<p>I was wondering, those of you who are doing biological sciences, what major are you doing and why?
What will you do with your degree if you can apply to graduate/professional schools?
If you get less than 3.0 GPA and can't apply to graduate schools, what then will you do with your bachlor's degree?</p>
<p>I’m studying Biochemistry.</p>
<p>This leaves me with a bunch of options - biotech, biomed, industry, government, research institutes, etc, as well as most non-science jobs. Right now I’m interested in biomedical research and will probably apply to Grad school to pursue that. </p>
<p>If not, I’ll just get an industry job, like working in Research & Development of some random firm. Who knows, maybe I’ll end up at L’Oreal creating a new perfect water-proof mascara :P</p>
<p>But I’d rather do med research, so I’m hoping for at least a 3.5.</p>
<p>Is it true that biological sciences student with low GPA will end up flipping burgers? A nurse/dental hygienist/clinical lab science or any other special degree in health sceinces will be making more money than a biology degree alone?</p>
<p>I don’t think employers really care about GPA that much, unless you have like a C or D average. Nurses, dental hygienists, and other people with those clinical degrees are trained to do a specific job. </p>
<p>Biology (and majors like Physics, English, etc) are liberal arts degrees, meaning you learn about a subject but aren’t trained to do X job. That gives you a lot more options than someone with say, a Dental Hygiene degree who is only trained to do one specific thing. You could do their job too with some training, but you have a bunch of other options, like the ones I listed above. So someone with decent grades and a Bio degree is in a pretty good position - they can apply to all kinds of non-science jobs and science-related fields as well. You can end up going to Law school and doing Patent Law, or end up in Finance for all you know. A dental hygiene degree would be a lot more limiting, imo. </p>
<p>Your major and GPA don’t matter as much as you think. I used to babysit for some hot-shot hedge fund manager who told me she got her BA in Anthropology (and an MBA years later).</p>
<p>If you look at this study published in The Scientist, you’ll notice those who work in Industry (usually don’t have PhDs…) get paid pretty well: [Salaries</a> in Life Sciences by Gender, Sex, Degree and Field.](<a href=“http://www.the-scientist.com/fragments/salary_survey/2009/ss-charts.jsp]Salaries”>http://www.the-scientist.com/fragments/salary_survey/2009/ss-charts.jsp)</p>
<p>I’d like to do something health-related. I really don’t like my science courses that much though…I haven’t found any professors that I enjoy in that area of study :(. I don’t know what to do :(. I could never work in research or motivate myself enough to get a PhD in science… I’d kill myself first. I’m already dreading the fact that I have to do a thesis in my area of study…science :(. I am thinking that I might like to be a physician assistant…I’d feel good about my work, I’d have a decent, stable income, I wouldn’t be in school forever, and I could have time for a family… :). If my grades were super awesome and I felt motivated enough, I could always switch to go full out for med school.</p>
<p>Im majoring in Biochem MCB, I plan on having no social life and crushing undergrad, going to a top grad school, then post docs until I get a research position or a spot as a professor.</p>