such thing as easier majors at UCSD?

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<p>Hello. I will be attending UCSD this fall, but I'm currently undeclared in Bilogical Sciences Department since almost the entire science departments are impacted this year. </p>

<p>I'm planning to go to medical school and since I can't really get into any biology related major, I was thinking I should go into Biological Anthropology or Psychology. </p>

<p>MY QUESTION IS:</p>

<p>I heard that Psychology major or rather, humanities majors are easier to get HIGHER GPA than science majors like biochemistry or molecular biology. Is this true?</p>

<p>I really really need to know ASAP.</p>

<p>Thank you!!</p>

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<p>Humanities majors are generally considered to be easier to get a higher GPA than science majors. But do not be confused, easier does NOT equal easy. Humanities majors require a ton of reading and writing and are also a lot of hard work.
My best advice is to do the major that most appeals to you - you will get better grades in a major you genuinely like than a major that is ‘easier’ but bores you.</p>

<p>PS a psych major still requires a lot of math and science so I don’t know if I would consider that humanities.</p>

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<p>I’ve met someone who is a cognitive science major, but is taking chem / psychics courses to get into med school for neuroscience. I also know of someone majoring in econ, taking the needed science courses to try and get into med school.</p>

<p>its possible, med schools probably like that you come from different disciplines than just straight biology</p>

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<p>My major is Bioengineering: Premedical, is this major good for pre-med or not? Please advise.</p>

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<p>Psychology is easier than biochemistry and molecular biology.</p>

<p>Westin, BioE: Premed is fine for pre-med (it’s designed for it), though it requires BioE courses you would otherwise need not take.</p>

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<p>Slorg, Thanks.
Is BioE much more difficult than other bio major?</p>

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<p>Depends on which bio major. Generally speaking, Human Biology, Physics, and Bioengineering are regarded as some of the hardest majors. But, regardless, you should not be concerned about what major is regarded as easy, to some people, a math-based major is easier to them than a writing-based major. </p>

<p>Also, BioE: Premed is being “morphed” into a new major by 2011, called Biosystems: Biomedical Devices. This new major will emphasize more of the “engineering” aspect of Bioengineering than what pre-med offered… which was mostly just biology oriented subject matter.</p>

<p>Here’s a link: [The</a> Guardian - Bioengineering Department to Replace Pre-Med Track](<a href=“http://www.ucsdguardian.org/news/bioengineering-department-to-replace-pre-med-track-1.1758020]The”>http://www.ucsdguardian.org/news/bioengineering-department-to-replace-pre-med-track-1.1758020)</p>

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<p>Thank you all. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>take what you’re interested in. So if you’re interested and good at English, take English as a major, etc. And then take the required classes needed for medical schools, i.e. physics, Ochem, GChem, biology, etc. It’s just easier to be a bio major because the required classes for med school are integrated into your four year plan. </p>

<p>I took Human Biology because I genuinely like biology. If not bio, then I probably would’ve taken Math. :x</p>

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<p>regardless of which major you’re taking for med school, you still have to take science classes…for example, the dreaded Chem 6 series. no way to get out of the science courses.</p>