<p>I'm doing my college research and found BME very interesting. I'm pretty good at bio and math and ok at chemistry, but I'm not good at physics (better than avg people but just not very talented at it) I want to go for med school and also pursue a PhD at the same time because I really like this idea that MD/PhD can have some real application for their bench works. Is BME for me then? I heard that it's very very hard to maintain good GPA for med school if one majors in engineering, but does it pay off? What are some advantages of BME going to be MD/PhD instead of just major in some art & science major in undergrad and then apply to MD/PhD program in grad school.</p>
<p>besides, just curious, does being artistic & like to design things open extra possibilities/give any advantages for people who major in BME?</p>
<p>You can do a BME and concentrate in the chemical engineering or materials aspect of BME and you'll be basically doing a lot of chem, materials, biochem, math, and engineering.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that just because you're good at chem in HS doesn't translate to being good at chem in college or being not as good at physics.</p>
<p>And also you will need to take basic general BME classes that are very physics intensive. At most schools you must take some sort of biomechanics, etc, and that is filled with physics. And being good in h.s. doesn't translate in college, as the people at my school who werre straight A students in high school and barely managing now.</p>
<p>It seems to me that if you get science, math and engineering you get any science math and engineering -- you may have had a bad experience with one subset of science but its all the same thing really. Understanding concepts, and modeling them with math is the essence of any science really (yes, even biology). You may not like working with atoms and would rather work with planets but it's almost the same equation describing the forces between the two.</p>