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Anonymous wrote:May be better to be at the top at a school a level or two down from the list. Watch Malcolm Gladwell “Don’t go to Harvard” for reference.

Harvard is not on the T10 for Bio list^, is it?

No. 1 in the nation according to USNWR. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/united-states/biology-biochemistry

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Anonymous wrote:OP. not medical. possibly work at research institute.

Biology degrees are generally low paying for this type of work. Hopefully you and child understand all this.

A biology degree is a starting point for a huge range of graduate degrees and careers. Only small a minority end up being biology professors. I’m not sure just looking at the biology degree itself is the best place to start, since preparing students for careers in medicine is likely what the greatest numbers of biology majors are interested in. So if not medicine, what then? Ecology, Data Science, Landscape Architecture, Remote Sensing, Climate Science, Geography, Engineering, etc…I’d recommend looking at options for fields of specialization and going from there.

DC went in a Bio major, graduated 6 yrs later a PharmD (pharmacy) making 120K

Anonymous wrote:Go to a top research university ... a university, not a SLAC

An undergrad has more research opportunities at a SLAC.

Go to a top research university ... a university, not a SLAC

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Anonymous wrote:how are job prospects in neurobiology? BS in Bio.

Think about what businesses you know of that need employees to work in neurobiology. Can you name them? No? Then there is no job market.

To the poster of the question re: neurobio, medical career - neurosurgeon requires you attend med school; academia - professor get a phD or MD; or med tech.

Did you read the original question? They were asking about job options in neurobiology with a BS in Biology. They weren't asking about options with advanced degrees. There are no jobs.

Anonymous wrote:If your kid took an AP or IB Bio course during HS, did that course prepare them well for the next level Bio class at the college they now attend?

IB prepares well. Not sure about AP.

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Anonymous wrote:how are job prospects in neurobiology? BS in Bio.

Think about what businesses you know of that need employees to work in neurobiology. Can you name them? No? Then there is no job market.

To the poster of the question re: neurobio, medical career - neurosurgeon requires you attend med school; academia - professor get a phD or MD; or med tech.

Anonymous wrote:how are job prospects in neurobiology? BS in Bio.

Think about what businesses you know of that need employees to work in neurobiology. Can you name them? No? Then there is no job market.

If your kid took an AP or IB Bio course during HS, did that course prepare them well for the next level Bio class at the college they now attend?

how are job prospects in neurobiology? BS in Bio.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe Biology would pay better if there was not the glut of med school rejects & wash-outs.
If there were only those who actually pick Biology because they have a passion and true interest for the subject itself and do not see it only as a means?

People who complete a degree in biology are not slackers. It is a very challenging major and many of those putting in the hours for a bio degree do have a passion for the subject. Unfortunately, passion doesn't pay.

Did not mean to imply they are slackers at all. You can work hard and still not make the cut for med school or wash-out.

My point was that maybe it does not pay well because there is a glut of it. Supply and demand.

Maybe if those hopefuls would pick other majors that would align with their true alternative interest (outside of becoming a MD and making tons of money), instead of gambling it all on the "ideal" major for the MCAT.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Biology would pay better if there was not the glut of med school rejects & wash-outs.
If there were only those who actually pick Biology because they have a passion and true interest for the subject itself and do not see it only as a means?

People who complete a degree in biology are not slackers. It is a very challenging major and many of those putting in the hours for a bio degree do have a passion for the subject. Unfortunately, passion doesn't pay.

Anonymous wrote:Friends kid who majored in Biology went on to MUSC in SC for Pharmacy school. She graduated in Bio in 3 years too. Shes doing very well now.

Due to the pharmacy degree. Her success is not due to the bio degree.

Maybe Biology would pay better if there was not the glut of med school rejects & wash-outs.
If there were only those who actually pick Biology because they have a passion and true interest for the subject itself and do not see it only as a means?