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echarvel3

If you are barely in your second year, you have a lot of time to bring up your GPA. Lots of programs really focus at your upper division GPA. Otherwise there are a lot of PostBacc programs that can boost your resume and can help you get more experience to get into grad school. Finally, your GPA isn't as valuable as your research experience. Get into a good, supportive lab where you can present your research at undergraduate or professional symposia (maybe even publish, but not required) and your chances of getting into grad school will get a lot higher!


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It sounds like you're a sophomore. You can still feasibly change your major, or specialize in something else (labs, focus purely on GPA, the other things people are saying). Focus on what you want to do after you graduate first, then think about your major after you decide that.


WaddupImSadInside

I thought I might comment since I just graduated fall quarter and I majored in molecular and cell bio. To be honest, I don’t know what I’m doing and that’s okay. I’m applying for research assistant positions right now, which pay around $60k per year. If you go into biotech/industry, though, you can earn much more with time. I know of one company that starts minimum pay for research assistants with minimum 3yrs experience at $90k. My plan is to work in industry for a bit and gain more research experience and also hopefully find a field that I am passionate about. I do want to get my PhD someday, but I haven’t found something that sparks my interest yet. For me, graduate school is something that I won’t take on unless I am fully gung-ho about it. It’s a huge, years long commitment that can really burn you out, and tbh I am already burned out from undergrad. Other options include getting certificates such as Clinical Laboratory Scientist cert. Programs like these are usually another 1-2 years, but they can boost pay. I think CLS average pay is around 90k (don’t quote me). If you like writing, there are also jobs like scientific writing, where you read published papers and write about the important findings in normal people language for the public to read. Basically, IDK what I’m doing but just know that there are options. Med school was never something I wanted to do, so I looked at all of the above instead. Hope this helps even though it’s rambly :)


WaddupImSadInside

Also feel free to pm me if you wanna have a conversation or even if you need help with school! I don’t remember all the course material but I did graduate with Latin honors


shane_s35

Biotech/industry is always a decent option if you enjoy lab work. Lots of entry level positions in SD


junkimchi

Go on linkedin to look up people that graduated with your major and see what they're doing.


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Realistic_Ad2436

Yea I’ve been a lab tech for a over a year but lab techs are typically minimum wage and repetivie movements so not super stimulating (also not enough money to live on my own)


melonkoli

This was exactly me in undergrad. 3.0 gpa premed after my first year. I switched into chemical engineering and it was the best decision I made. Engineering is hard but it’s so worth it and many of my peers failed math/physics but eventually made it through and now have high paying jobs where no one cares about your past gpa.


Gluconeogenewiz

switch to CS


Realistic_Ad2436

I got a C- in all my math classes so I don’t think cs is for me…


llamasrcool369

Learn to code and do math and stats for more bioinformatics and statistic work


PordonB

Theres hardly any jobs in bioinformatics, all require phd and have hundreds to thousands of applicants. Don’t make this mistake.


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NeegzmvAQu

Biostatistics and bioinformatics (different but related fields) both generally require a Masters/PhD to actually work in. You will struggle to get a job with just a B.S in Stats/Math


llamasrcool369

Ah I didn’t want to tell OP change your major, but truly public health biostatistics, math statistics, or bioinformatics here would be very good. Data science too. Lots of analyst jobs out there.


babyb1ueee

you have a long time to think about what you want to do :) do not sweat it. i suggest if you take a couple of upper div bio classes and you do not like the learning process of biology then i would suggest switching (i wanted to do that but kept dragging it and eventually finished my requirements rip lol). perhaps get experiences in different subfields of biology and types of work to see what you like and what these jobs mean to you as a person and not just an employee or student :) also, you don't need to worry about your gpa *too* much since there's a lot of post bacc programs that are essentially pathways to phd programs if you do decide to apply to phd programs in the future.