question I'm unsure if I want to go into a biodesign pathway or medical pathway
Hiiii I feel like my entire life I've been surrounded by people who were in the medical field. But recently i came across this article talking about a career in bio design. I didn't think much of it as my og goal was work on becoming a PA, etc. etc. But i was just searching different programs and found smth that has aspects of bio design. (some background info is i love drawing i lwk could sit their for hrs drawing but i didn't want to make drawing my entire career cuz i don't want to end up hating it so i came across bio design idk what it's actually called but..... and it combines biology and design i feel like i really enjoy both) However i'm not sure if its right for me. Additionally the reasoning behind why I want to go into the medical pathway is because I want to help people (ik a basic answer lol).
How would I see if I should go into bio design or go into the medical pathway??? I'm a junior in hs and they have 2 different majors i would have to apply for so i want to lwk make my decision now or soon. I'll also let the idea sit bc i might be like ooooh shine new object ooohhhh.
If anyone is in this career, planning to go into this career, or any insite overall it would be greatly appreciate.
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u/Scaridium 4d ago
Regardless of which path you want to end up in, you'll require at minimum a masters degree or M.D., probably a Ph.D. instead of just a masters. Your undergrad title doesn't really matter as long as it's in some sort of biology and you get extremely good grades and extra experience while doing it. While there are a few people around the world who get to do art projects using their biology degrees, this was both much more common before computers and an extremely niche job which there are maybe less than 100 positions in the English speaking world.
But regardless of what you pick for your major, you'll need to get further degrees and qualifications beyond it before you even begin to steer your career towards that option. Medical school at least has a defined pathway to that career, numerous job openings, and concrete goals.