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follow your passions where they lie. JHU has a top ranked BME program, so if it's what you want to study, pursue.
Having goals is a great thing, but don't put them ahead of yourself to the point of sounding cocksure. MANY people either switch plans for medical careers or don't make the cut.
That said, a BME degree is a better backup for a career compared to a biology degree. Make sure you use college to explore your passions, because its the only time you can do it for free
Having goals is a great thing, but don't put them ahead of yourself to the point of sounding cocksure. MANY people either switch plans for medical careers or don't make the cut.
That said, a BME degree is a better backup for a career compared to a biology degree. Make sure you use college to explore your passions, because its the only time you can do it for free
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I applied to undergrad w/similar reservations as you, and I also ended up pre-med BME at another top institution. My experience is as follows:
I certainly don't doubt that my overall GPA may have been 0.1-0.2 lower than it would have been had I been solely Bio/Chem/Biochem etc. if only because of the nature of juggling pre-medical and engineering courses in the same semester. HOWEVER, the experiences I have gained and the knowledge I've learned have been well worth it. At the end of the day, I was the kind of person who'd be bored out of my damn mind without a critical thinking-intensive curriculum, and I was so much more motivated to push through *especially* near the end of my major when I could synthesize my experience with engineering and the hard sciences and learn some really, really cool stuff.
I think if you're a similar person to myself, and you really love to learn, then you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not at least trying out the major. Sure, your prereqs may be harder (e.g. calc-based instead of non-calc-based physics) but you will:
1) Be more employable if you don't go into medicine
2) Generally be more adaptable/resourceful in a corporate climate
3) Have achieved a number of really cool, tangible projects that can easily be discussed in an interview atmosphere.
4) Will gain skills like coding, data analysis etc. that will be invaluable as our world (and perhaps the nature of medicine) changes
*and much more*
Sure, it'll be more challenging, but if you're up for the challenge and you're driven/enjoy the pursuit of knowledge, you can't really go wrong.
PM me if you have any more questions, and good luck
I certainly don't doubt that my overall GPA may have been 0.1-0.2 lower than it would have been had I been solely Bio/Chem/Biochem etc. if only because of the nature of juggling pre-medical and engineering courses in the same semester. HOWEVER, the experiences I have gained and the knowledge I've learned have been well worth it. At the end of the day, I was the kind of person who'd be bored out of my damn mind without a critical thinking-intensive curriculum, and I was so much more motivated to push through *especially* near the end of my major when I could synthesize my experience with engineering and the hard sciences and learn some really, really cool stuff.
I think if you're a similar person to myself, and you really love to learn, then you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not at least trying out the major. Sure, your prereqs may be harder (e.g. calc-based instead of non-calc-based physics) but you will:
1) Be more employable if you don't go into medicine
2) Generally be more adaptable/resourceful in a corporate climate
3) Have achieved a number of really cool, tangible projects that can easily be discussed in an interview atmosphere.
4) Will gain skills like coding, data analysis etc. that will be invaluable as our world (and perhaps the nature of medicine) changes
*and much more*
Sure, it'll be more challenging, but if you're up for the challenge and you're driven/enjoy the pursuit of knowledge, you can't really go wrong.
PM me if you have any more questions, and good luck
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What are your alternative admits?
...wait it is December. Was this not a binding ED admit?
...wait it is December. Was this not a binding ED admit?
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