Chemical Biology: More rigorous, better for PhD. Also, chem-centric
Molecular and Cell Biology (I assume biochem track): Slightly easier, may be better GPA wise.
There are more premed students in MCB
Either works. Just come in as Chemical Bio and figure it out later. College of Chemistry gets more free food.
Plus intro chem-bio classes are transferable to MCB easier than the other way because they are harder.
Today, I went to drop in advising for MCB (MCB drop in advising is like all the time. I love them so much more than Econ advising which is never. I’m trying to make an appointment with an Econ advisor, my first one, and there’s like 1 15-minute slot 2 weeks away that’s open, that I can’t even go to because I have class). But anyways, went to drop in advising because microbial genetics and developmental biology both sound boring, but I need an elective, and so I’m like, can I take Evolutionary Medicine, and they’re like, sure just go get this form signed. And now I get to take Evolutionary Medicine as my elective! Apparently, 2 people who I met today were really excited about bacterial pathogenesis, so take that.
Personal MCB benefits: Medical-related classes are fun.
Cons: I feel like I have learned very little since Bio 1A and Biochem 102. All the bio classes after that are just giving you slightly more detail. Small steps in knowledge increases. So, like upper division genetics is the same thing as Bio 1A, but with a bit more complicated recombination calculations (moms have more recombination). Cell biology learn the same signaling pathways, but with a few more enzymes thrown in. But I guess a lot of majors have that issue. The intro classes are just too thorough.