<p>i am a rising senior that's really debated back and forth between my majors and what colleges within the university to apply. I pretty much geered my high school career towards medicine. all my ec are science oriented. However, this past summer i changed my mind, and realize medicine is not something I want to do because the long time, competion, and expensive tuition ( i heard even with great grades..financial aid in med school is pretty slim) one of my friend ( who is majorin in finance) suggest that i do business...becuase he was pretty much in the same boat as I...he majored in bio and sophomore yr switched to finance...will someone like me have any chance applying to business school. another friend suggest that i do Bio medical engineering...since many of the courses are same as pre-med..so if i change my mind i can still apply to med school while if i dont i can have bme as a career...i know fiance majors gets many bank offers when they graduate...but with a bachelor degree in biomedical engimeering...what are the career choices? what do u guys htink i should do in my situation?
thanks for ur time</p>
<p>Well first of all, I don't blame you for wanting to avoid the competition of med school and being premed :) If you think you might still be considering applying to med school, as long as you take the proper pre-med courses and the MCAT, you can major in whatever you want. </p>
<p>With that said, BME is NOT an easy path to med school. Engineering is something you have to love, and it's a completely different way of thinking and approaching problems than with finance or any business degree. You should figure out which is more natural for you, and what genuinely interests you more. As far as colleges, if you're really unsure, it's probably best to attend a university that has both a business and engineering school, and that will let you transfer between, and take courses in different schools. Freshman year try out a business class and an intro engineering or engineering seminar course. My guess is that one will feel much more natural for you. Another thing to think about - are you prepared to take all the math courses associated with being BME? I took only 3 biology courses for my degree, and 5 math courses (on which all of the engineering courses are based). </p>
<p>As far as careers - There's a wide range of options once you graduate with a BS in BME, so it's up to you if you want to pursue a graduate degree (research), work in industry (designing/developing), or apply your knowledge to a slightly different field (patent law, consulting, medicine).</p>
<p>bme is not a very easy path towards med school. a better path is just to take the pre-med path under a a relatively easy major like health administration, etc... if your going to major in engineering and do well in it, talent definitely is something you have to factor in. getting grades good enough for med school in engineering is hard, probably only seen by a handful of students.</p>