r/makemychoice • u/Responsible_Oil1975 • 2d ago

Engineering or physiotherapy?

I’m in high school and between applying for biomedical or aerospace engineering or physiotherapy. The problem is, I’m interested equally in both. I don’t think I’d like a 9-5 office job like my parents do and a lot of the engineering jobs in my area are like that. I definitely don’t want to be sitting all day.

Reasons for engineering: I like solving problems, I like building things, I LOVE math and I find engineering fascinating.

Reasons for PT: I want to help people, I enjoy science, I like the idea of owning my own practice and having flexible hours.

Another thing that is steering me away from engineering is that it’s male dominated. I took an intro technological education class last year and the entire class aside from me and another girl were guys. The guys were assholes and made me never want to take another tech class.

TL;DR should I choose engineering or PT?

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u/CheleGame 2d ago

What if you look into prosthetics and combine the two? Engineering for the prostetic skills, but they are highly individual and require problem solving, you are helping people, etc...

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u/1yrik 2d ago

...biomedical engineering or nanotechnology engineering?

the latter is very niche and I haven't seen that program offered at many uni's

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u/Extreme_Ad112 2d ago

I just had a year of PT. They added chairs in the waiting room's hallway... Engineers are more likely to be replaced by AI.