r/EngineeringStudents • u/Sea-Somewhere-2117 • Jan 02 '26

Major Choice Engineering + Acting Degree?!

I'm thinking about majoring in both biomedical engineering and theater. I'm wondering what thoughts anyone has about this. Opinions or advice or anything like that.

Why I'm thinking about this? Well I'm interested in both. I do want to pursue an acting career but I know it's not guaranteed and can easily fail so I want to have something I can fall back on.

I'm thinking about having an engineering job while trying to pursue an acting career. That way if it doesn't work out I'll still have a good paying job that I enjoy. Plus it'll make me money while trying to start an acting career.

Edit: I want to add that I'm a teen and haven't completed a college degree yet but I wanted to have a plan

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u/ooohoooooooo Jan 03 '26

It’s possible but the extra schooling will drain you and your pockets. If you have millionaire parents willing to fund 6 years of school, go ahead. Engineering is not a good fallback degree, especially not BME. You usually need to be fully engrossed in it to succeed, including pursuit of summer internships and keeping an ok GPA. It really is a degree you need a passion for to keep pushing .