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Without looking at all your threads and the responses, I'm guessing that you didn't really do some good research before applying. I would suggest attending a few of the accepted students programs at your top couple of choices in April.
Without looking at all your threads and the responses, I'm guessing that you didn't really do some good research before applying. I would suggest attending a few of the accepted students programs at your top couple of choices in April.
ty for your response...but I still dont know what to major in ....believe me ive done alot of research....
I guesss you need real experience to know, but theres no way one can have that as a HSer....
I guess im just looking for other ppl who went through the same thing...kinda at a crossroads here.
The MD path is pretty well defined. If you have the ability and the discipline, your career will be relatively straightforward.
An engineering degree can prepare you for a greater variety of opportunities. However, since it's less well defined, you will have to be much more proactive about identifying opportunities and managing your career.
I guess a student could want to be both a doctor and an engineer, but I haven't met anyone that doesn't have a strong feeling one way or the other. I've known people that thought they wanted to be a doctor but changed their mind or were weeded out first semester with some hard science classes and quite a few people that went into engineering and realized after the first year that they couldn't hack the math. I do think it's easier if you have a general direction when you start so you aren't taking classes that won't apply.
Do you find your math classes as interesting as your science ones? Do you equally well in both subjects?
Do you like to know how things work and enjoy working with your hands? I don't know any engineers that wouldn't say yes to that...
hmm that is tough to say because the fields are so inherently different. It would be a bit easier if you said , do I want to be a nurse or a doctor and yes before everyone gets up in arms I understand that there is a difference in the duties of doctor vs nurse but at the very least you could argue that both fields are health care related. In comparison Doctor and Engineer are so far apart. I would first go with- can you hack the weed out classes not just bio 101 and chem 101, I mean the bio chem, the physics, the calc 4 etc...? If you can then I would try to get some insight on both fields , ask around, read message boards that specialize in MD grads and Engineering grads etc...
In comparison Doctor and Engineer are so far apart. I would first go with- can you hack the weed out classes not just bio 101 and chem 101, I mean the bio chem, the physics, the calc 4 etc...? If you can then I would try to get some insight on both fields , ask around, read message boards that specialize in MD grads and Engineering grads etc...
Is it possible to be undecided for the first yr or yr and a half in college whilst taking courses that fulfill both a pre med track AND a engineering track?
Well im currently taking Calc 1&2 in Hs and I am doing fine...
IF you settle on engineering, you will either have to go extra (not finish in four years) or bust your butt.
My daughter decided on engineering after her freshman year, and she took four years of engineering courses in three years.
Engineering, in most place, is a four year program.
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