I applied to 6 colleges. In 4 of them I chose to major in Biology because really didn’t see astronomy or any Space Science listed. As for the other 2, I picked business majors. Would writing a letter about my love for space, and just the future in general, and how the scyfy genre has impacted it be a bad idea? I feel like it would make the office of admissions people think that I’m not serious about my major, if I’m going on about how I have a passion for something else. Any thoughts would help a lot, thanks.
There are a lot of biological aspects of spaceflight. I don’t see a problem with that. But do you really want to major in biology? The degree offerings at those schools aren’t going to change.
I do enjoy biology, but I’m not as passionate about it as I am the wonders of space. I’m thinking of maybe transferring after 2 years to a college that offers astronomy but I’m still not sure. Also I would major in Physics to help maybe design spacecraft one day, but sadly I just don’t think I’m cut out for physics, I’m getting 80’s in it when all throughout high school I’ve been getting 90’s-100 in Science classes. I just can’t comprehend it correctly.
I’m sure you can connect the two. Just say that it is your ambition to dissect aliens or something
Also guys, I had the idea to write about space for the 4 colleges I chose to major in biology, and writing about something else for the 2 business colleges I’m applying to.
You can refer to the movie ‘Paul’ (alien voiced by Seth Rogen)
Physics is hard, don’t feel bad. Space is cool. What type of job do you want to have in the space industry? Are you thinking you want to be a theoretical scientist studying stars and planets or in something more related to the equipment itself, like making rockets, spacesuits, rovers, etc.? I’m going into aerospace engineering because I like the equipment aspect and the whole adventure of rocketing somewhere off the planet (I want to be an astronaut), but I’m less interested in what exact organisms are stars made of and how old is the material, etc. unless it can be collected and used for rocket fuel or something like that, lol.
haha thats a really good idea writing about maybe one day discovering aliens, but would that seem ridiculous and far fetched the people reading my essay?
Definitely studying stars and planets. I love just looking at nebula’s, comets, asteroids, that kind of thing
well you got to say that the universe is massive so aliens probably exist. Then you can go on a spiel about how the requirements for life could be different for aliens like Silicon based life and all that stuff
here’s an interesting wikipedia article you can refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry
If you are wanting to be a scientist, then you will probably need grad school. Perhaps find a good undergraduate major to get that would go nicely with a Ph.D in astronomy/astrophysics. Biology might be good. Could you not find any schools that offered astronomy as an undergrad degree? How selective are the colleges you applied to and what is your financial situation?
Financial situation is not too good. I’m paying for college myself. It was either community college or a SUNY school, (they’re pretty cheap) and I couldn’t find a SUNY school with an astronomy major. and most SUNY schools have a 75-50% acceptance rate so they’re not extremely selective.
Are you able to afford a SUNY school? Any chance of a scholarship?
http://aas.org/learn/planning-your-education#college Here’s something you might want to look at. I know you said that you weren’t that great at physics, but how much math have you had? Physics concepts are hard, but if you haven’t had at least the first semester of Calc yet, it’s even harder. It looks like geology or chemistry or computer science might also be options for undergrad, then you could hopefully find a grad school to go on in astronomy.
Astrobiology? Why not? 
These are all places that I think have some sort of Astrobiology. You can explore their sites and find out what is involved.
Penn State
University of Washington
Cornell
UT Austin
UCLA
Arizona State
Colorado
Rensselaer