Hi,
I got accepted to Johns Hopkins’ engineering school as ED.
I want to study Biomechanical Engineering in my future after graduating, so I want to study Pre-med as I am studying mechanical engineering.
I know that it’s going to be tough to do both, so I want to prepare as much as I can over the summer.
Is there courses I can take during the summer?
Or do you have any general recommendations for me to do during the summer?
What exactly is your projected career path? Are you planning on going to med school after undergrad or are you going to get a MS (or PhD): in BME?
Keep in mind that “premed” is nothing more than a specific set of courses required to apply to med school. There isn’t much value in taking all the premed courses if you don’t plan on applying to med school sometime in the future as you could definitely get into a graduate BME program without taking all the premed classes.
If biomechanical or biomedical engineering is what you plan on doing in the far future, like @saif235 mentioned, you won’t need to take premed classes unless you intend on going to med school. However, JHU does have an awesome biomechanics concentration that you may want to get into during your upperclassmen mechanical engineering years.
My general recommendation for you over this summer is honestly just to relax and take it easy. I’m sure you’ve worked very hard in high school and you’ll work hard in college. Use this summer to enjoy life and do whatever you want to do.
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@HopefulDoge @saif235
thanks a lot for your comments, and yes, I just want to concentrate in biomechanical engineering so I am glad to hear that JHU has a nice program in that.
Regarding pre-med courses, I am still trying to decide if I want to go to med school, and I am afraid if I wait until freshman year in college to make the decision, I would be too late.
I want to take your advice and relax during the summer, but wouldnt I be too late if I wait until I get into college??
Is freshman year too late? Not really. Realistically, MechE doesn’t really lend itself to the premed path as there isn’t much overlap between the requirements, but you still have until maybe sophomore year before I’d say you probably won’t get through premed + MechE in four years. That’s just my estimate looking at the MechE requirements though.
I honestly don’t know what it is you you want to do over the summer, but generally I don’t see a point wasting your senior summer taking classes unless you absolutely have to. There’s always time for that in the next few summers.