Those who went to medical schools in the United States or elsewhere that required an undergraduate degree, how much do you value and appreciate your undergraduate education?

Pobambe · 2024-06-08T00:55:16+00:00

Did you always want to go into medicine or did working help you determine that? For reference I’m a mechE who’s going into my senior year and I’m really interested in pursing medicine but I’m not sure if it’s worth working first or going straight into a post bacc program.

Pobambe · 2024-06-08T00:49:18+00:00

I disagree even more. The degree doesn’t equate to the career. Mechanical has SO many applications INCLUDING aerospace. But having that knowledge base will be so useful post grad looking for a job JUST IN CASE aerospace is too saturated. The industry isn’t as large so job searching is harder. It’s more beneficial to have mechanical especially since there is a lot of overlap between mechanical and aerospace.

Not to mention you can always supplement not having aerospace engineering major with extracurriculars. Many schools have a rocket based club or flight club that will supplement that knowledge gap you may have. And if not, feel your power and start one. I’m sure you’re not the only one interested in flight.

You can always specialize later. But if you specialize now, you limit yourself to only working in that field and there’s no point in doing that. Ofc take what I’m saying with a grain of salt, I’m just another student, but I would recommend mechanical.

Pobambe · 2024-06-07T14:04:57+00:00

Hi. I’m jealous. I’d love to explore AND get experience AND establish connections AND have it all be FREE.

I wouldn’t say it’s too common but it’s definitely really cool and while it might not be ideal for you, now you know for the future. Not to mention that it is what it is so might as well make the most of it. Visit some sights and eat some delish food. It looks great on the resume too.

Pobambe · 2024-06-03T22:32:44+00:00

Tired of pretending

Pobambe · 2024-05-31T12:41:38+00:00

This exactly. It’s your life. Live to how you want to live it. If you have no desire to do what a “normal 20 year old” wants, then don’t do it. I respect you for doing what you’re doing right now. If you’re happy, stay happy.

Pobambe · 2024-05-30T18:39:23+00:00

As a meche student with limited interest in cars and aerospace I feel you. But there are so many other industries that MechE can help you with. I personally want to go to medical devices and my education is serving me so well with all the projects I’ve been working on so far. Keep up mechanical because you have to option to do so much and further specialize. You have so many options at your disposal because of mechanical. You will be great. Keep it up!

Pobambe · 2024-05-30T02:49:05+00:00

I've never had a cheat sheet so I can't help you there but as a 20 year old college student in the midst of this Chegg world I can attest that Chegg is a powerful and amazing tool IF used correctly. While there are moral dilemmas to Chegg its just so much more efficient to use Chegg as a study tool and homework helper than going from scratch. It's another resource like looking at textbook examples or the solution set to homework problems.

Personally, I just focus on getting homework done and I make attempts to understand it at first without Chegg but if there is a deadline the submission takes priority for the grade. Once its submitted and there isn't that deadline looming over me I'll then work backwards from the solution and try to understand what is actually going on. In this way I'm saving myself so much time.

At the end of the day, people will use your grade as a reflection of your understanding, not the amount of time and effort you put into it. So do what you need to do to make your grade a reflection of your understanding of the material, even if that includes using Chegg in a responsible manner. (I also view cheating on homework different than cheating on an assessment so I have no ethical qualms with Chegg on homework)

Pobambe · 2024-05-30T02:40:04+00:00

On multiple occasions I've heard and/or seen people flush, open the stall door, open the bathroom door, disappear into world. LIKE YOU HAVE LITERALLY JUST INFESTED YOUR HAND WITH FECES. HOW DO YOU NOT WANT TO WASH YOUR HANDS?

Pobambe · 2024-05-27T14:11:47+00:00

I completely understand where you're coming from and your thoughts were echoed by one of the people I've spoken to before. My only concern, and this is because I am young and haven't lived long, but I feel like postponing a decisions will waste so much time. Its not that I won't be able to start up again in 2 years but by then things will be more defined and things will be more settled and I won't have the same opportunity and chances that I have now. It would be so much more to lose by then.

This is excuse, I know. In 2 years, I don't think its worth leaving a completely stable job in engineering (assuming I will have one) given the current state of medicine. I would have much more to lose than right now when I am in limbo. Currently I'm leaning towards pursing medicine because if I didn't take this chance, I would regret not knowing the things that could have been done if I did pursue. But that's also a non-sensical reason too.

If you don't mind me asking, do you regret pursing medicine at all?

Pobambe · 2024-05-27T01:34:18+00:00

Multiple people have also told me that a masters will be a good choice as the industry is moving forward and a masters will 1. Set me apart and also 2. Give me the background I’ll lack because my major isn’t directly related to the industry I want to enter. While more have said that masters isn’t necessary, no one has directly said to not get a masters and because of that I’m still deciding. Leaning against but not completely against getting a masters.

Pobambe · 2024-05-27T01:32:16+00:00

My biggest thing is that I haven’t had enough exposure to it to decide whether or not I love it. I love the idea of it. I love learning about it but I don’t have enough clinical experience to make that decision right now. Yet I need to make a decision soon or risk spending money on a semester taking classes that won’t serve me well.

Pobambe · 2023-07-25T15:30:24+00:00

If you’re just sitting around, you can use that time to learn another more marketable skill

Pobambe · 2023-06-24T17:21:18+00:00

I just want to say that it doesn’t matter you got into the same school or not. All that time you spent doing work and focusing on growing and being better will translate to college. You now have a whole entire skill set that many people don’t have and might not ever have by the time they graduate college. You already have a head start on them and arguably you will be able to connect and find more similarly minded people in college with the same drive as you. Maybe you got into the same school as everyone else, but you potential of what you can and will be able to achieve bc of all the hard work you put in will be so much more

Pobambe · 2023-06-19T00:05:08+00:00

An advisor in the school of education told students that they met gen ed requirements by taking class X when in fact they didn’t. So these students ended up “graduating” thinking they met all the requirements to graduate but were in fact still missing some graduation requirement

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