<p>I’m looking to go into nanomedicine, but I’m not sure what my options are for colleges. I’m in the top 10 of my class so grades aren’t an issue. I know that SUNY Albany offers a great program, but I love WPI’s project system. Also, once I finish college, what kind of career can I pursue with this degree? Research is great but I’d love to see what else there is. Please give examples. Thank you.</p>
<p>1) How on earth does an 18 y.o. or younger person know they want to spend their life in a field as obscure as nanomedicine? </p>
<p>2) Any school that has a nanomedicine undergraduate program needs to be disbanded and subsequently burned to the ground. There is no reason for such a program to exist, and any school catering to students looking for this program should be investigated by the feds for fraud.</p>
<p>3) Even assuming a career in nanomedicine is the goal, you will be best served by attending undergrad at the school with the strongest biology/medicine/health sciences programs (e.g., Johns Hopkins, Harvard, WashU, Duke, etc.), engineering programs (MIT, CalTech, etc.) or both (Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, etc.). </p>
<p>4) Kids need to learn that being in the “top 10 of your class” is laudable, but should be put into perspective. Critical thinking/math problem: figure out a way to effectively estimate how many people each year are among the top 10 students of their respective high schools. Compare that to the number of incoming students at the top 10 undergraduate universities. Perspective.</p>