UMD vs UCSC for premed

WayOutWestMom
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:15:17 +0000

Ready2learnn:

She is going to take some prerequisite classes to be able to go for bioengineering if she wants to.

Moving from bio to engineering is difficult at the both undergrad or grad level. Engineering has very rigid, lockstep curriculum and switching into engineering will mean she has to start over basically as a freshman. (And that’s assuming engineering isn’t an impacted major at her college and even allows upperclass transfers.)

Changing into engineering at the grad level will require taking about 6-8 core undergrad engineering courses plus UL math, engineering physics and computer programming before a grad engineering program will admit a student.

@Ready2learnn If your daughter has any interest at all in being an engineering student, she’s much better off starting out in engineering and switching out than to try to switch in at a later date.

@MYOS1634 A biophysics degree will not get one admitted to engineering grad school without doing some “remediation” by taking several core undergrad engineering classes. BTDT.