<p>I intend to go to medical school after undergrad. I was wondering if a statistics major would prepare me well for medical school since it requires a computer programming class and (obviously) a lot of statistics classes. I definitely consider myself a big math person and I really liked AP Statistics. I will be taking the stat classes along with all of the other science pre-reqs for med school.</p>
<p>Is a statistics major extremely hard for someone who always got high A’s in their high school math classes?</p>
<p>Do statistics majors have good job prospects if I later decide that medical school isn’t for me?</p>
<p>Can’t speak to stats specifically, but I have 2 kids with math majors (each also had a second major) either already in med school or applying to med school this year. </p>
<p>Employment opportunities for stats majors are definitely better than for biology majors.</p>
<p>[Statisticians</a> : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/math/statisticians.htm]Statisticians”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/math/statisticians.htm)</p>
<p>However, no undergrad major will “prepare” you for medical school. Med school is unique unto itself.</p>
<p>Take a look at the <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html</a> .</p>
<p>In general, math and statistics majors have better job prospects than biology majors. The better job prospects are mostly in finance and related fields (e.g. actuary), though some do cross over into the computer industry.</p>
<p>Doing well in high school math and statistics (and math sections of typical high school level standardized tests) is probably a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for doing well in the more advanced math and statistics courses taken by math and statistics majors. This is especially true of the upper division courses which are more proof-oriented.</p>
<p>Statistics majors have excellent job prospects, especially if you can program. Take more than one computer programming class; if you can learn to code and use SQL, Python, or whatever, then you’ll be much more marketable. But businesses, healthcare organizations and educational orgs are all using statisticians to crunch their data. So yes, you will have great job prospects, even within medicine/health.</p>
<p>Will it prepare you for med school? Not in a conventional sense, but it will teach you to think logically.</p>