Advice for Major

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>I am currently a rising junior quantitative biology major with a chemistry minor, but I have recently discovered that I seem to like calculus and physics a little more than biology and chemistry. While having a passion for all of these subjects I believe I would really like a career in chemical & biomolecular engineering or biomedical engineering, which would combine many of my interests.
I have done some research and found that many engineering graduate programs do allow non-engineering majors to be accepted with remedial courses to be taken to catch up to the engineering majors.
I was mainly wondering if any of you had any advice on how to go about my next 2 years. The way I see it is I could either stay on the track I am now, or possibly switch to a Biological Physics BA, or regular Physics BA (each with a possible singular minor in bio, chem, physics, or math). Basically I am wondering if it would be more beneficial to stay in a BS program for quant. bio or to switch to another possible major, even though it is a BA(do not have enough time to complete the many courses required for a physics major etc.)</p>

<p>Any help is greatly appreciated!!</p>

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<p>(or even switch to an applied mathematics major??)</p>

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<p>You should avoid choosing an option that will significantly extend your undergraduate time to degree. I am not sure what mathematics is required for a quantitative biology degree but it is likely that engineering requires more. If you can take your elective courses and use them to take more calculus and physics, that would probably be enough. Switching majors to Biological Physics would also be OK. Just be prepared for the fact that even with more physics (or even a B.S. in physics), an engineering graduate program will require you to take some remedial engineering courses.</p>

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<p>I would recommend you go for biomedical or chemical engineering. You’ve already take a lot of Math, Physics, Bio, and Chem, so you have a lot of prerequisites taken care of. You just need to catch up on the engineering courses. It shouldn’t set you back too much. If you’re really interested in going for engineering, than 1 more year won’t be important. 1 year is really fast.</p>