Biology Major?

I tried it, wanted to be Pre-Med. If you have a good memory and the will power for late nights, endless exams and nonstop reading, go for it. It may be tough, but those who liked it did fine! It depends on what your interests are. Regardless, good luck in whatever you choose.

Kennedie G,

Shalissa answered right when she said, "It depends on what your interests are." That being said are you interested in anatomy, physiology or behavior of certain classes of organisms? Do you plan on becoming a Research Associate, Botanist, Lab Tech etc etc? There is nothing hard if you put all your time, energy and focus on it in order to learn and take your knowledge and skills to the next level in your life. I wish you the best on your journey.

Firstly, there are a lot of aspects of biology that you can study and specialize in later in your education. But in general, you'll obviously be taking biology classes, which entails a lot reading and memorization. If you haven't mastered that sort of thing before, you'll want to see whether these are your strong suits. Chemistry is another facet of this.

But I have a suggestion if you haven't thought of it already -- how to approach biology and similar fact-rich classes that apply to systems. For studying some things, like history, for example, it's difficult to see the system as interconnected as biology is. This is my opinion. Because of this, I always found it easier to memorize biological facts as part of a machine -- a biological mechanism, if you will. When you're studying any organism, you think of each piece as a "component" that has an "interface" to some other component. This is sort of a "Mind Mapping" exercise. Mind Mapping is the method of taking notes as part of a picture, where words and symbols and such a drawn like branches of a tree. It makes note-taking fun and easier to remember and it actually mimics the way thoughts are connected in your brain. By using the Mind Map technique, it's like doodling, and pictures are easier to remember than lists of words. Some of the most memorable mind maps I've seen included little cartoons or other figures that sometimes were even silly. But that made those notes stick in your memory. If you have a topic in biology to remember, start doodling. It will make studying very effective and easier.