On Coalition app, I was filling out my application for Case Western. Then, it asked me what possible majors I would take and my career plan. I was going to list biomedical engineering and materials engineering, but I’m not sure about my career path. I plan on pursuing engineering and if I didn’t want to go for it, I would do medical school or something in the medical field. Should I put myself as undecided? Or engineer? How would this affect admissions?
I don’t think that this is super critical. List yourself as an engineer, and don’t think into it too much.
It’s good to show that you’ve given your studies some thought and that you understand what your potential major entails. Some schools do hold you to the major you apply to, but I think at Case your options remain open.
Case has a single door admissions policy, so even if you do want to be a Biomed Eng but change your mind, that is fine.
Put what you think you want to major in…I would imagine, Case, like any other college, does try to balance the various majors.
I would say that your HS coursework should show you are prepared for whatever major you put down…if you are engineering you should have calculus and science, but if you are History you should have AP USH for example.
@AsianTaco Its a great idea to explore majors now and find out more about them, for any college.
Look at the Macromolecular Science and Engineering major, its a small major but really strong at Case Western,
and its a good background to have if you do decide to go to medical school, as its chemistry heavy.
Its also known as Polymer Sciences. Some students get PhDs in polymer science after this program, others may go directly into an industry position in polymer chemistry, polymer engineering etc.
It doesn’t really matter. Once you are accepted into Case, you can pretty much change your major by completing a couple application forms. I know so many people who wanted to do BME and premed, but switched over to biology. Also, many pre-meds and engineers end up switching over to business because of their performance in those courses.