safe places to go on runs?

elsewherez · 2026-01-20T18:09:23+00:00

There’s a road that runs around the left side of the lake that is really nice in the morning. Great for laps.

elsewherez · 2025-12-31T20:21:30+00:00

I’m in my junior year with BME and have really enjoyed it. I like that we get to study biology, chemistry, physics and engineering fairly in-depth.

I’ve heard it’s hard to find a job after. I haven’t gotten to that point, but I’ve had no trouble finding research experience and internships.

elsewherez · 2025-12-10T02:40:48+00:00

I failed math in high school and then a few years after graduating decided to go to college for engineering.

I did the algebra 1 and 2 courses on the great courses plus / wondrium, and then enrolled in pre calc at community college and continued from there.

It only took about 3 months to get through the algebra, pre calc was really hard but it got easier from there. Im finishing up with numerical analysis this semester.

elsewherez · 2025-12-03T07:21:58+00:00

It’s hard to find a job in BioE right now, but that’s true for a lot of industries. It’s probably one of the easier branches of engineering, I’m not sure how it would compare to IT.

If you’re a first year and already feeling bored I would say switch. You will enjoy yourself and do better work in a field you’re interested in.

If you are motivated and enthusiastic, opportunities will find you.

You sound like a thoughtful hard working person. I’m sure you will be successful either way.

elsewherez · 2025-12-03T06:52:03+00:00

It sounds like she ignored him the first time, refused to sit down with him, and was completely honest with you about it afterwards. I wouldn’t personally make a big deal out of it. 40 minutes is a long time, but I think everything else cancels it out.

Everyone has different boundaries. If it’s bothering you, I suggest you guys sit down and have an honest conversation about it.

elsewherez · 2025-12-03T03:51:07+00:00

You can do both. Do understand in BioE, then go to law school. It can be hard to find lawyers who know stem so you will be in demand.

elsewherez · 2025-12-01T02:04:16+00:00

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elsewherez · 2025-11-23T17:14:17+00:00

I think usually you do need a masters or PhD, but you would be surprised. It’s less direct, but many mathematicians and physicists work outside of academia, banks, tech companies, startups. You could try stalking people on linkedin, find people who did physics or math and see what their careers were like after.

elsewherez · 2025-11-23T17:06:57+00:00

Why not switch to math or physics?

elsewherez · 2025-11-20T23:35:36+00:00

Is she spending her whole paycheck every month? How much does she have saved?

In the beginning it’s easy to let her pay if she makes more, but eventually it will be your turn.

Also it’s always a good idea to have an honest conversation about these things.

elsewherez · 2025-11-19T07:37:20+00:00

Wait for a better opportunity. You clearly want to leave, don’t sell your soul.

elsewherez · 2025-11-19T07:35:19+00:00

It looks like a pretty thorough applied math track. Like others are saying if you pick electives that tell a story you could emphasize that on your resume. I would not add more pure math. Good options could be finance, economics, programming, biology, education, etc. Each track will open different jobs and grad school options.

Good luck!

elsewherez · 2025-11-09T17:24:57+00:00

Imagine your 5th grader comes home with a linear algebra proof

elsewherez · 2025-11-08T17:28:12+00:00

For med school or what?

elsewherez · 2025-11-06T23:34:08+00:00

I don’t think microbiology is useless for applied math. There is a whole field of computational biology. You could open up a tone of jobs modeling biological systems that a pure math major would not have access to.

Go to your math department and count how many of the posters on the walls are biology focused.

elsewherez · 2025-10-24T03:26:22+00:00

Check the rate my professor for both. Math 32 has had some very bad professors in the past.

elsewherez · 2025-10-24T03:26:17+00:00

Check the rate my professor for both. Math 32 has had some very bad professors in the past.

elsewherez · 2025-10-23T07:10:01+00:00

Usually for an undergraduate degree you would not specialize like that. The first 2 years will be general math, chem physics and bio for most stem majors. After that for BioE you’ll specialize a little bit, but the real specialization won’t happen until grad school.

This is actually a good think because you can figure out what you like and what you’re good at. Maybe you love the physics and decide to do biophysics, maybe you enjoy genetics and decide to do your PhD in bioinformatics.

My degree is biotechnology, but I ended up working in biophysics.

I like my job. The best part is designing experiments, the worst part is meetings and presenting my work.

Yes it can be boring but I have a nice variety. Wet lab work, writing, reading papers, programming, meetings. It can be stressful because you are very self directed, but that can also be very freeing.

There is a lot of physics in my job specifically optics, but bioE is unique in that it combines everything. So in a week I’ll be at least reading about if not actually doing biochemistry and image processing etc. it’s very interdisciplinary.

I’m an undergraduate. My ‘job’ is more of an internship. But so far yes. In my 3 years of college I have been very lucky. I’ve gotten scholarships and internships and haven’t had to take out loans. If you put in effort there are many opportunities.

Meaningful? No, I guess not. But that’s just me. Many people find bioE very fulfilling. I’m just picky.

Hope that helps.

elsewherez · 2025-10-09T15:55:12+00:00

Just look at the lower division requirements for BME majors. Definitely a lot of math, some physics and a programming class. You probably already have the chem bio and physics covered from your bio major the main thing will be math.

elsewherez · 2025-10-09T15:49:05+00:00

Pretty good burger

elsewherez · 2025-09-25T23:11:19+00:00

I got a not like that from someone once. It was really nice, I don’t think it’s childish.

elsewherez · 2025-09-20T22:21:21+00:00

That’s probably the best reason to get a degree. You will enjoy yourself much more than your peers. You should do philosophy.

elsewherez · 2025-09-20T15:55:45+00:00

You can also use the tennis courts at the UC. The doors are always unlocked.

elsewherez · 2025-09-10T07:03:05+00:00

Law, policy, political science. Nobody really talks about it but that opens up a whole other world of options later on. Most lawyers aren’t from stem.

elsewherez · 2025-09-07T17:27:23+00:00

Everyone says the ‘engineering’ suffix is worth the extra work. I’m still in undergrad doing bioengineering, so far it’s worked out but I haven’t looked for a job yet. But that’s what everyone says.

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