Degrees for college?

I am about to start selecting which college and I have no clue what I should choice as for my major. I was thinking to either doing a 4 year master degree for computer science or major in bio-engieering or biology and go stright to a grad school for pre-med but it took up too much time (8-12 more years so I won't be out of school till my mid-late 20s). So I was wondering if going in computer science would be a wise choice. I plan on going undeclared as of right now .

Well, you have until your junior year I believe to pick a major

DId you stay in school until you got your masters?pero2008

I am about to start selecting which college and I have no clue what I should choice as for my major. I was thinking to either doing a 4 year master degree for computer science or major in bio-engieering or biology and go stright to a grad school for pre-med but it took up too much time (8-12 more years so I won't be out of school till my mid-late 20s). So I was wondering if going in computer science would be a wise choice. I plan on going undeclared as of right now .

GivemeUrCookies

I would just do liberal arts until you know what you really want to do. Sounds like you're unsure, which is fine. You don't need to decide a major until you get your associate's.

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I am about to start selecting which college and I have no clue what I should choice as for my major. I was thinking to either doing a 4 year master degree for computer science or major in bio-engieering or biology and go stright to a grad school for pre-med but it took up too much time (8-12 more years so I won't be out of school till my mid-late 20s). So I was wondering if going in computer science would be a wise choice. I plan on going undeclared as of right now .

airshocker

I would just do liberal arts until you know what you really want to do. Sounds like you're unsure, which is fine. You don't need to decide a major until you get your associate's.

You don't even need to get an associates really. If you choose the junior or community college and then transfer route, then yes, you can get an associates first. If you have more money, then you can just go to the University and just go for your bachelor's. That's what I did. I used a freshman scholarship coupled with grants and some of my own money to pay for everything. I didn't know what I wanted to do until my Junior year. You have time while you do your basics. Just make sure you know by the time you start your upper level work (3000 and 4000 level classes which are for Junior/Senior level really). Otherwise, you'll just wasted time taking classes like I did one semester and you'll have extra classes when you graduate. Luckily for me, when I started, UT in Arlington was only $100 per hour, or about $1,200 a semester with $80 books. By the time I graduated in 2009, it was over $300 per hour and $250+ per book which you can never sell back. Thank you to the government for deregulation so that the schools can charge whatever they want like the oil and insurance companies.

Masters Degree is 6 years.CongressManStan

Meant bachloer sorry

It's quite simple: do you want to spend the rest of your life dealing with organic chemistry and living things or applied logical mathematics.markop2003

Thanks for putting it like that. I guess I was thinking too much

I would say Comp Science but that would be a bit biased. Select something that you like. What field interests you more Comps or Bio? For me it was Comps so thats my choice.

comp sci is pretty beast in the market right now, lots of work for that. check the requirements for both degrees. you have some time to decide, but if you just go liberal arts for now you wont get anything accomplished for either major.

If you're thinking of doing any kind of engineering, you'd probably have to decide early. Most engineering tracks require you to take very specific classes starting from your freshmen year, and making them up later is going to be very difficult.

You mentioned "4-year Master's degree." I think what you mean is a Bachelor's degree, unless you already have a Bachelor's or something equivalent (or there's possibly a such thing as a straight 4-year Master's program without a Bachelor's, which I suppose is possible).

If you're looking for something to major in, you might want to see if your college has a test you can take which tells you what your strengths are, and then go from there. Also, instead of going straight to a university, you might want to try a community college first and then transfer to a university. A community college can be helpful in picking out a major before going into the full onslaught of a university.

There's 5-year masters degrees, but for those you basically need to start taking all the essential classes your first year.