<p>Just wondering, can someone double major with Biomedical Engineering with some ease?</p>
<p>It seems like either biology or chemical engineering would be a good second major because there's a lot of overlap.</p>
<p>i think you'll kill yourself. double majoring with engineering is like a stick to the eye.</p>
<p>is that even possible for chemE and BME in 4 years? I doubt you'll end up following through with it. You don't really know how intense it is until you get there, and then you will probably drop any intention of double majoring</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. It's just that biomedical engineering, while it's my stongest interest, is so specialized. . . . </p>
<p>I have heard from some people that it's not good to major in BME because of how specialized it is, and if I could find another major that has a lot of overlap, I think it would help me in the future. </p>
<p>Maybe it's more work than it's worth, but I just don't know.</p>
<p>At Carnegie Mellon, you're required to major in X Engineering and only then can you take BME as your 2nd major (BME is not offered as a student's only major). So I would have to disagree with needhelp06 on that. I would think Chemical Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering would be a great 2nd major to go with BME.</p>
<p>well it's different when it's a 2nd major, but at a lot of schools BME is becoming a major on its own</p>
<p>cool, right now my top schools are U of R, Columbia, and Cornell.</p>
<p>I think U of R would give me the most freedom to persue a double major.</p>
<p>Since Columbia has the core that pretty much rules out double majoring.</p>
<p>I think it's impossible to double major for seas columbia</p>
<p>I strongly dislike it when people say "it's impossible" to double major in Engineering. Sure, it's challenging, but that doesn't give any person to discourage others from pursuing a double major. If you don't like Engineering, then you shouldn't be doing Engineering. But if you enjoy Engineering and have a passion for it, double majoring won't be an issue.</p>
<p>no, I mean I don't think columbia seas ALLOWS it</p>
<p>Okay, but my post still stands for other posters, who meant to say that double majoring is too challenging.</p>
<p>Double majoring is very challenging for those who do not know exactly what they are getting in to. It sounds a bit over-dramatic, but know that your will needs to be very strong if you are going to double major in engineering. Be prepared for long hours and the long haul. If you know what you're doing, go for it. If not, I would suggest you go to college before you make this decision. Once you get there, you will be able to judge better than anyone else if you can handle the workload. Take this slowly. You are not glued to the major you list on your application. Go to college and be sure of your path. Then take it.</p>
<p>Thanks, I have time to decide what I'd like to do, I've someone that goes to rochester that is going to be BME and Math double major. . . . .so it's definately possible.</p>
<p>But I will definately wait to deside until after i get a semester or two into college, and I get to talk to my advisor to see what fits. </p>
<p>As far as Columbia SEAS double majoring. . . . I agree, it's pretty impossible. On top of all the engineering courses you are required to take courses in The Core. . . .I think you have to take English Lit. . . .and several humanities courses, like either music or art studies, and other courses. It's abreviated for engineering students, but it would still rule out ANY possibility of achieving another major.</p>
<p>So. . .yeah, I'll figure out what I'm doing when I get there. BME is definate, maybe I can find a less rigorous major, something different to pursue another passion. I like too many things. . . . . my biggest problem is I want to take every class that's out there. </p>
<p>I'm so used to high school where you just get exposure to eveything, that I've become interested in everything. . . . i'll just have to learn to keep these interests outside of academics and my career. . . i'm going to have lots of hobies.</p>