<p>I'm a sophomore in high school is trying to figure out what I want to major in for college. I have narrowed in down to Chemical or Biomedical Engineering. </p>
<p>I very much enjoy biology and chemistry and the idea of a job that involves them. However, I'm still figuring out what exactly I want to do. Biofuels, pharmaceutical manufacturing and genetics all really interest me though. </p>
<p>So my main question is, what should I major in to get into one of these industries? Of course, I know that they are decently specific specialties so I will have to go to graduate school.</p>
<p>Also, how much physics would be involved in both of these engineering degrees?</p>
<p>If you really like a combination of math, chemistry, biology, physics, and problem solving, biomedical engineering is for you. All engineering majors involve problem solving. If you want to go on a pure biology and chemistry route, you can major in the pure sciences. They know biology and chemistry a little better than engineers do.</p>
<p>You should check out Bioinformatics and give that a look, to simplify it it’s like a specialized field that combines Biology and Computer Science to keep track of biological data. </p>
<p>If you are a sophomore in hs, just knowing “engineering” at this point is probably enough. It is still far ahead of many students (including my son at the same age). You have time to hone in on a specialty as you take more classes. Good luck!</p>