<p>I will be applying to colleges next year, and am trying to decide on the major that I would like to take. I was wondering if any of you guys had any suggestions/opinions regarding biomedical engineering and computer science engineering. I find both interesting, but I need to consider the potential of both fields in the future, starting salaries, etc. Also, I plan to eventually go into business either way, and hope to get a MBA from Wharton. I have been "google-ing," but I can't really seem to find anything too useful. Thank you cc community!</p>
<p>The knee-jerk response to BME seems to be “don’t bother for undergrad, just do a traditional engineering and then go to grad school for BME”, with the reasons ultimately coming down to lack of focus/direction in most BME programs with the exceptions being the hyper-well-known ones such as Johns Hopkins’. In other words, while BME as a FIELD is growing, the companies themselves just hire from more typical engineering fields and train them on-the-job.</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. I had a friend who attends MIT say something similar to me. Any other suggestions/opinions?</p>
<p>I think both majors are well worth it. CS/software engineering is a field where the job demand is predicted to grow, and so is biomed. I tend to think that grad school is more important in BME for careers, whereas CS majors often get jobs straight out of college.</p>
<p>biomedical engineering involved some programming, some basic electrical engineering, biology.</p>
<p>CS is a lot of programming…</p>
<p>Have you done a lot of programming in HS?</p>
<p>Bio Field
What others say is true, if you want to work in the Bio field the best option is Mechanical or Electrical Engineering BS.c then Biomedical Engineering M.Eng/MS, easy way to jump into the growing field. Many companies would kill for that combo. Probability to move up within the field is good. </p>
<p>CS Field
Established, probably not as easy to get into, not easy to show growth in the field which is important for Business school.</p>
<p>With Business School as your final goal imo i would do ME or EE for BS.c then Bio for MS, you get the added benefit of having a graduate degree compared to the other applicants. Wharton’s recent class had 18% of there student body with graduate degrees, where the applicant pool had 10% with graduate degrees. Showing an almost twice better chance for graduate applicants to get into Wharton specifically. (Statistically Speaking only)</p>
<p>No, I have not done a lot of programming in high school. Also, don’t schools such as MIT combine their electrical engineering and computer science majors?</p>
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<p>Some schools, including MIT, include EE and CS in a single program, yes.</p>
<p>If you want to do biomedical science, I’d say go for it. You might be able to get a minor or double major in another field, for instance, computer science. Or the other way around… I’ll see if this is possible where I go to school.</p>
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<p>It seems like it would be possible to major in Biomedical Sciences and get a minor in CS, and maybe even double major, if you have enough credits.</p>
<p>A Biomedical/CS combo would be force to be reckoned with.</p>