<p>i applied and was accepted as a biochem major, but now i am thinking about changing to a preprof major in the college of science. then i would be able to take extra math and science classes that i want in my elective spaces. Are premed majors looked down upon as taking the easy way? if i do decide to change, do i need to contact someone to tell them? i will be up there for a few days in march for the reilly weekend so i can probably get more info about the programs then.</p>
<p>U will have plenty of time to decide what u want to major in. Everyone in freshmen year take the same courses, it is not till Soph or end of Frosh to decide what major. So just chill out.</p>
<p>"So just chill out"</p>
<p>i don't know if that was supposed to be mean or not but actually the freshman schedules are not exactly the same. the preprof major only has 17 hours for each semester freshman year with 2 maths, 2 chems, and the rest core classes. the biochem major has 18 hours for each semester freshman year and also includes 2 bio classes, which i think makes a pretty big difference.</p>
<p>I highly doubt pre-med is looked down upon. Its not like taking one hour less suddenly makes you lazy and looking for the easy way out. I mean, I can't say for sure, but I bet the classes are challenging, because you are planning on medical school. If you want to be able to take those extra math and science classes, go ahead. Don't take something because it might look better, take what you want to do, otherwise you'll get disinterested or bored and your grades might slip. There is a way to change your major and people to talk to, but I'm not sure who that is, though I have read about it somewhere on the website. Either look around the website or call ND to find out. You also might be able to find out during Reilly Weekend.</p>
<p>thanks scsquidsnaps</p>
<p>Preprof isn't viewed as the easy way out by many, just a few angry biochem majors who are more jealous than anything :). Either will prepare you quite well for medical school, and you will have plenty of opportunities to switch so don't worry about that at all! Focus instead on finding your passion and follow that. There are many preprof/psych majors and I think they are probably better prepared for medical school than the biochems just because they understand people and bedside manner so much better. Just a thought.</p>
<p>Don't stress it, you will have the opportunity to make changes if you wish!</p>
<p>Your welcome. Just don't stress out so much, because most college students do change their major at some point, so if your going to, it wont be that big of a deal. It'll be even less of a deal if you do it before you start. Plus, biochem and preprof are similar so even if you change later on, it wont be nearly as hard as other majors. Heck my brother just changed majors from physics to marine archeology and he had no problem. Granted, it was a different school, but for you just switching biochem and preprof should be alright.</p>
<p>"Preprof isn't viewed as the easy way out by many, just a few angry biochem majors who are more jealous than anything."</p>
<p>OK, that may be true. But only because we know what we're talking about. :) Preprof majors simply don't have to work as hard as biochem majors. As irish said, the most important thing is to follow your passion. Both will prepare you for medical school. If your passion is science, biochem will still be harder, but will give you a better background in science and give you more options after college (like research). But if you have an interest other than science, preprof will give you the extra credit hours to use to pursue it. If you are planning on possibly switching from one to the other, start with biochem. From there the switch to preprof will be a piece of cake. If you start off preprof and want to switch to biochem, you will have some catching up to do.</p>
<p>thanks everyone</p>
<p>i got in as a chem major. is it possible to double major in chem and premed?</p>
<p>"Premed" isn't really a major at Notre Dame, it's a program. If you want to go the preprofessional route, you can either do ALPP (and major through arts and letters) or go through the college of science. If you choose to do a chemistry major, you will be able to take the required premed courses as well.</p>