Biomedical Engineering - IB subject choices

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<p>Hi, I am currently in Year 11 (10th grade) of Luanda International School. I am about to go to IB Diploma Programme next year and have been making final decisions towards my HL and SL subject choices. I am VERY interested in Biomedical Engineering, aside from medicine that is the only thing I seem to have a passion for. For SL, i am taking Spanish, Economics and Biology. For HL, i chose Chemistry, Maths, and English A. If you know how the IB works you know that you can only take two sciences (which sucks). That's the problem, I have heard from various sources that physics would also be required, which is totally NOT a surprise since it is engineering, but some people say that chemistry, biology, and maths are the most important subjects to take in high school if you want to do BiomedE. But there are also people who said that colleges have high school physics as prerequisites, which worries me. And then there are people who said that you dont have to take physics in high school as long as you do well in physics in college. </p>

<p>What should I do? (I made a solid decision to keep my Chemistry HL, so the choice is really between Biology SL and Physics SL). (Also I am planning to go to college in the US).</p>

<p>Also, I am planning to do a 3-week summer program in Brown University this summer and a Biomedical Engineering summer program in Columbia University next summer.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help :)</p>

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<p>I recommend SL Physics. I think early exposure to Physics would be more important for engineering.</p>

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<p>Didn’t you take any science 0th or 10th grade (US)? my younger daughter took Biology in 9th, Chem in 10th, then IB Biology HL (2 years, 1 year more Biology and 1 year Anatomy) and Physics SL. </p>

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<p>Having had high school physics may make university physics less difficult. It is likely similar for biology and chemistry. Ideally, you want to have courses in each in high school.</p>

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<p>I am in MYP (pre-IBDP) and i do have a science subject, but they cover basic stuff that you should learn in high school, so biology - cell, introduction to biotechnology, genetics, physics - force, momentum, etc, chemistry - atoms, element bonds. and its just one subject instead of separate subjects. </p>