HS Grades and Engineering Majors

big_dreamer
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:16:22 +0000

Hello CC community I’m a junior in high school, and am beginning to look at colleges.

I have a few questions about applying as a biomedical engineering major in college, or perhaps I may just major in biology. Most engineering majors are great at math, great at science.

I excel in my science classes, but since switching to a more difficult school, my math grades dipped from A+ freshman year to B+ sophomore year (horrific grade on final exam because I skipped the last page by mistake). This year, I have dealt with a bad case of insomnia (as in getting 10 hours of sleep total during the school week). This has wreaked havoc in my math class, where I have not thought clearly and have had numerous careless errors. Because of dumb mistakes, I get 10+ points off easily on every test. I got a 79 first semester this year, which is by far the worst I have ever done. I think I can get an A- this semester (which is a great grade at my school in honors pre-cal).

I have looked at biomedical engineering curricula at several different schools, and am sure this is what I want to do, but I need to prove to colleges that I am proficient in math. If I get 750+ on SATI and on Math IIC, plus A- second semester this year, would this be good enough? I would finish with a B+ and a B on my transcript in math classes sophomore and junior year. Other than getting the B+ and B, I would have all As on my transcript.

What do you all think? Would I hurt my chances by applying as a biomedical engineering major? I love to learn, and I enjoy math/science the most.

Thank you for helping :)