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Switching from bioengineering to chemistry
« on: August 30, 2017, 03:44:18 AM »
Hi, I am currently applying to PhD programs in chemistry though I am a bioengineering major as an undergrad.
I do have a set of research experiences(including an experience in a chemistry lab) that led to the interest in the field, but I am afraid if it's not persuasive to admission committee for an engineering student to pursue a research career in chemistry. I couldn't switch the undergrad major or do double major because of certain circumstances, though, I am minoring in chemistry. Hoping to hear from y'all out there. Thanks.

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Re: Switching from bioengineering to chemistry
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2017, 06:27:16 PM »
You'll be fine, as long as you have the pre-requisite course load for whatever chemistry programs you're applying to. With a chemistry minor, you probably have most of them.
What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were like a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?  - Richard P. Feynman

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