REACTION TO: ''The Story of Why I QUIT Biomedical Engineering in College'

Hello everyone!

I thought it would be valuable to react to this and share my opinion on this matter. I can only speak from experience, as I am a Biomedical Engineering Graduate. Hope you get something out of this, and it helps you clarify in your mind if BME is right for YOU.

One thing I will strongly disagree with, is calling Biomedical Engineering a BAD major. I understand no major is for everyone, but that will never make BME a bad major.

Again, hope this helps you, and don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.

[joieliba]

Hi Meri, thanks for this response! I appreciate the thougtful and respectful discussion. I'll make a followup video to this to express some areas of agreement and disagreement to your response. I do think Biomedical Engineering is a beautiful major with its many fields and applications (prosthetics, biostatistics and bioinformatics, biomimicry, tissue engineering, etc). My video was more about my how I entered the major without doing the appropriate research, the necessary memorization didn't fit my learning style, how I came to this conclusion, and the research I did that pushed me to make the change. It's a general lesson that can apply to any major, including computer engineering as well if computers doesn't fit you. I would also like to clarify that I still do have some concerns about the major itself which I will mention in my response, which I think it is important to consider as well as one factor when deciding on a major. Maybe if I'm wrong and these are misconceptions, you can clarify.

Apologies for the poor word choice in my video to say it's a bad major. Rather, it was bad for me, and what I mean to say is that, if you find a bad major, meaning you decide it's bad for you, you should drop it (This is one area of contention for us which we will disagree). However, I'm also not neutral on the major itself for other people, and do have some concerns that I'll try to clarify!

[SanAntonio-]

This is a great video because it gives us another perspective on the major, great job on the execution! 💪🏼

[lindthelegend]

Everyone who found out about that I am studying BME told me that I have made a great choice. So it was a little surprising for me to hear it's seen different there. I somehow agree with some of the stuff he says but I do remember that I asked around and searched for its career paths BEFORE I made my decision finale. And I won't lie, It wasn't easy getting this far.

[texas-red]

Sounds like my career as a sports therapist!! U have to love helping people. Due to the pandemic...Im looking to broader my education

I THINK BME is right up my alley!! Great review!!

[alejandrocarrera]

Great points you made. I would say he’s not completely wrong, but didn’t necessarily like his take on calling it a “bad major.”

Muchas gracias Meri por todo lo qué haces por este canal! 👏🏼👏🏼

[evelynsteve-ogar]

I'm getting nervous a little bit about studying BME cause I'm terrified of failing.

[amreshkarmacharya]

What a cool reply. One has to do enough research before applying for any major in the first place

[Biomeducated]

What an honest video! Great answers as a reaction to things mentioned in that other video. Love how you decided correctly given your fascination for the human body! ;)

[AbdulBasit-wowe]

You gave me a shock for a second i wanted to pursue my bachelor's in BME university hungary and then when i saw another video then i got you're taking about bio medical

[haiderabduljabbar]

I really like biology and engineering but I hate physics do I need to be an expert in physics? I really appreciate your help especially there’s not enough resources to learn more about BME . Wish you the best and stay safe.

[theonlyalecazam]

BME aligns with premed requirements, so if you want a higher salary you can always go to med school. At the end of the day, it is still an engineering degree. Every company wants engineers because they are excellent problem solvers

[haruhidaso]

I don’t agree that it doesn’t matter how long it takes to graduate. My family wasn’t wealthy so each year of college was 20k extra loan. And having adding another 20k on top of already super high debt can literally be extra 3-5 years of loan payment. Of course it matters

[SethDAkorn]

I’m a junior BME student and I’ve seen professors tell students to switch majors to their profession. My Materials professor has done that with many new engineering students. Im not saying that it’s wrong, but it is a common trend at universities.

[jimmyyellow]

I was going to college to become a biomedical engineer and I stop because my college said “I need a higher IQ and people with average or low IQ can’t learn the basics and it’s going to be a waste of time “🥺🥺🥺 also lost my I gonna quit

[christofferhoward]

In high school I did bad in chemistry 1 because I wasn't paying attention and didn't realized how good it is. After high school I realized I love the idea of biology/chemistry. Our bodies are vastly complex and perfect for our existence. Same goes for all of the other organism in this world. I have shown a lot of passion for it and I think Bio-related careers might be for me. What if I want to be good at it but not necessarily good at it as of now?

[mkhodadadi]

Liked the calmness and wisedom in your word. It seems that u are very intrested in what your doing in your job. Hope the best in your career will shine for u👌❤

[Santiago-ifyt]

Can you make a video on what we should look for when choosing a research lab? Also, do you have any videos documenting your experience in lab at your school?

[brandonpalma]

I found it really adorable how she didn’t enjoy watching it too much😳 but yeah no major is a bad major! It just all depends on you, and really if their interested in income you shouldn’t really just have one source of income; you should have many!😆

[Vim_Tim]

BME was a great learning experience for me. However, I found that BME is **not for engineers**. Even medical companies want “traditional” engineers for the R&D roles. I had to start in V&V which kinda sucked, regardless of the “impact” of the work. From his perspective, as someone who wanted to go into industry and actually work in engineering, he made the right choice 💯

[trigonometrisk]

I really dislike like the ”bad major” attitude. But on good on him for selecting a major with good stats. I hope he also develops a passion at some point.