<p>BME isn’t a “real” discipline. Stick with a more standard discipline and switch into BME in grad school. You’ll have a more solid foundation.</p>
<p>Don’t rush recklessly into a CS program. Times can change over the course of 4-5 years and change the entire industry. Politics, bubbles, a change in tastes and even new scientific breakthroughs could easily reverse the current trend. You could be stuck with something which has diminishing practical value and something you’re not especially fond of. Note the current market trends and future possibilities, and know that they are likely to change and go on a path that nobody predicted.</p>
<p>If the BLS predicts growth, they could be right or they could be doing some reckless extrapolation. You won’t know for a while. </p>
<p>We aren’t especially good at economics, whether out of willful ignorance or just because it’s so damn hard to understand human behavior.</p>