What should I major in?
I'm in my freshman year of college right now and am currently taking math, chemistry, and biology for premed. I really have my heart set on getting into medical school and having a surgical career. But the problem is I don't know what I should major in. Over the last few months I've been interested in Classics, Psychology, and Finance but I have no clue what I should do and whether or not one of these would be able to get me a good alternative career if I get rejected by med school. This has been really stressing me out, not being focussed with what I want to major in, and I'm worried it might affect my grades right now. So, I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out with some advise to give me some guidance. Thank you.
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- not sure dude but hey just take a career aptitude test like this http://www.job--listings.info/free-aptitude-test.htm and see what they come out with, it's free and it can be fun.. then you'll know what suits your personality and you can take it from there. good luck there's a couple more tests here too http://www.job--listings.info/ hope it helped, have fun.
- talk to your counselor,,but find out what courses you need to be taking for premed..you should have a premed course of study and just major in premed..You don't HAVE to list a major you can just write in UNDECIDED under major. You can always change your mind. I would lean toward Psychology for a fall back.A Psychology major can teach,counsel,alot of different avenues.
- Why don't you talk with the campus counselors they will be more than happy to help you sort this out I believe they will be able to guide you better than anyone else and give you the information what what classes you need to take.
- Human Biology, human movement ect for a surgical career. If your sports orientated you will enjoy this major of study.
- Relax. You're in freshman year. You don't have to declare a major yet, and if none of the things you've considered so far have stirred a passion and determination similar to how you feel about medicine, you probably shouldn't. Take this opportunity to explore while fulfilling your basic requirements, and you'll figure it out. I will caution that if your primary consideration is job security (which I wouldn't recommend as a strategy for deciding, but it's really your call), Classics has the least-defined career track of the three you've singled out. The Latin roots will probably help you on your MCATs, though. ;)
- Major in a hard science. You'll be able to make it through the organic chemistry, anatomy, etc. that you'll need to know to make it though med school. A new thing that med schools are looking for these days is people who also have outside interests other than medicine. So please, continue to pursue your other interests, get involved in groups that explore those things, but major in a science. After all, you can be a doctor full time and do other things on the side, but it's kind of hard to be a doctor on the side. Oh and if you're interested in Psychology, there are MD PhD programs where you can go Psychology and Medicine. Just a thought.
