<p>I'm heavily looking into BME as a path to medical school but also because it will be a good fallback option in case that doesnt pan out. Now i know that ChemE, or ME, or EE would be a better choice for a safety, but im interested most in BME and want to pursue it. Right now I'm torn between that and a double major in psych and neuroscience, but the fact that after four years those wouldnt allow me to get a good job, or would they?, is making me doubtful.</p>
<p>Here's where you come in.
I want to know where you are attending, and how your experience has been as a BME student. especially those of you on a premed path. </p>
<p>How hard has it been to maintain a good GPA (3.4+)? Have you had research opportunities that med schools would like? Why did you choose BME as a major to begin with?</p>
<p>any and all feedback is welcome. thanks a ton</p>
<p>Well, I would prefer not to list my personal information, but I would be able to give you some advice (yes I AM a BME student). Its a great and booming career - it is only advised that you pursue EE or ME because there is a more broad job market for grads with only a BS. To really do BME, you will need a graduate degree. BME is still a rapidly growing field - its only that the work that is most relevant requires a high degree of knowledge. </p>
<p>A 3.4+ is not easy to obtain in any major. In engineering, its traditionally harder and BME is no exception. It is difficult.</p>
<p>I can’t really say much about the med topics. I went in as a freshman hoping to pursue an interesting job in BME, but found that I was more interested in a more broad engineering related field like EE or ME, rather then a concentrated one like BME. I was not pred-med, but a lot of my friends were/are.</p>
<p>First of all doing BME as an undergrad is not a good idea. Second of all Medical schools like a high GPA and getting a high GPA in Engineering is incredibly difficult.</p>
<p>As much as majoring in BME won’t give you terrific job opportunities, it is far from “not being a good idea”. The poster expressed passion and genuine interest for the major - that is all you really require. I would only say don’t major in BME if you can’t see your self doing it at some point in your life and are only doing it because you want to differentiate yourself from others during med school acceptances - which IS a bad idea. </p>
<p>If you choose to pursue BME for grad school, then it becomes an excellent idea.</p>
<p>Its not as if going for any hard science degree will net you excellent job opportunities either as all sciences are reliant on funding - which is highly variable especially now. Just do something you can see yourself doing in the future. Not even EE or ME will guarantee you a job - nothing is set in stone.</p>
<p>If you are genuinely interested in BME then go for it but only for a Masters. As far as undergrad goes I wouldn’t go for BME. Maybe something more specific like Electrical or Mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>Since a bachelors in BME won’t do you any good besides making you happy if you really want to do it undergrad then why do it?</p>
<p>Just do Electrical or Mechanical and do BME for graduate.</p>
<p>Makes sense to get a bachelors that helps you followed by a BME degree that helps you then getting a 4 year degree that alone isn’t helpful and waiting for graduate school.</p>
<p>Just go with you gut feeling for now. Colleges tend to overload you with general courses in the beginning of the curriculum and its even easier for engineers because we share an almost identical curricula for most of the first two years. If you like BME - do BME, really its quite simple, I think we just over complicate it. You can make a more informed decision after you get into college and attend informative activities.</p>
<p>I just spoke to an adviser about engineering. He told me that he would have been just as happy majoring in something like Chemical Engineering rather then Mechanical Engineering - what he ended up working in. Any engineering major will give you job opportunities - even outside of engineering. You can shift majors in grad school. Anything is possible - but you cannot succeed unless you really do something you love.</p>