We're not saying you can't do it! Really, let me re-empasize. YOU CAN DO IT.
However, I am seeing warning signs as to you maybe not being as focused as you could be. Like, I'm no expert but all the things you're saying you're interested in are so many varying directions that it essentially says "I like BME!"
Engineering involves specialization, you have to at least pick a direction. Maybe part of that means you need to research more on what those directions are, or talk to people more. Making informed decisions is part of navigating your degree.
But it is hard to help people and be totally hands-off with them and actually make a difference in their lives. At the very least you will need to learn to work with teammates who are dealing with patients or its just disembodied research that helps no one.
Like maybe you can talk to my sister? She does research with viruses. Yes, that is not EXACTLY prosthetics but she did get into a Purdue PhD program and can talk about some of the things she had to decide and navigate to get there. Especially when you are working on the fringes of research or on things that don't necessarily currently exist you have to extrapolate from other people's experiences to find guideposts.
Bottom line, we are trying to help, and sometimes you have to ask yourself questions. It's just really hard to see you being so anxious and freaking out when I know it will pass. It'll just require you to have to evaluate some things, is all.
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Date: 2013-08-14 11:07 pm (UTC)However, I am seeing warning signs as to you maybe not being as focused as you could be. Like, I'm no expert but all the things you're saying you're interested in are so many varying directions that it essentially says "I like BME!"
Engineering involves specialization, you have to at least pick a direction. Maybe part of that means you need to research more on what those directions are, or talk to people more. Making informed decisions is part of navigating your degree.
But it is hard to help people and be totally hands-off with them and actually make a difference in their lives. At the very least you will need to learn to work with teammates who are dealing with patients or its just disembodied research that helps no one.
Like maybe you can talk to my sister? She does research with viruses. Yes, that is not EXACTLY prosthetics but she did get into a Purdue PhD program and can talk about some of the things she had to decide and navigate to get there. Especially when you are working on the fringes of research or on things that don't necessarily currently exist you have to extrapolate from other people's experiences to find guideposts.
Bottom line, we are trying to help, and sometimes you have to ask yourself questions. It's just really hard to see you being so anxious and freaking out when I know it will pass. It'll just require you to have to evaluate some things, is all.