Will not taking chemistry in high school hinder my application process?

ucbalumnus
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:34:58 +0000

If you either major in biology or do pre-med (note: majoring in biology is not required for pre-med), you will need to take freshman general chemistry and organic chemistry in college. In many universities, students taking freshman general chemistry are assumed to have some chemistry knowledge from high school chemistry.

Also, selective universities like to see for admissions purposes that high school students took all three of biology, chemistry, and physics in high school.

Be aware that biology (and chemistry) majors do not have very good job and career prospects at the bachelor’s degree level, so try to avoid student loan debt.