<p>I want to become a pediatrician and don't know what to major in. I was thinking about biology or biochemistry. What do you think?</p>
<p>Major in something you really love. It can be anything, as what will get you into medical school are stellar grades and MCAT scores, no matter what your major is.</p>
<p>You can major in anything, as long as you take the required classes, try not to do the obvious bio or chem since so many people take those. I know people who got into dental school with an econ major. Just have fun and do what you love, like Booklady said!</p>
<p>I suggest if your heart is really set on med school, stay away from anything in engineering. Major in what you feel comes natural to you. Remember, you can major in anything as long as you meet the requirements of the med school you want to attend. High GPA’s and MCAT scores. Also some reasearch would do you justice, and shadowing.</p>
<p>major in something you love AND can get a high GPA for (since that will help boost what are, usually, low Science GPAs…lol). Or maybe majoring in something like Public Health that covers all the pre-med requirements and gives you a cool bachelor’s degree for it? :D</p>
<p>The advantage to choosing a major in the biomedical sciences (btw people, there is more than just biology and biochem) is that the required coursework will include anything you need to take for medical school admissions and the major requirements usually include some formal research requirement. Don’t underestimate how important this research experience will be in your applications. That being said, I majored in Bacteriology and had a lot of friends in various other biomedical departments, and we took almost identical coursework. Make a list of the advanced courses offered by each department and figure out which are most intriguing to you and pick that department, but don’t do this til after you have finished some of the preliminary coursework and had realistic exposure to various departments. You may not know what topics and questions biostats or molecular biology actually deals with until after you have taken at least intro bio.</p>