What is BioEngineering and should you study it in college?
what is it, would I recommend it, and the right way to approach this curriculum
I am currently in my last year at UC Berkeley studying BioEngineering and there are definitely many things I wish I had known or was more aware of when I was just beginning. Looking back, I remember when it was time for me to decide my major and was considering different possible directions of study.
Math?
Boring and probably wasn’t as good at it as I thought I was.
Physics?
Minimal job prospect.
Biology?
Thought it would be another 4 years of being told mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Wasn’t a fan of that idea.
English?
I loved writing but believed entering a rigid academic program would strip the magic from it.
Bioengineering?
That sounds very cool. I’ll pick that one.
Today, a lot of people have heard of Bioengineering, especially that Biotech is on the rise. But most don’t really know or have a misconception of what it is or what its like to study it as part of an academic program.
