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Originally Posted by lorend
but I found with university sometimes its best to really see what happens.
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Agreed. I've lost count of the number of people who knew EXACTLY what they wanted to do with their life when they entered first year Eng, and either
a) failed out of first year
b) transferred faculties or,
c) stayed in Eng but completely re-evaulated their career path.
personally, i was c) and I have no regrets. I know I'm happier in the program I'm in than I would have been if I'd stuck blindly to my initial career path.
On the other hand, it's not unknown for people to do Eng, while planning for med school: be warned though that med school applicants need stellar grades which is not easy to keep up with an engineering courseload. I know someone who's double majoring in Health Sci and Eng Phys and has basically been accepted to every med school he applied to, but needless to say he's the exception to the rule.
The point of this post: planning is good. but realize that you may fall in love with something you experience in first year, whether its an elective course, or a different stream of engineering, so keep your options open, and realize that not many people stick to the same discipline that they get their undergraduate degree in anyway.
Good luck!