Deciding what to study at undergraduate level

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:47:04 +1100

Submitted by tomme • 1 votes • 13 comments

I'm a high school senior from Europe and in a few months I'll be heading to university.

I have a keen interest in the human body. As such, I would like to work in emerging interdisciplinary fields, such as stem cell transplantation and suspended animation.

I could go on to study, say, Biomedical Science, but I'm also fascinated with Engineering. That is, I think that my aspirations, which are to improve human condition, could be well served from an Engineering standpoint.

What do you think? Would my interest in the human body and its applications be better suited for Engineering or for Biomedical Science? How should I decide what to study?

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Logan, UT meetup Sat 18 Jun 4pm

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:08:28 +1000

Submitted by lextori • 1 votes • 7 comments

Mezik and I got talking this week and figured that being in an town with a major engineering program we might have enough less wrongians to begin a useful meet-up group. So we're making one happen.

Meet at 4pm at the USU Library If the weather is nice we will be outside of the cafe, otherwise we will head inside.

I'm drawing a bit of a blank as to what to do, but if we have enough people we will plan on playing paranoid debate.

What are some good question types for use in paranoid debate?

Edit: added a few tags. and question about good topics for paranoid debate.

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Deciding what to study at undergraduate level

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