My Regrets as a Biomedical Engineering Student

3rd year bme student here :) i have the exact same regrets as you, especially with taking too many classes. i feel like a better way to get in the field you’re interested in is to major in something else like bio or mechanical or electrical engineering and then get a masters in bme. you will get to work in the field you’re interested while having a solid background in your focus of work. bme is basically you know a little about a lot, and i feel like it’s not balanced nor cohesive enough to amount to much progress except for when you take your concentration classes.

I think it is very amazing how you are reflecting on your path on biomedical engineering and even more that you decided to share it with the world. I hope you are doing well!

This is such a fantastic take on the rat race that students experience and try to push themselves through by getting caught up in the minutia as you said. Most takes are either too conservative in which they overvalue grades and the ones that realize that grades and scores are overvalues aren't well articulated. I think you did a fantastic job putting this into words.

This was very helpful! thank you for sharing so others can learn from your experience.

The skills you learn are solving problems. The same skill set you learn to treat patients. Unless you end up being a dermatologist. Trust me. The skills have definitely helped me in medical school.

I’m a BME graduate and i feel your pain man. I agree with not focusing on grades but rather acquiring skills which will help you secure a job or even start up your own company. It will get better ok. Keep at it❤

Hi leon, thanks for for sharing your experience and thoughts, it's are useful to many.

I am a freshman in college in BME and you’re amazing for this video. I believe you saved me from making a lot more errors in the future. I appreciate it a lot

Thanks for sharing your story, Leon.

I'm 1st year BME student and bro I swear this degree is so depressing 😭😭😭

thank you for this video!

I appreciate your insights

well, you have a bright future, you can still stat making a change for the future. start from today, don't just immerse yourself in the regretful emotion

Thank you so much this video really felt like a senior giving advices to me. i'm a 2 year BME student and have been studying online these years and i'm kinda dissapointed about what i hadn't learned online and worry about my future.

Hi Leon, I'm watching your video and laughing. And I can promise you, in 10 or less years, you'll be looking back at this video and laughing at yourself too. I know u leave in a society that treasures fun more than hard work. They front smart work rather than real work. But they forget that smart workers have gathered too much experience over time. Trust me, you'll be very grateful that you did all those extra classes.

(7:43) very accurate, I am a mechanical egnineer graduate(3 years work experince) , if you wanna secure that good job with good company dont care about graduation, no one care about your score, they care about work experince and in campus activites ,they didnt care that i went to the hardest and best ranked school in my country, i had equal chance to someone who went to a funky schools and graduated so much faster with no effort , that was my mistake too , if you dont want to get stuck in small company and having hard time to switch bcz the experince you gain isnt good, just have some work experince, even if you have to take a semester off before grauation ,im kinda stuck now i have been interviewed by the biggest compaines in europe for the last few months, but no luck bcz my experince is not related directly to market demand

Hi, Leon! I am also a BME student at UC Irvine! Thank you for sharing your sincere regrets that are valuable to me because I find myself in your words! When you described stopping overtaking courses, I just realized that I had 21 units in the spring quarter! Hopefully, I will apply your experience and be focused on finding internships and conducting research since I finished my first year only! I wanted to ask you about making a start-up in the BME field! Did you or your friends had any experience with that? Did they attended the Y Incubator and what were their steps?

its great to also learn from other failure, just see all success people is just one side (survivor bias) perspective.

I'm confused too as for nxt week will be for my entrance exam b.tech lateral entry in BME but i'm very curious regarding about future job opportunity so what your opinion shall I chooses bio medical engineering or Bio technology.

Hey Leon, I really appreciate your honest heart but I wish to say that never give up on what you are doing. Most people study the field because it is lucrative but that should not always be the case. Be the best there is in the field you are in and the opportunities will always show up. I know we need the money to survive sometimes but stick to your original plan and follow your heart and intuition, it will not fail you. Here are a few things you try. - Start thinking out of the box, in most cases where there are many people there are also fewer opportunities and probably high competition. - Where you are in my opinion offer lots of opportunities for creativity and invention - Believe in yourself and what your doing, remembers leading a virgin field is always lonely but in the end, people will always follow you. Believe and believe and work, work, work hard and smart. - Don't be carried by what your friends are doing. You are unique and you put unique energy into the world, we are counting on you. Good luck bro!