without anymore delays. </p>