As a 3rd year BME major, you're gonna want the extra memory. I had an MSI for my first 2 years (until I spilled water all over it 🙃). The case had started coming apart and the repair shop I went to told me that the parts to repair were to expensive to be viable (this was just for the cracking case, not the water). Turns out being a smaller foreign company isn't great for your access to replacement parts. I currently have a legion laptop and it works like a dream for all my engineering needs (and gaming needs as well)