<p>Ok so i'm a HS senior, and I'm looking into potential college majors. I'm a social science (history, economics, english) type person. Although I do enjoy math, but in science I do not do as favorably as the other subjects (Note: I don't study as much for science as I probably could.). In all my science classes, It would require...alot of studying to grasp the topic. I don't see science as difficult, but it doesn't come to me as smoothly as the other subjects. I'm currently in AP Physics...the teacher isn't very coherent, so I can't judge my science skills based on her sub-par teaching skills. I have a B-B+ in every science class I've taken (except 8th grade science where I had an A+, which wasn't even in Honors). I'm considering an UG Economics major (maybe at Penn State, Bing, or other good colleges), but my dad is a architectEnginneer, and my mom wants me to pursure medicine. So my question is: Should I even attempt UG Medicine (pre-med)/PetroEnginneering or some other science based major? Or should I just stick with my social sciences-based majors (law, economics, biz.) </p>
<p>I don't know if I would enjoy Medicine/Engineering in college, because I haven't had adequate exposure to these majors to say I dislike them.</p>
<p>I'm asking because I know one cannot make a genuine decision based on solely HS subjects, as I know college elaborates much more on these subjects than HS.</p>
<p>Your mother wants you to do medicine, your father wants you to do engineering. But what do you want to do?</p>
<p>That said, you don’t have to decided right away. You could go in as engineering and you could start taking premed courses. If you don’t like engineering the first semester switch majors. But if you don’t mind premed you can continue that and major in whatever (… history). Vice versa</p>
<p>Before making decision, make sure those colleges are reachable for you.
Bing is mad easy to get in (but occasionally a few smart one get waitlisted, <em>blink</em> at my friend. rofl).</p>
<p>I think you should apply to the social science major that you actually enjoy. I am sure we should respect our parents, but I don’t think they want to see you losing faith in college either.</p>
<p>You will be taking some science courses in the end. Hence if you think you like the science then switch by all means.</p>
<p>What was your math score on the SAT? There was a recent study done by a Physics professor at the University of Oregon that showed pretty conclusively that to have any chance at all of successfully completing a degree in the physical sciences or engineering the minimum required score was 600. </p>
<p>I am an MD who got my undergraduate degree in Astronomy and was amazed at how little math and physics my classmates and even my professors at a leading American medical school knew. Doctors do dozens of calculations every day but none require more than high school Algebra. However, while not requiring much math ability medical school is a relentless grind and residency is brutal so you better really want to be a doctor if you choose medical school.</p>
<p>It indicates that with a SAT math score of 580 your prospects for successfully completing an undergraduate major in engineering are almost non-existent. You could show it to your father and that might convince him that an attempt to get a degree in engineering would be an exercise in futility. </p>
<p>If you pursue medicine, I do not think math will be a problem for you but as I mentioned above it requires tremendous persistence and motivation to get through medical school and residency. You could major in one of the Social Sciences, where your strengths seems to lie, but keep your options open for applying to medical school by taking two semesters of General Biology, two semesters of General Chemistry, two semesters of Organic Chemistry and two semesters of Physics for Biology majors (non-calculus based).</p>
<p>As an engineering major, I wasn’t a very good student in math either (I just don’t remember them lol), before entering college (but I started off with calculus right away, like everyone else.) As a sophomore today, I still have math problems. But when I start liking math, and doing the math, I should go back to HS and yell at my pre-calculus teacher: NO PRE-CALCULUS ISN’T DIFFICULT AT ALL.</p>
<p>I still don’t remember certain things, because I don’t use them that often.</p>
<p>You should first consider the one that you absolutely enjoy. You can be undecided when you apply to the school.</p>
<p>The math need for a usual science major (excluding physics major) is minimum. 3 semesters of calculus - light calculus. Our professors said the biology people use the lighter calculus book, and the engineers and physics major use heavier calculus book. Indeed very true.</p>