I am a pre-med student with an undecided major
. I am confused between, chem, bio-chem, biology, or physics. But I do know I will be a math minor because I only need three more courses to do that. Any advise as to what major should I choose is welcome
It really depends on the med school you want to go to as well as the type of person you are, and what complementary courses you want to take.
Most (if not all) med schools don't care what Bachelors you get as long as you have taken all pre-requisites as well as any qualification exams they want (this is where exams like the MCAT and TOEFL come in). That being said, some schools will accept/reserve more seats for CERTAIN majors meaning you will have more chances at getting in (The downside to this might be that a lot more pre-med students switch to those majors creating more competition thus making other majors less competitive and thus easier to get accepted, it basically depends on who ELSE is applying as well a what you're qualifications are).
The second part with being what kind of person you are is simply asking whether your good at, or enjoy memorizing facts and just regurgitating them (Mostly in Bio, and less but equally prevalent in Bio-Chem), or whether you enjoy understanding concepts and applying those concepts (and yes formulas) to PROBLEMS (This has a lot more manipulation and is found A LOT and mostly in Physics, and to a much lesser degree in Chem).
The last part deals with what complementary courses you need to take, with Bio, Chem, and Bio-Chem, most complementary courses lend to each other with mostly only having the core courses being different. Physics on the other hand is COMPLETELY Different, your complementary (as well as core) courses are either MATH, PHYSICS, or COMPUTER SCIENCE (The last one only applies for SOME minor conc. and is usually a popular elective rather than a forced Complementary).
If it was me, and because I'm the type of person that I am, I would choose physics, simply because I GET IT, as well as I love that I get to manipulate or play with information, I love problem solving (I get a high every time I solve a problem), and the assignments really help to hammer in details and learning/memorizing seems a lot easier (Trust me, formulas are easier to learn if you've been using the same ones to answer 20 questions a night...ok..not that much but you get what I mean), also, on Exams there is also a way to get partial marks, whereas with Bio and the rest, it's pure memorizing random facts (and latin names) to regurgitate info, and Exams become whether you know the answer or not.
Hope this post helps
