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Entries for tag "engineering"
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Switching Majors
Recently I've thought a lot about changing my major...from Biomedical to Environmental Engineering. It's kind of funny actually because I originally applied as an ENE major, but I switched to BME during registration. So anyways, now I think I'd like to go back to it. I guess I just can't deny my tree-hugger roots. No pun intended. I think BME is really cool, just not for me. For some reason I'm just not really feeling my classes. I think I'd like something a bit more tangible. The ENE program is mostly Civil Engineering courses, which are really hands on and more traditional engineering stuff. In the Biotechnology track of ENE, I still have to take all the pre-med classes, so I could still go to medical school (which is my plan right now). But this way, if I change my mind (or don't get in, but let's not consider that option), I have a degree, and job prospects, that I just find more interesting. And better suited for what I want to do with my life. I can't really explain it. I think I'm going through one of those mid-life crisis things, except that I'm not yet 20. So more like mid-college crisis. Anyways, now I just have to figure out the scheduling. A lot of the classes I took for BME should count for the ENE curriculum. But I'm not positive yet. I know my intro course transfers (all freshman engineers take a 101 class for their specific discipline their first semester), and I think my 2 computer programming classes and Statics should as well. That's what I'm hoping for anyways. Because if they do, then I should be good to go! I suppose I should make an appointment with the ENE advisor, because all this talk is useless if my credits won't transfer. But my experience has been that they're pretty helpful and accomodating. I guess that's all I've got. I'll report back if this works out. Any questions about different disciplines or changing majors/classes, let me know.
Current mood: Cool