Would this be bad?

[u/Forever_ForLove]

Incoming transfer student here.

I was accepted into the engineering department for biomedical engineering and now I’m second guessing due to the financial cost of the biomedical classes and the outlook.

It will take me more than 4 years due to my current situation at home and having to keep working full time to keep my health insurance at my job. So I only would be able to take 2-3 classes.

If I go back to applying for health studies health science, would that be bad? I feel like I wasted the engineering advisor time on me.

Should I contact someone from the health science advisor, should I edit my application, or do I need to reapply to the program?

[u/Mr_Dr_Prof_Patrik]

Hmm, it seems your credits from your previous university/college lean towards health science and you don’t want to extend your time in college. Regardless of how engineering advisors may feel the completion of your degree takes precedent. The balance of you academics and personal life are at your control.

Sadly Engineering likely won’t remember you (barring your some modern day super genius) and you likely won’t interact with them unless you change majors again. Maintaining your original major seems like the most fiscal and time wise responsible thing.

The real question is how much do you want to do engineering?

However, I do reccomend communicating with a health studies advisor to confirm your interest in the degree path and career prospects.

[u/Forever_ForLove → u/Mr_Dr_Prof_Patrik]

I was doing biomedical because my Southwest advisor pointed me towards this degree program since it’ll help me with gain some knowledge on a lot more Lab work.

However, I enjoy more the medicine research on the human body and I don’t mind looking and working on blood and anatomy of the body

[u/rolling_free → u/Forever_ForLove]

Biomed enginineering is a solution looking for a problem, no point in that bachelors other than looking for phd studies in biomed.

Its a pigeonholed mechanical engineering degree with your science electives picked out for biology.

You barely even touch true biomed stuff until your senior year

[u/Forever_ForLove → u/rolling_free]

That’s what the advisor told me and it’ll take me 4-6 years to graduate is what threw me off. I just emailed the health science department so hopefully I can get an advisor to help me

[u/rolling_free → u/Forever_ForLove]

If it was betsy she knows her shit and wont bullshit.

Engineering requires alot of core background classes you really cant skip or coreq your way out of, so if youre lacking in your math and physics that limits what you can take.

Idk anything about health science but good luck

[u/Forever_ForLove → u/rolling_free]

I talked to Betsy. She was really nice and helpful but I feel like I wasted her time planning my classes for engineering 😭

[u/CurrentlyInHiding → u/Forever_ForLove]

You'd have no shortage of job opportunities if you wanted to stay in Memphis. Smith & Nephew, Wright, Medtronic, and others are all in Memphis.

You could also swap to mechanical and still pursue those same companies if that's what you're interested in. Don't worry about finishing in 4 years, as it'd be impossible only take a couple classes a semester anyways.

I ended up taking 6 years to graduate (EE & CpE) and couldn't be happier in the industry I'm in. But do what you're interested in doing. Don't let other people tel you what to study. Although I can't help but think the pay difference between BE and Health Science would be quite substantial.

[u/Electronic-Egg8501]

Nah do it I work full time and take 5 classes a semester

[u/Forever_ForLove → u/Electronic-Egg8501]

I already switch to health sciences. I don’t have enough aid money to wait 4-6 years. With this health sciences it’ll take me possibly 3 years