<p>Hello, I am currently torn between which major I want to persue. I'm fairly confident I can get into michigan so that's not my concern. But I am not sure whether I want to go into the BME, CEE or business program. What is tearing me is the workload of the engineering program. I am not very strong in physics or chemsitry but I accel in all types of math. </p>
<p>BME: I think that designing medical devices would be awsome, but I am scared of the workload and I have heard that it is hard to find a job with a BME degree. Also, physics and chemistry are not my strong points but I think I could manage.</p>
<p>CEE: I've heard its one of the easier engineering majors</p>
<p>Business: I always invisioned my future as owning my own restaurant or storefront. I am strong in math.</p>
<p>In conclusion, I am torn between one of the two engineering majors or a business major. The workload of the engineering majors is what is scaring me. Which of the programs would you recommend? I value your opinion so please try not to give an open ended answer</p>
<p>Didn’t you just post the same thing in the State forum? Well, if you end up at U of M, I’d say it’s a different story. CoE and Ross are both brutal, from what I hear. Don’t choose on difficulty, but what you’re most passionate about.</p>
<p>You still have a year or two before you will declare your major (if you aren’t transferring in AP credits) so you can chill a little bit.</p>
<p>First things first…</p>
<ol>
<li>Get accepted to the school</li>
<li>Take all the engineering prereqs every freshman takes</li>
<li>If at the end of your freshman year, you have at least a 3.0 then engineering should be fine</li>
<li>By this time you’ll probably have a good feel what disciplines you’ll do well in</li>
<li>Declare your major</li>
</ol>
<p>BME and CEE are like #1 and #2 lowest paying majors in COE. If you’re sure between those two, I would recommend CEE because job availability for it is much better. </p>
<p>If you’re fairly confident you’ll get into Ross, do that. But Ross is quite a bit harder to get into than Engineering.</p>
<p>QwertyKey makes a good point. Most people who do BME end up going to Med School, anyway. So if you’re looking at being a doctor and are interested in engineering, BME would be the way to go.</p>
<p>"BME: I think that designing medical devices would be awsome, but I am scared of the workload and I have heard that it is hard to find a job with a BME degree. Also, physics and chemistry are not my strong points but I think I could manage.</p>
<p>CEE: I’ve heard its one of the easier engineering majors</p>
<p>Business: I always invisioned my future as owning my own restaurant or storefront. I am strong in math."</p>
<p>These are three totally different majors that have nothing to do with each other.
Definitely don’t do CEE because its an “easy major”. You’re going to hate the fact that you majored in something you weren’t interested in just because you didn’t want to challenge yourself. Here is what I would suggest:</p>
<ol>
<li>apply to UofM COE (unless you’re certain you can get preadmit to business)</li>
<li>Take Standard physics, chemistry, engineering, math courses, and add an econ 101 during the fall, and econ 102 during winter.</li>
<li>Apply for the business school. They usually look at COE students with a better light then LSA because of the difficulty.</li>
<li>So you get into the B-school or you don’t.</li>
<li>Reflect upon your life and think about WHAT you enjoy. Learn about the different B-school majors if you got in, talk to upperclassmen about their majors, and choose if you want to go to B-school or not. If you didnt get into B-school or you find that B-school is not right for you, then stay in engineering. Talk to people in the engineering department (or take engr 110) to find which area of engineering you enjoy.</li>
</ol>
Well, if you end up at U of M, I’d say it’s a different story. CoE and Ross are both brutal, from what I hear. Don’t choose on difficulty, but what you’re most passionate about.</p>