I have finally, after much deliberation, decided what I shall study next year. I discovered Wits' undergraduate Biomedical Engineering degree: BEngSc(BME). I think Wits is is one of the few universities worldwide that offers BME at an undergraduate level. It's certainly the only one in the country (as far as I can tell).
It does mean that I am not studying philology, liguistics, English Literature (at any stage) or any other language. The good side is that I don't have to drop IT, Biology, Physics or Chemistry (yet). I hope I'll still keep up my interest/knowledge in the language stuff. I do know what philology is - even if it's only due to my LOTR obsession (you may have picked that up from my name . . .).
Oh yes, I should probably explain what Biomedical Engineering. Everyone I've told has said "What?" Biomedical Engineers are the people who make pacemakers, prostheses etc. etc. The BEngSc degree is not a professional degree - it doesn'tgive you all the educational background to become an engineer, but I'll be able to do some other engineering degree (quite likely information engineering) in a relatively short time afterwards.
I'm looking forward to it . . . so long as my application is accepted (it should be, I mean they wouldn't refuse me would they? . . . nah, I'll be fine . . .)
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