<p>Well assuming I get into Cornell as a pre-med bio major and after a year or 2 realize that I am not going to be able to get a high enough GPA for med schools, would I be able to switch to something such as math? Also what good jobs can you get with a math degree?</p>
<p>you would want to make sure you’re doing biology in arts and sciences, for starters.</p>
<p>you have to take some courses before you can even apply for the math major, so you would want to take those early on if you’re serious about possibly making that a major. I’m getting that information from here: [Cornell</a> Math - The Undergraduate Major in Mathematics](<a href=“http://www.math.cornell.edu/Undergraduate/Major/major.html]Cornell”>http://www.math.cornell.edu/Undergraduate/Major/major.html)
I am not sure it would be a great idea to <em>plan</em> to go two whole years (four semesters!) before deciding whether you want to become a math major though.</p>
<p>I don’t know what kinds of jobs math majors get…I don’t know that anyone’s getting good jobs these days? it looks like there is a “concentration” thing you can do by combining the math major with something else, so you might consider one of those as a way to apply the math you learn.</p>
<p>as a bio major, I think you should also consider staying with biology. it’s a fully reasonable major just on its own. it’s not like it’s just another word for pre-med.</p>
<p>fwiw - 35 years ago - my roommate was pre-med - after taking the MCAT decided that she wasn’t going to med school…worked two years for a pharm company…applied to Harvard Business School and ended up getting an MBA…</p>
<p>My daughter is a math major. When she was a freshman, everyone asked her if was going to be a teacher (a woman, math major…what else could she do). Her career aspiration since high school was to work at an IB. The advice she was given by many of our friends was to major in math (with few finance courses).</p>
<p>I was going to be a physics major many years ago. I found I really had no aptitude for it after 2 years. I switched my major to math and econ. It was a very easy switch because I had to take a lot of math courses for physics. When I graduated I got a job as an actuary, hated it. I then went into finance, never even bothered with a graduate degree.</p>
<p>With a math degree, you could go into finance, CS, accounting, consulting, actuarial…I would also advise you to take few econ, finance courses in AEM or Hotel. Just take enough courses within your major to satisfy the requirement, and take as many electives as possible while you are at Cornell (art, psychology, history)</p>