<p>I'm attending college as a Biological Science major and plan on going to graduate school to become a physician.
Lately, however, I've been reading forums which say that I can get into Med School with basically any major, and applying with BioSci lessens your chances of getting into med school because of the large numbers applying with that major.
My question is whether a Biological Science bachelor's degree (undergrad, four years) is useful, what jobs can I get with this if I don't get into Med school?
Also, should I consider changing my major and applying to Med School with something else?</p>
<p>There are a lot of students with biology majors who apply to medical school; this does not lower their odds of getting into medical school. Medical schools don’t care what your major is. Be careful about what you read, and always do your homework on these things. The numbers are all available from AAMC, where you can see data on MCAT score and GPA vs major for both applicants and accepted students. If you do the analysis, you will find that it doesn’t matter what your major is–what matters is MCAT and GPA. Biology majors are accepted at a relatively lower rate not because they majored in biology, but rather because biology majors tend to have lower MCAT and GPAs than several other majors.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to AAMC’s data tables: <a href=“https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/”>https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/</a></p>
<p>To answer your other question: a BS in biology is useless. At best, you’ll have to compete for low-level lab tech gigs that pay very little, with no opportunity for advancement. In biology, one needs at least an MS, and even at the PhD level prospects are poor.</p>
<p>The job prospects suck. but thats a mute point as many people take jobs outside of their major.</p>
<p>that said all med school cares about is MCAT,GPA,extra curriculars,and science GPA. they could care less about major. </p>