<p>UCB is right; if you seriously know you’re pre-med/pre-pharm, focus on getting straight As in any major while fulfilling all of the entrance requirements.</p>
<p>And I’ll personally add… I think you’re giving college wayyy more credit than it’s due… </p>
<p>College will not teach you how to think more critically or empathize more deeply than other people. It’s all memorization with a little social skill thrown in. Real life teaches you critical thinking skills, college probably numbs them significantly if anything since you get into a linear routine and you’re in an environment specifically designed to give unrealistic ideals their fair shot. Just my $0.02.</p>
<p>Majoring in biochemistry will not turn you into a “walking science textbook”. You will be too busy keeping up with the workload and you will forget 90% of the material a day later. As they say: Cram, exam, forget. Studying biochemistry obsessively on your own time for the next 30 years will turn you into a walking science textbook. You cannot master a field that big by just attending some undergraduate lectures… Don’t worry about that at all.</p>
<p>Lastly, COME ON! Eminem is funny and everything but do you want to look back and say your road through life was influenced by a guy who makes a living rhyming about peepees over zany sound effects? If you want to formally perform on piano and make connections with other musicians then perhaps a music major makes sense (personally I vastly prefer private lessons over very broad music department lectures), but Eminem threw me off.</p>