<p>Hi I want to double major in biology and psychology but am unsure if I can handle the courseload. What are the required courses you have to take to graduate with a bio major? What about the psych major requirements? Also, how hard is it to get an A in those classes?</p>
<p>Ctrl+f for "REQUIREMENTS FOR THE B.S. DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES"</p>
<p>^ thank you!</p>
<p>I'm kinda getting tired of the "how hard is it to get an A" type of question. I know getting good grades is a concern, but if you seriously work hard to put in a good effort, the grades will come. The problem is that the great majority of students won't put in an honest effort. They'll procrastinate and save all of the reading until the night before and start papers a couple hours before they're due. So when they come home with 2.0 GPAs they whine and complain about how hard it is. But that's a ****-poor effort on the student's part. I will admit that when I was in college I rarely put in what I would consider an honest effort into my classes and I was still able to pull off a decent GPA. But in every class that I feel that I put in a truly honest effort, I got at least an A-minus.</p>
<p>A big part of college is having fun, so you'll have to learn to balance. That's when it gets tough to get good grades. But if all you care about is good grades and you're not looking for a balance, then you can do it. But I don't recommend that or else you'll look back on college and have no memories.</p>
<p>haha, I'm thinking about biochem and sociology/human behavior...maybe we'll be friends and live in the science library together...</p>
<p>college is going to suck :-P</p>
<p>How hard is it to get an A in bio? Just be smarter than 83% of your classmates because the courses are on a set curve. Top ~17% generally get A's... some teachers up it to 20%.</p>
<p>I doubled in Chemistry & Bio and I did have to study a lot, definitely much more than my roommates who were Econ and Math, but there's still a lot of time to have fun. My theory was, put in a lot of work Mon-Thurs then don't worry too much about school on Fri/sat/sun.</p>
<p>You don't have to be smarter than 83%, you just have to outscore them. A lot of people are naturally smart but have terrible study habits, and those people suffer in college. I'm sure many (or all) of you were able to coast in high school and cram the night before exams and still pull A's. Those days are over, buddy. Time to put your nose to the grindstone and actually work hard!</p>
<p>ok alicantekid, you're techinically right, you dont have to be the "smartest" overall, but I meant, smartest for whatever test it is you're taking. If you score better on a test than 83% of your class I would say your smarter than them on whatever it is you were testing for. And yeah i'm aware there may be a couple people who really knew it but are "bad test takers." Anyway, so you don't have to be overall smarter than everyone, but do be smarter than them on each test... eventually you will be smarter than them if you weren't already.</p>
<p>I have no sympathy for those who are "naturally" smart but have bad study habits. In my opinion they can't be all that bright if they don't use it wisely.</p>