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I don't know what to major in and I need help

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I had my major pretty much decided until I started to do more research and now I have no Idea what I want to do. I will difinitely major in Spanish and want to go to med school so I can become a pathologist then a forensic anthropologist. I was talking to an old student of my moms and he said to major in something I'm interested in or maybe make up a mojor. I am interested in language, linguistics, forensics, and anthropology. I was thinking of getting majors in Spanish, forensics, and anthropology but I honestly don't know what to do and I want to start looking universities for scholarhip opportunities and finacial aid.


I have already scored a 5 on the Spanish AP exam freshman year and scored a 3 on the biology AP exam sophomore year and this year I am doing my DAP project (a research proposal for a scientific investigation) on the use of medicinal plants in modern medicine where I am looking at the anthropological, pharmocological, and ethnobotanical views on the subject and this will be done in Spanish.


I reallt need advice. I would appreciate any input you can give.

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wow that's a combination of possible majors, lol. i'd suggest doing what really REALLY makes you happy, meanwhile something that you could see yourself doing for the rest of your life. think about what you're more interested in.

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Sounds very interesting, however you really don't need to major in Spanish if you can speak fluently.  Since you will be a science major you need to look into the pre-med courses that are required.  It may help if you did a little research on the internet of people who are already going what you want to do.  From there, you can track there background, schooling and see how they obtained their degree.  Med-school is very broad so perhaps an advisor could help you narrow it down.  It is also very expensive and you don't want to take courses you may not need and waste time and money. 


When you say freshman year is that college or highschool?  If you haven't attended college yet, you may want to start looking into the people who are known in the fields you mentioned.  Linguistics is far from forensics, and if you want pre-med then consider Biology courses to get you started.  Good Luck!