Bioinformatics?

junef21
Mon, 16 May 2016 03:17:16 +0000

Okay so I’m going to be a freshman in college this fall. For a while, I was stuck between majoring in computer science or doing a pre-med related major to be a physician assistant. Then, I found that my school offers Bioinformatics as a major which basically overlaps with pre-med required courses. It consists of computer science and the science classes I would need for pre-med requirements. Basically, I’m conflicted between the computer science and physician assistant professions. Would this major be a good idea? It has both comp sci and science courses. I know they wouldn’t go deeply into the subject matter as a computer science major or biology major would, but if throughout the year let’s say I didn’t want to continue to become a pa, I would have some comp sci courses to fall back on. Or, if I decided I didn’t want to major in comp sci, I would have the requirements for pre-med to fall back on. Am I making the right choice to major in bioinformatics. I also know that PA’s require a lot of paid hours and experience so how would that work if I pursued this major?