Is it really 21st century science?

However, for students who originally intended to cross the direction, the author recommends that you study basic subjects such as mathematics or computer science in the undergraduate period, and then rely on their mathematical and computer technology foundation to switch to the cross life science direction during the graduate school.

In contrast to the life sciences, which are more focused on knowledge accumulation, basic subjects such as mathematics, physics, and computer science can cultivate rigorous underlying logic and rational thinking, which will be helpful in the future to transfer to any other science.

To sum up, if you choose biology, I hope you can have an interest in it.

Biology is a specialized and impassable discipline compared with other sciences, poor mobility, more difficult to change careers, even if it is not as bad as the "sinkhole" described on the Internet, objectively there are some gaps with other basic disciplines. If there is no clear interest in the choice of major, and the utilitarian goal is put in a more important position, then the basic discipline will be a better major choice.

Professional overall cultural atmosphere

As a science and engineering subject with weak logic inference, the overall cultural atmosphere of the major is relatively relaxed compared with that of the major of mathematics and physics.

However, there is no way to go in vain in the world. Students with a mathematical background have strong logic ability, solid foundation and good ability migration. It is easy to transfer computers and finance, and it is easy to become sought-after talents in interdisciplinary disciplines.

However, there are always two sides of the matter, life science majors have always been a large enrollment of graduate students, and extreme situations such as vocational school students admitted to biological graduate students also occur. For students who have unsatisfactory college entrance examination results and want to further their studies, choosing the direction of life science is also a shortcut.

Biology has a large amount of memory and a small amount of logical reasoning. It is suggested that students who want to have a solid mathematical foundation can study by themselves or audit classes in their spare time. Because biology is a more complex object of study, so the relevant knowledge is relatively complex and not absolute, there is no formula theorem in biology, can not be strictly calculated, all the knowledge learned is found in the experiment.

If you want to have a further understanding of what you have learned, it is recommended to practice in the laboratory you are interested in during the undergraduate period to understand the research ideas and models of biology.