ByronM

Hello, I recently got accepted to NYU Poly, and I wish to pursue a double major. I would like to to biomedical engineering, and computer science. Any suggestions? Will this be way too hard?

KamelAkbar

I think it's insane. Not because it will be too hard, but because it will take way to long (very little course overlap). You'd probably be looking at upwards of 6 years without internships/co-ops so that you could have two degrees in different fields that aren't particularly complementary. Odds are, you'll end up working in one field or the other, and will be no more competitive for either field. BME is a little bit difficult to break into without a graduate degree. In 6 years, you could have a master's in BME and be much more qualified for a BME job. If you take the CS route, you could have 2 extra years of income and experience at the start of your career, or a graduate degree (which is less important in CS).

It's really not a good idea. If you want to double major simply because you are interested in both fields, that's not a good enough reason. You can be interested in one and read about it in your spare time if you like.

GLOBALTRAVELER

For most majors, yes...unless you can take two majors with possible overlapping courses like Math/CS, Math/Physics, Econ/Finance, etc.

ByronM

Thanks for the advice! Though, I saw many documentaries saying that BME is complemented by CS. Was I duped? What will complement BME?

JamesMadison

Where did you get the idea that you need to complement BME in the first place??
You will learn about 2% of BME as an undergrad. No point spreading yourself even more thin by double majoring.

epirote901

everyone always has these grand plans of double majoring and/or minoring when they first enter college. then you get to college and realize one major, especially an ENGINEERING major, is way more than enough. take classes in both when you start and see which one you like better. there's no reason to major in both.

RacinReaver

You could always try to pick and choose a few classes from within the CS department to best compliment your BME degree. If you're interested in, say, imaging techniques, then taking whatever you need to get to image recognition and that sort of stuff might be useful.