How tough is a Biology Major??

Question

I have a slightly above average interest in biology and science.

My greatest natural interest lies with Politics and History, but I do not want to major in those fields because the job outlook would be pathetic. Plus I don't really want to be a politician or history teacher.

I'm leaning towards Biology, because I want to work in the health fields and I know there will always be jobs.

However, since Biology isn't my first "love," is it still safe for me to major in this field or is this major so tough that only people who are 100% biology fanatics make it?

(I go to a tough school)

Answer 1

I'm currently double majoring in Anthropology and Biology.

Biology is pretty tough, I'm not going to lie to you. If you really don't have a passion for it, you may not be willing to put the effort into it. You're going to need a lot of chemistry also, so if you don't like math or chem, you may not be interested. Maybe talk to one of the advisors at your school? Also, how big is your school? At Mizzou, most of the intro science classes are huge lectures (over 400 people, usually) and it's easy to get lost and disoriented in the shuffle. You probably won't get too close to many of your professors unless you do research or are in small, higher-level classes.

Answer 2

Biology is made for people who love history. It's not as hard core science as physics or chemistry.

You will absolutely LOVE biology. I loved history in high school, and I really liked biology in college.

It is a tough major. Labs are math based (get help from others) and I hope you don't have a teacher who offers 8 essay topics 3 days before the test and you have to prepare for all 8 because two of them will be on the test. Killer!

Lots of memorizing.

What do you want to do in the health fields? Better than majoring in biology is getting into an applied biology field right from the start. Like lab technologist, or occupational therapy (wait, that is a master's program).

If you are going for nursing, do yourself a favor and do the back-door approach. Go first the LPN school at the local technical college, get the LPN in 15 months (and you finish all the clinical training at that time), then do the coursework for the BSN. If you do nursing at the university, you will wait in line for the clincal rotations and may have to sit out a semester if your GPA isn't as high as your peers before ;you get to go on to the clincals. Far better to get them down as you get the LPN, and then ;you can work weekends while you get your BSN. How's that for financial planning??

Answer 3

Biology is a tough major. There are many branches of biology that you can major it. I am currently majoring in Medical Biology. For I am going to go on a be a PA. You would want to major in the biology branch that best fits the career you want to go into. Biology takes a lot of studying and to be sucessful it is nice to have some chemisty behind it. Go to any University site and click on Biology. You can then take a look at all the different branches of biology. Just remember that nay major you pick is going to be tough. That is what college is all about. Best of luck to you in the future. I hope you find what makes you happy.