Hello,
I’m currently a biomedical engineering student on a pre-med track. I’m entering my sophomore year in the fall and after a year of engineering, I wouldn’t say it particularly spoke to me. I’m not afraid of hard work, however, hard sciences classes aren’t what I’ve always enjoyed, instead I’ve been very interested in the newest and latest in medical treatment research etc. More soft sciences if you will. However, I’ve also heard it’s beneficial to stick with biomedical engineering because it provides a lot of opportunities.
I wanted to know if anyone has an opinion or a suggestion as to what to do, and what their experiences have been in regards to the individual majors.
Thank you so much!
Not with just a BS. The usual wisdom is that you need to get a graduate degree (ie, at least an MS) if you want to have good job prospects with a BS in BME. Keep in mind that engineering students also tend to have lower GPAs than other majors, which can certainly hurt you if you’re pre-med; medical school admission is based heavily on GPA, and you will not generally be cut any slack for having a difficult major. It’s hard enough to do well in engineering if you enjoy it–if you don’t enjoy it, it can be even harder to maintain a high GPA.
Medical treatment research (which is really just an application of chemistry, biology, physics and other sciences) is not a ‘soft science’. I don’t even know what a soft science is, but most people tend to use it to refer to the social sciences (anthropology, sociology, psychology, etc.)
Does your undergrad even have a major in either of those fields? They’re usually graduate specialties.