<p>I'm going to be applying to colleges this year and have narrowed my majors down to engineering or biology. I enjoy both math and biology, but biology is what truly interests me. The only thing is i'm worried about the job prospects for biology. Being a lab assistant doesn't interest me. Engineering seems to be much more secure in this aspect. My concern with engineering is the difficulty of the major. I don't envision myself slacking off or partying too hard, but I struggled with calculus last year. I ended with a B in the class, but got a 2 on the ap exam. In my defense I had a lot of sports and extra curricular activities at the time, but I'm also worried about continuing to struggle as the math gets more advanced. So, would it be worth it to get a biology degree or should I stick with engineering? I'm thinking about doing chemical engineering or a bachelor's in mechanical and a masters in biomedical so I can still do some bio.</p>
<p>There is such a thing as biomedical engineering</p>
<p>From what i’ve heard ME has a lot more options after graduation</p>
<p>I want to keep the options open</p>
<p>Then it sounds like you already made up your mind. No matter what field you go into there is a always a chance of not have many options upon graduation. Its a buyers market and the more specific your major the higher paid it gets. The {insert subfield here} engineer will be hired before the mechanical engineer when their specialty suits the employer. Mechanical engineers graduating from the top-notch engineering schools are the ones who have “a lot more options after graduation”. Not the ones from a subpar university. I think you should go to a community college until you know what you want to do. Goodluck</p>
<p>Why not get your PhD in Biology or try to go for medical school? If its what you truly enjoy, go for it.</p>
<p>Don’t do biology, unless it’s like the only thing in the world that you want to do (i.e. you want to be a biologist or learn everything there is to be said about biology). You may regret that you “wasted” years in studying a subject that lead to economical struggle and odd jobs. If that’s an ok risk, then do biology.</p>
<p>Instead you might consider doing e.g. biomedical engineering / biological engineering, environmental engineering or even chemical engineering. The paths that you’ve thought sound good. But the point is, studying something which has something to do with biological topics, but is more like “applied biology” or “can be applied to solve biological issues”. That leads to better job prospects, you get to study some “biological” studies and you can later study biology as a hobby (if biology for you is interesting only for the purpose of self-interest and not research).</p>
<p>If you can motivate yourself to the engineering studies (i.e. you really find it fun/interesting), then it will be ok. There’s a lot of work, but you only need determination to work hard. All the effort will pay in the end.
But if you don’t enjoy studying at all, then it will be very very difficult or impossible.</p>