My daughter just got her acceptance letter and she was thinking of going biology for premed or predental was curious if others have opinions on this.
GenericAggie said:
My daughter just got her acceptance letter and she was thinking of going biology for premed or predental was curious if others have opinions on this.
YokelRidesAgain said:
Biology degrees leave grad school and education as secondary options, in addition to working as a lab tech. BIMS has even less non-professional school career options.
Holst said:
I graduated BIMS and went straight into medical school. I found that major extremely advantageous in professional school. I'd had biochem, microbiology, immunology, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology at TAMU so when I took them in medical school I already knew a lot about those subjects and did really well. Doing well in medical school meant I had my pick of residency spots which set me up nicely for later.
Had I not been accepted I'd have done a special masters program in physiology like one of my BQ upperclassmen did. He then got in and trounced medical school, last I heard he was a professor at MD Anderson in Houston.
I loved history classes A LOT, could've been happy as a history major and taken the pre reqs. I'm not sure I would've been as prepared for professional school. Plus I had a lot of veterinarians teach me, they taught from a clinical perspective which pulled things together for me very well.
I do agree with the other posters that there are fewer options for BIMS graduates who don't go on to professional school.
Yes, although "pre-med" type measures tend to feature breadth over depth (a lot of intro to microbiology, immunology, neuroscience, physiology, etc.), which may be less helpful (particularly for PhD admissions) than concentrating on a specific field. BIMS majors would also have to be deliberate about seeking out laboratory research opportunities to be competitive for research intensive programs, which doesn't always happen in that major either.bctnln1059 said:YokelRidesAgain said:
Biology degrees leave grad school and education as secondary options, in addition to working as a lab tech. BIMS has even less non-professional school career options.
Wouldn't BIMS also have grad school as an option?
I was a liberal arts major. I did about 60 hours of liberal arts + foreign language in residence at TAMU and 42 hours of science (not counting additional Advanced Placement credit), including anatomy, physiology, microbiology, biochemistry + standard biology and chemistry sequences.Holst said:
I loved history classes A LOT, could've been happy as a history major and taken the pre reqs. I'm not sure I would've been as prepared for professional school. Plus I had a lot of veterinarians teach me, they taught from a clinical perspective which pulled things together for me very well.