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9th Engineer · 10-29-2006, 07:50 PM

Nope, just a premed student who loves what he does and thinks that time not spent getting an edge over his fellow students is time wasted. I'm a little unusual in that I have a MUCH heavier course load than most other premeds since I'm in Bioengineering. It pays off in the end though because most premeds need as close to a 4.0 as they can get, while I'm almost guarenteed entrance so long as I keep more than a 3.3-3.5. Plus I'm an engineer at heart, I'm not satisfied with just knowing the processes, I want to make humans better, smarter, stronger, more resistant to disease, anything you can think of I want to do. That's one reason I can't understand people who waste time with trivial things, there's so much to learn and figure out that you don't have time to get sidetracked.
Plus, I'll be honest, job security freaks the hell out of me. If I become a surgeon I'm guarenteed employment for life, and if I get a Ph.D to do research I can go anywhere in the world and work for anyone if things go to hell here.

10-29-2006, 07:50 PM	#10
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Nope, just a premed student who loves what he does and thinks that time not spent getting an edge over his fellow students is time wasted. I'm a little unusual in that I have a MUCH heavier course load than most other premeds since I'm in Bioengineering. It pays off in the end though because most premeds need as close to a 4.0 as they can get, while I'm almost guarenteed entrance so long as I keep more than a 3.3-3.5. Plus I'm an engineer at heart, I'm not satisfied with just knowing the processes, I want to make humans better, smarter, stronger, more resistant to disease, anything you can think of I want to do. That's one reason I can't understand people who waste time with trivial things, there's so much to learn and figure out that you don't have time to get sidetracked. Plus, I'll be honest, job security freaks the hell out of me. If I become a surgeon I'm guarenteed employment for life, and if I get a Ph.D to do research I can go anywhere in the world and work for anyone if things go to hell here. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.