I want to go to grad school for bio since shit like CRISPR fascinates

>>8608444
what is grad school ?
also see :
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>>8608447
>what is grad school ?

going through a school's doctorate program.

>>8608444
You're dreaming. Bio lab monkeys make minimum wage and unless you're Einstein-tier, you're not going to be doing anything meaningful.

>>8608459
hence another reason why I'm thinking it may be better to get chem eng as a safety net per say.

>>8608459
Einstein Tier in biology ? dont you mean darwin tier ?

>>8608465
Yeah get a degree that has standalone value and take some molecular biology courses on the side for fun. If you really enjoy it, you can pursue it later on.

>>8608468
I like using Einstein as an example because he's actually hailed as a genius. Darwin did a lot of work, but I wouldn't consider him to be a genius. Just a non-retard with a lot of time and resources.

>>8608481
dude. pure biologists per se are not in the same field as einstein. they dont even speak the same language.

>>8608481
was planning on it.

but I'm just worried that with just the for fun classes like intro to mirco & gen bio with my chem eng, i would be fairly unprepared if i actually do get into say, a genetics or immunology program.

like a eng student going for a math phd. a eng student doesn't really go past the dif eq and linear alg whereas his pure math counterparts had to go through that 300/400 level shit.

>>8608444
Don't listen to the naysayers. Science belongs to dreamers.

Look at the courses required for the different majors and figure out which ones would give you a more relevant skill set.

Your major doesn't really matter that much in the grand scheme of things if you want to go to graduate school. My grad advisor got her undergrad degree in european studies before realizing that she was truly interested in ecology. She is now a tenured professor and has close to 100 published papers under her belt.

So, I think you could go right ahead with chem engineering if thats what you are interested in. Also if you miss any courses that'd be useful, you can always pick them up in gradschool, they don't expect you to know everything before you arrive.

>>8608610
really? So if say i decided to go into x and I missing the undergrad classes y and z, they would just have me take them to get up to speed?

>But chem eng would cause issues for me going into a bio grad program wouldn't it?

Not at all. Actually, IMO, a ChemE or BME degree would definitely make you stand out when applying to molecule biology or cell biology or genetics PhD programs. Also, I think that a quantitative background (math, physics, programming, engineering) would prepare you well for a working on a biology PhD.

>>8608694
Grad programs have prereqs for a reason. It's not uncommon for someone to get an unrelated bachelors and decide to go to grad school for something else once they worked a couple of years. My roomie has a business degree and almost no science classes and is taking prereqs at the local JuCo to get into an Engineering program.