<p>My school, UCR offers a 5 year Biological Engineering Bachelor plus Master program. I'm a incoming freshman wondering if it would behoove me to partake in this program or to get a B.S. in a more broad and general engineering discipline like Mechanical first. My ultimate goal is to get a M.S. in bioE or biomedE. Does anyone have any advise on whether its better to just specialize early and go for the 5 year plan or to get a broader understanding of engineering then specialize later and maybe go to a better graduate school like LA. Any input welcome.</p>