Biomedical Engineering Career Progression

I looked at the bar graph again, my stomach sinking. The career data was clear and there was no use trying to convince myself otherwise. My major in Biomedical Engineering was simply not going to take me the places I wanted to go in life. Chemical Engineering offered the salary, career security, and subject interest I desired, something my major in Biomedical Engineering did not do. Within 6 hours I had compiled all the information I needed to affirm that Chemical Engineering was the right major for me. Within a day I had switched my major. Within that week I found out that the Chemical Engineering program at RIT was over capacity and would not be accepting new students. Within that month I was enrolled in UMass Lowell.
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By the time I transferred I had independently utilized RIT’s resources, was taking public transit across Rochester, handling my own medical insurance, renting my own apartment, working 30 hours a week, and advocating for myself in all areas of my life. This rapid period of personal growth and independence was fostered in a large part by my RA freshman year. My RA was not a parent. She did not coddle me. She did not hold my hand through every issue. She was a mentor. She informed me of the resources RIT had available, she offered her own life experiences when I came to her with a problem, and she taught me how to act like an adult based on her own actions. Additionally she encouraged me to embrace failure, embrace my discomfort at new things, and view my failures as opportunities for the future.
Transferring allowed me to see how much I have grown as a person since I was a freshman and how that growth was fostered by an RA with maturity, life experience, and grit. Those qualities in my RA shaped me for success and now that I have those qualities myself I sincerely believe that I can make that same difference in other students’