Biology Major

mikemac
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:48:11 +0000

Well, the question is more that should we tell people majoring in English or whatever to change majors as well because certainly the market is saturated for them too?

What we should tell them is that there are vocationally oriented majors such as accounting, teaching, engineering, nursing, etc. that lead directly to a job. The majority of majors, though, provide no such preparation. It is incumbent on kids in these majors to simultaneously identify what they’d like to do after college and to begin laying the groundwork to enter their chosen field thru volunteer work, internships, summer jobs, etc.

The problem many Bio or other science majors have is that they end up with the worst of both worlds. Because the degree does not directly prepare them for a job they find they don’t have a lot of opportunities when they graduate. And at the same time many were not aware of the post-college job market so they didn’t spend the time to figure out what they might want to do if med school isn’t in their future.