Help fawk3s Find the Right Path: Engineering or Medicine?

[fawk3s]

Im really confused what should I do in the future, and how would I succeed.

I love physics. I love biology. I love architecture.

Im not yet sure about architecture/architectural engineering, so let's leave this aside at the moment.

So, I am kind of in the between of mechanical engineering and medicine. This might sound crazy since they are both so different professions, but I just can't figure out what's the right one for me. Sometimes I am better at biology (human anatomy especially) and the other times I am better at physics.

Im really interested in how things work (engines, all kinds of devices, machines and so on). But I always can't figure too fast how some of the things work. Thats what's making me hesitate at this point. Maybe I am not good enough for it?

What I like about medicine is that it doesn't seem hard (at the moment) and I find it also interesting. Though, at this point, I don't know if my chemistry is strong enough and I don't know if I want to choose the chemistry exam at the end of the schooldays.


Please help me out by offering choices, explaining what research I need to do on either of those professions. (For example, I've studied physics and biology pretty hard so far. But do I need to have somekind of advantages or extra knowledge for an engineering/medical school? Do I have to study on my own, from the internet, to be prepared or otherwise I'll fail?)

Thanks in advance,
fawk3s

 

[Bourbaki1123]

Have you considered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_physics" ?

 

[fawk3s]

Those 2 don't seem to fascinate me too much. I guess for me its either pure mechanics or pure biology.

 

[kote]

Those 2 don't seem to fascinate me too much. I guess for me its either pure mechanics or pure biology.

Are you sure you know what they are? I did a pure mechanical engineering program with a design project based on modeling a type of flow found in the cardiovascular system. You can have as much or as little crossover as you want, really.

There's also nothing stopping any type of engineer with the appropriate bio/chem courses from going into medicine. A double major or a minor is another option. Typically there won't be anything locking you into one or the other path until at least a few years after you start college as long as you aren't behind on your engineering prereqs and courses.