<p>It never occurred to me to create a back up plan in the events that things won't go as planned. Currently I'm working towards a BS in Biology as it filled most of my Pre-med preqs. quite well, although in the event I don't end up getting into Med school I really have no idea what to do.
As of right now I'm dreadfully despise Biology, and it's been slightly pulling my GPA down. Surprisingly I'm doing better in chemistry, which I still can't believe. I'm contemplating on switching my major to something I can fall back on, considering there isn't much you can do with a BS in Biology from what I've researched.
So At this point I'm really open to any advice anyone could give me on what to do. Anyone got any ideas? What's your back-up plan?
I'm going into my second year of college next semester, by the way..</p>
<p>Chemistry isn’t that great as a fallback plan either, even taking in account that you do better in chemistry than in biology. Are you any good in another area?</p>
<p>How are you at math and/or statistics?</p>
<p>Either offer better job potential than either biology or chemistry.</p>
<p>If you stick with bio, what about other health-related fields? Physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse practioner, physician’s assistant. </p>
<p>Pharmaceutical sales. Healthcare case management. Research lab assistant. Clinical study coordinator.</p>
<p>^good list so far, also consulting, law, biotech, education, and advocacy/policy work.</p>
<p>Intellectual property, assisting in biology field work, further schooling (e.g. PhD, MBA, MPH, MPP, etc.)…</p>
<p>I’m not exactly the brightest in Math, the last math class I took was AP Calculus and I somehow managed to at least get a 3 on the AP exam. I’ve never taken Stats. Though I heard it was easy? Then again that could have just been the class at my old high school.
The best subject I was good at through out high school was any type of history class, as I didn’t really have a major interest in the other subject, but if I apply myself I think I could do fine, as long as I don’t take too many credits (learned that the hard way last semester) </p>
<p>Aren’t there special programs for "Physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse practioner, physician’s assistant. " That I’d have to take? Sorry, I’m not too knowledgeable on these aspects. I do like the idea of doing Physical therapy as well though, or even a physician’s assistant.
I’m quite sure I don’t want to get involved in law or education. </p>
<p>and Thank you everyone for the help, so far!</p>
<p>All the therapy or healthcare practice type jobs (PT, OT, NP, PA, AA) require graduate training.</p>
<p>PT requires a DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy); OT requires a MS; NP requires both a nursing degree (there are special BS to MSN programs for bio/chem majors) plus some additional training; PA requires a specialized 2 year MS. </p>
<p>More heathcare jobs: anesthesia assistant, podiatrist, optometrist.</p>
<p>AA requires a MS; Podiatry and Optometry both have 3 year doctoral programs.</p>
<p>You can get your foot in the door for PT by earning a certificate at a CC as PT assistant.</p>
<p>if you’re interested in physical therapy, a great, easily accessible resource would be to go seek out someone at your school’s athletic department. If you’re at a big sports school, they might have physical therapists on staff, if not, they must know ones in the area.</p>