<p>I want to be a doctor so I would major in one of the the "premed track" courses but i also want to major in biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>As for a minor, i really want to learn another language fluently</p>
<p>is this even possible? will the workload be impossible or can it be done? </p>
<p>when applying to colleges- should i apply to the school of engineering first (if the college requires you to apply to a certain school that is)?</p>
<p>help please!</p>
<p>Partly, it depends on how many courses overlap between a bioscience major and biomed engineering (or, whether your school permits you to count any of the same courses for two different majors). If courses can be counted for both majors, then it also depends on which bioscience major you choose. A physiology major might have more courses that also can be counted in a biomed engineering major than a microbiology bio major.
Partly, it also depends on whether the number of reguired engineering courses crowds out the opportunity to complete the requirements for another major and the general ed requirements for students in one of the non-engineering colleges (since biomed engineering will be in the college of engineering and a bioscience field usually will be in a college of arts & sciences, depending on how your school is structured). Biomed engineering might be more flexible in this regard than other engineering fields.
If you do undergrad research as part of your major, this could reduce the time available for two majors.</p>
<p>As for the language, it partly depends on what language you study and whether you are starting a new language or building on your high school coursework. If you do a minor, you may have to do some literature coursework. I’m not sure if that is what you want when you refer to fluency. Are you primarily interested in learning to speak the language? If so, you can just take courses without a formal minor. (Some schools will offer a language certificate to those who reach a certain level of proficiency, without a formal major or minor.)If it’s a new or a difficult language, like Chinese, fluency will require at least four years of study including study abroad. Even if it’s a previously studied or less difficult language, the best way to gain fluency is to study in a country where it’s spoken. Will your planned program accommodate a period of study abroad?</p>
<p>Whether you should apply to the engineering school first depends on the particular schools to which you are applying. How easy it is to accommodate two majors and possibly a minor also depends on the particular schools to which you are applying. Compare the requirements of the particular schools that interest you.</p>
<p>Will you be coming into college with AP/IB/dual credits?</p>
<p>Engineering majors require more credits and the courses are sequenced, but if you come in with some credits, you might be able to fit in what you want.</p>
<p>My high school offers AP classes. I am taking almost every single one of them as well. How I do on my AP exams this coming May I cant say.
But as for the language, I am more interested in learning how to speak a new language fluently. I think I want to do Arabic because I can read it already. I guess you can say its an enrichment course for me. I would just like to become fluent in a few languages, but then declaring it as a minor would be a bad idea then wouldnt it?</p>
<p>“Pre-Med” classes are not so all consuming that you can’t take those classes and also do biomedical engineering, since classes like chem and the required bio classes will overlap. I would work early with an advisor to fit the pre-med requirements into your biomed engineering course schedule and not worry about tackling a second major. The language minor may be more difficult, but at schools that have small core requirements, that would be more likely. I agree that using AP classes to cover your core requirements might free you up. Taking summer classes in the language at cheaper school may also be an option.</p>
<p>People don’t tend to double major in biology and BME, it’s because the majors tend to be found within different schools within a university (College of Arts and Sciences + College of engineering). BME majors also usually have classes required of them that replace what bio majors and premeds generally take as med school prereqs (BME majors have to take physics for engineers, chem for engineers, etc instead of general bio or chem).</p>
<p>I would say choose one or the other. Bio and BME have a lot of overlap, but engineering curriculums usually require a lot of courses and would be restrictive to additional majors and minors.
On the other hand, double majoring in something like bio and chem is pretty common with premeds.</p>