Which Science Major suits me?

Jugulator20
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:39:05 +0000

“Next year I will be taking Physics C and Microbiology to try and see if I can narrow down my interests.”

It’s not important to narrow down your interests as a high school junior. Enjoy your remaining high school time. If you’re taking physics and micro next year, wait and see how they go. Maybe some yet to be determined subject/prof in college will spawn an interest into some field that isn’t currently on your radar. If you’re shooting for an Ivy, continue to focus on the task at hand (i.e., doing what it takes to get your hoped for Ivy acceptance), and not about premed.

“Another concern is that I want to take premed, but that doesn’t mean I will major in some Biology field.”

Premed does not mean ANY bio field (major), or for that matter ANY particular field (major). Med schools do not care what one’s major is. Most med school applicants tend to be bio majors because they figure out they can kill two birds with one stone (complete bio and most premed reqs at same time) whereas say a humanities major is going to have to figure out how to fit the increasing number of premed reqs into their schedule. Good luck.