<p>at UCI</p>
<p>I hear that most kids just get weeded out of the major and end up taking Economics</p>
<p>is this true?</p>
<p>and if it is why is it like that?</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of the taking Economics thing, but some do end up switching majors because it does take effort.</p>
<p>Most people go in to the major because they want to go to medical school. Being a Bio major, it’s my understanding that it’s a lot easier to get the classes that you need so you can get the requirements for medical school. However, the problem with the pre-med people is that if they really don’t like Biology, they may end up screwing up their gpa if they keep going with the major, so they switch out.</p>
<p>In short, Biology isn’t bad if you HONESTLY like it and are willing to put the time in to prepare for your classes. But if you’re choosing it for medical school and have no interest in Biology, DON’T DO IT.</p>
<p>Yeah, most people just end up joining biology because it has a good scope or because their parents wanted them to or because they thought it would be better to get in there rather than undeclared, and when you have like, a much higher than normal percentage of bio students (more than 50 percent of my hall are bio majors), people will be dropping out. And yeah, there is a lot of work to be done and effort to be put in, which isn’t too bad if you’re into the subject legitly and yeah…</p>
<p>As for the economics thing, I’ve never heard of that one before, it’s more of people realizing what they really want to do since it is hard to decide during high school. Just do what you really want to do, but don’t completely undermine your future by getting into something obscure like Hispanic Studies at the same time. Best advice is, just go with biology if you’re feeling it, worst case scenario you can always switch out…</p>
<p>They get weeded out and end up in public health, psych, etc. etc., and econ as you say.</p>
<p>I think its probably because there are so many parents who either A.) Persuade B.) Force C.)Guilt trip D.) Make their students to try for med school.</p>
<p>^^What ryukapple said is true.</p>
<p>Classes like Ochem tend to weed people out of biology-related majors since they’re tough and require a lot of effort. People would rather switch majors to protect their GPA, since a high GPA is critical for those interested in medical school or graduate school.</p>
<p>^^
Organic chemistry is a pre-requisite to any medical school. If someone wants to switch out of that, he or she can’t go to med school o:</p>
<p>They can take it at a CC before applying to med school, though.</p>
<p>Bio Sci kid here. Haha, it isn’t even that great of a major, yet it’s the most popular here. ***. Yes, it’s true that they weed out a bunch of students. You screw up a little and you’re out. I was actually thinking of switching to Business/Econ or something because I don’t want to deal with this competition. The Bio Sci curriculum is annoyingly linear (everyone takes the same stuff at the same time, for the first two years, at least) and it’s a ton of work for what I think is a fairly crappy diploma. >_<</p>
<p>It just depends on what you want to do with it, really. It’s useful for people going into med/ vet school, or bio-related graduate programs because you’re able to complete the prerequisites. You’re also able to do relevant undergraduate research which looks good on your application. If you’re not going past the BS degree… well, I’m not sure it’s worth the trouble/ competition.</p>
<p>Haha, yeah. Pretty much every Bio major is expected to go for med school. It really is a useless degree if you don’t try/don’t make it.</p>
<p>^ I wouldn’t say useless. It has better job opportunities then other B.A degrees. You can be a lab assistant and gain a decent pay until your ready to move on.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call lab assistant pay decent. If you’re not going to grad school after getting your Bio degree, there’s really no point. It’s going to be a lot of work for nothing.</p>