>>14339235What's the meme part of it? I don't understand, it's an excellent gateway major for loads of options, those being medical, industry, and/or research.
Speaking as someone who chose the research route going to graduate school in Germany from USA (my BSc was in Biochem + Molecular Biology + German), biochemists have some of the greatest range of options for fields to specialize in. Biochemistry itself is critical foundation and branching point for many valuable fields. For example, my program is 1/2 biochem foundation and 1/2 specialization in topics that interest you + 2-3 (8 week) internships at local or international labs + master thesis (6-9 months). I chose to go heavy into immunology and I'm doing my internships in cutting edge immunological frontier projects, which will likely slide me into a relevant PhD of my choosing. My classmates are focusing on completely different specializations depending on the type of work or study they which to pursue afterwards, such as in quantitative biochemistry, human bio, virology, organic chemistry, epigenetics, and many others.
I can't attest to other majors, but in biochem you really have one of the greatest ranges of options to branch out from. But it's all meaningless if you don't know what you want to do afterwards, and the BSc in and of itself won't give you a good job.