Should I major in biomedical engineering if I'm bad at math?

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Okay, so, I’m a highschool junior. I really want to major in biomedical engineering because it’s something that genuinely interests me, and I don’t want to be stuck with a job that bores me. However, I would say that I’m bad at STEM subjects (ironic because I’m Asian, lol). I took both the ACT and the SAT. I got a 28 on the ACT, with a 25 in math and a 24 in science. On the SAT, I got a total of 1360/1600, with a 660/800 on the math section. I’m currently in AP Calc AB, and I got straight A’s all year, but a 3 on the mock AP exam we took. I’ve also gotten straight A’s in every math and science class I’ve ever took, and my GPA is a 4.0, but my standardized test scores for STEM are horrible.

I do plan on studying and retaking both the ACT and the SAT, along with the math 2 or 1 subject test.

I’m much much much better at English and History, so I plan on minoring in political science. But I really desire a job in a STEM field. Therefore I’m torn.

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Why do you say you’re bad at math? I just looked up some of these numbers, and a 28 overall ACT is ~90th percentile, a 25 math is ~80th percentile, and a 660 math SAT is ~88th percentile. By what metric are these scores “horrible”? You even have As in your math and science classes.

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You know you’ll probably have to go to grad school to get a job, right?

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Don’t forget that there are tutoring services at most schools, too, especially for engineering programs. Rose Hulman is very supportive of engineering students. you may want to look there.

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Yes I’m aware that I have to go to graduate school, however that wasn’t part of my question, so…

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Should be a part of anyone’s question if they’re set on BME. Saves them from having switch out like I did.

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Chelleshao, you appear to be a new poster to CC. A little advise. Be polite to those who respond to your queries.

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@PeterW I was being polite. I was just pointing out the fact that I didn’t ask if I had to go to graduate school or not; although I planned on going anyway. Sorry if you didn’t take it that way, I didn’t mean for it to sound so passive aggressive.