Agreed. If degree/university are not practical, some can feel the sting. Also, if there is a local area one wants to live and has a BME degree it might be impossible to find a job (e.g. Cranberry Township north of Pittsburgh… I’m just making a small town I drove through, no clue). Similarly one couldn’t be a farmer in Long Island. 
Which BME are you talking about…bachelor in mechanical engineering, or Biomedical engineering? BME could be either. Which is it for YOU?
And aren’t some job reports based on previous information, not real time? The changes that have occurred in recent months are likely not reflected in job reports. Granted some are monthly but hard to know how “useful“ that really is In many sectors and what jobs will be available in coming months for upcoming graduates since the job market is so tenuous in the current climate. In many places, Hiring is frozen and layoffs are imminent.
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That’s not true. There are farms out on Long Island. We actually know two families who own family farms there. And yes, their kids went to college, and returned to run the family farms and businesses.
But this student wants to be a doctor…and really those areas far out on LI need doctors.
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Why not? Because land prices are beyond astronomical.
Why is this even a topic?!
Right, but there are already 607 working farms. If someone wants to be a farmer, they can join or work on one of these farms .that’s the point. You’re right- someone brought it up as an example, but it (the example) seems to have its own problems. Just pointing that out 
Please get back to the OP’s question. Farming on LI and anything else not related to the OP is considered off-topic. Thank you for your understanding.
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I was accepted to the Muir College at UCSD, which I think is known for having flexable ge requirements.
I think I’m debating more over Emory Oxford and UCSD by this point, and I have a few more concerns about Emory Oxford:
- Would I have to go to the main campus to do research? Since I’d be applying for med school around the spring semester of Junior year, if I do research at oxford for 1/2 years, then at emory for less than a year, wouldn’t that lack consistency and makes it harder to get rec letters from PI?
- Most/all extracurriculars would only have a max duration of 2 years, and preferably I’d have ECs that span 3+ years of college?
- The course selection at oxford is very limited, especially with 200 level courses. I’d like to say I have a pretty solid foundation of stem subjects in high school and have 7 APs (all fives) that I’m considering exchanging credits for. I know I’ll probably stick with the 100s in freshmen year, but in sophomore year I’ll be selecting the 200s and the 200s oxford offer really don’t interest me.
Please discuss the potential availability of research options for undergrads at any college you are considering.
Which BME…Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering. Both use BME as an abbreviation.
Please clarify!!
I cannot answer those questions, I would reach out to Emory directly. I will note, though, that it is very easy to get to know profs, and for them to know you well because of the intimate campus.
Also, depending on the EC you can continue on the main campus. My son played on the Oxford soccer team (they won the Region and made it to the national championship) and would have continued playing intrmurally except for a bad injury. He then coached the women’s club team alongside a professional coach from Atlanta United. I doubt you are interested in soccer, but this is an example of how an EC can continue.
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That’s what people used to do years ago. Nowadays most successful applicants take 1-3 “glide years” after college to beef up their clinical experience and have the strongest possible application.
So you’d have 2 years at Emory Oxford (at the frsdhman-sophomore level a small campus is better and you won’t be “doing research” anywhere freshman year, you’ll be assisting with whatever they ask until they figure how skillful and trustworthy you are. At least at Oxford you’re sure to have a shot and thus a recommendation for the Emory Atlanta campus) + 2years at Atlanta + a couple years either working in Atlanta or at Emory or anywhere.
Course selection: if you pursue med school, you need to take
2 each from English (composition, communication), General Chemistry+lab, General Biology+lab, Organic Chemistry;
In addition: Calculus (as appropriate for your major, 1 or more), Statistics or Biostats, Spanish through Spanish for Health professions or another world language spoken in the US, Psychology, Sociology, a diversity-focused class.
You’ll likely take ~18 classes over 2 years and that’s 15 right there so concern about your 200-level choices is not applicable. If you get credit for some of these you still need to take an equivalent class for med school so it doesn’t really reduce the number of classes.
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