<p>Hello,
I am planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering. While a small percentage of me actually does want to work in the engineering field (bio terror weapon defense, specifically), I’m mostly interested in medicine and would like to enter medical school after completing my bachelors.
I am currently a freshman at University of Texas at Arlington, majoring in bioengineering.
However I feel like I’m suffocating staying close to home…I want to go somewhere new. I can’t afford to pay for out of state tuition so that is out of the question for me.
The colleges I am looking into are UT Austin, Texas Tech, Rice University, and A&M. These are the most affordable for me (barring Rice) and probably my easiest transition.
I’m looking for any and all opinions on what schools would be most beneficial to me given my major and my interest in med school post graduation.
Thank you so much!</p>
<p>You just started school. Give it a semester. Concentrate on those very scary courses you’re taking and make sure you do well in them. There is no transferring if you don’t do well where you are. Remember that there were elements that attracted you to Arlington. Write down what they are. Are they (not the school) still attractive? If they are, then why do you feel the way you do? Why did you think that going to Arlington would be okay even though it’s close to home? What is it about being close to home that is the problem, and can you solve that problem without transferring? Are your parents too intrusive? do you go home on weekends? do you see too many h.s. friends? All these problems are fix-able, much more easily fix-able than transferring. The odds are good that the problem is not where you are but who you are. Address the who problems and see what’s left after you do. </p>
<p>Speaking of your major: you’ve chosen a peculiarly difficult one for someone who needs to get a high GPA in order to go to med school. Engineers don’t get 3.6s when they’re not invested in engineering. You have plenty of time to either learn to love engg or to change majors to something you enjoy. It doesn’t matter to the med schools what that major is, just that you get a high GPA and still take the required pre-med courses.</p>
<p>Well I didn’t actually choose Arlington.
I wanted to go to another school, originally I was planning on attending Boston University. Midway through summer, my dad had some serious health problems and I needed to stay at home here another year. Due to said health problems, we no longer have money to afford a college like BU. That’s why I’m here at UTA, not because I wanted to be. </p>
<p>And I’ve thought about changing my major, but I don’t know what I would change it to. Given that I am still slightly considering a field in Biomed Engineering as well, it made sense to stay in my current major and make the choice for med school if I decide I am not satisfied with just engineering. </p>
<p>If you are considering going to medical school I would consider going to the most affordable option for your bachelors so that you don’t much debt since you will already be spending a lot on med school. </p>