What does it take to be an engineering student?

TrapNumen
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 02:25:03 +0000

@mikemac:
Explanation:
Your first statement is very true, I was completely undecided with no knowledge of what I wanted to study until about a month or two ago. The majors I named are just ideas for where I want to go, since before I had no idea, so I’ve got a starting point here. Premed was just an option to keep in mind for me, I don’t plan on pursuing it. My mother is a doctor and at her hospital many of the doctors that were formerly private practice (the local hospital system here is best explained in that the hospital “loans” out space and equipment as well as offices to private practices who “work” for the hospital but aren’t true employees. My mother “works” for 6 different hospitals within about a 2 hour radius of where we live, and thus becoming an employee would limit her to just one. I felt the need to explain since I am unfamiliar with other hospital systems in any town but my own, my area is somewhat rural.) are being turned into hospital employees, and thus are getting substantial pay drops. Money is a big pull factor for what I intend to follow for my major/career so I think med school may soon be out of the question as the health care system experiences further detriments. My Pre Calc teacher told me to follow engineering and no matter what field, follow it with an MBA to increase earning potential so thats why that option is there. Computer science is present since at my visit to Vanderbilt they talked about how companies are trying to hire their computer science majors before they graduate, and their average starting pay is around $100K (that figure is augmented by some employers in Silicon Valley, so its somewhat misleading but is still high regardless). But throughout my college visits, the usual trend I tend to hear is that either Biomed Engineering or Computer Science are the fastest growing majors with the highest starting salary.

Question:
When you said “tough to gain acceptance with” were you referring to acceptance to med school or to undergrad?

@TooOld4School:
Thank you for making that point, I’ll make sure to keep that in mind.