Anyone in the science field...a question for you (An update, post 22)

[welsummerchicks]

I'd bag the food and ag classes if they're something you 'want to' take rather than a requirement.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

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I have to take a fifth bio/marine science/environmental science elective to fill up my bio cognates and nothing is really specified other than that I have to take one plants course and one 3000 level course. I'm taking economic botany and it's a 3000 so that fulfills that requirement. In the Fall I will probably take anatomy and physiology, a statistics course, and neurobiology or something else medically related. The only reason I'm taking those classes is because it seems that most of the things I *might* apply to either require one or see them as much more attractive on a resume.

I do have room for one or two more classes next semesters if I find I need something else, but I should be good. That leaves me with four extra credits and a choice between marine science courses (which I don't really care to take) or some other random bio or environmental science courses. I still have room to change, but the food and ag is a plant based course with lab time. I think it's an environmental course. I tried to fit anatomy and phys into my schedule this semester instead of food and ag so I could take anatomy OR phys the semester after, but the required honors class is right in the time slot of anything else I need to take.

I really hate choosing classes, but I'm interested to hear why you think food and ag should be scrapped. I wish my school gave me more direction as to what to take for the cognates, but all they really say is to take psych and choose the rest myself.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

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I'm definitely going to be buying a couple books. Just have to get my butt over to borders and check some out! I'll probably order them from amazon.

 

[SpringChickens]

I'm glad you;re going to buy a book for the GRE. That helped me out a LOT. A word to the wise though; study the math, don't spend too much time on the English. The math is actually easier than SAT math, and its a lot easier to bring your score up in math by studying than it is in English.

I took the GRE twice; the first time I minimally studied and the second time I studied hard. I improved my math score by 110 points, but dropped 10 on my English (despite all those hours of vocab... sigh).

Good luck!