Cal vs UW vs WashU

ucbalumnus
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:31:43 +0000

Given the poor job prospects in biochemistry, it would not be prudent to take on a lot of debt to major in biochemistry. If you are pre-med, you may need to save money for expensive medical school.

However, be aware that the biochemistry major at University of Washington is competitive admission, so if you are not directly admitted to it as a frosh, you need to apply to declare the major:
[Biochemistry[/url]
It would be a good idea to have an alternate major that is not as heavily impacted in case you are not admitted to the major:
[url=http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/majors/majoff.php]UW Advising - List of Majors](http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/academic/bioc.html)