Can I still go to Med School with an Engineering Undergrad?

[FreeTris]

Hello everyone, I am currently 19 years old and I have decided that I'd love to go to medical school. I am a current undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering with around 2 and a half years left.

I took general bio 1/2 + lab dual credit in high school , college algebra, and some other pre requisites.

While in college so far I have taken General Chemistry 1+ lab and will soon take calculus based physics 1 and 2 with the labs.

I am probably going to take general chemistry 2 during the summer as well as organic chemistry next year so I have all of the pre requisites met for med school in the USA.

I know I need to study for the MCAT so I have begun doing that, and now that I've chosen Engineering I know that my GPA might be screwed as a result, since electrical engineering is definitely not an easy major, but it could be a good fallback plan if I don't get accepted.

I also soon want to start shadowing, does anyone have advice for this as well? I am genuinely passionate about going into medicine, because I was thinking to myself, how can I make a real impact on people on a day to day basis, and this would be the perfect career path for me.

Any advice would greatly be appreciated thank you.

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[X0001234]

You can definitely get into medical school as an engineering major--I had a few pre-med classmates who studied biomedical engineering and pretty much all of them were admitted to great med schools. I think you might be right that your GPA might suffer a bit. As for shadowing, does your school have an advising office/service for pre-health students? They can sometimes put you into contact with physicians at nearby med schools.

 

[FreeTris]

You can definitely get into medical school as an engineering major--I had a few pre-med classmates who studied biomedical engineering and pretty much all of them were admitted to great med schools. I think you might be right that your GPA might suffer a bit. As for shadowing, does your school have an advising office/service for pre-health students? They can sometimes put you into contact with physicians at nearby med schools.

My school is kind of a no name in a small town but it is still an accredited state school, so I think it will be okay. I'll see what I can do about finding physicians , but there's no med school around me.

 

[SpicyHotSauce]

Yes. I do have people in my class who earned a bachelors of engineering. There is no restrictions on what you major in.

Furthermore, there are medical schools that do have a focus on engineering in their MD programs such as Carle and Texas A&M. These might be of interest for you.

For shadowing, I would highly recommend to cold call clinics and ask them. I went a step further but you can get your resume printed out and go to clinics door to door and hand out your resume while trying to talk to the receptionist if you can volunteer there. Through my position this way, I was able to shadow the physicians (after spending some time there) while also getting some clinical volunteering hours.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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[FreeTris]

Yes. I do have people in my class who earned a bachelors of engineering. There is no restrictions on what you major in.

Furthermore, there are medical schools that do have a focus on engineering in their MD programs such as Carle and Texas A&M. These might be of interest for you.

For shadowing, I would highly recommend to cold call clinics and ask them. I went a step further but you can get your resume printed out and go to clinics door to door and hand out your resume while trying to talk to the receptionist if you can volunteer there. Through my position this way, I was able to shadow the physicians (after spending some time there) while also getting some clinical volunteering hours.

What kind of GPA do I need for the A and M admission, that's honestly an ideal school but I know but getting into that program in particular would probably be pretty difficult correct, I might not be able to.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What kind of GPA do I need for the A and M admission, that's honestly an ideal school but I know but getting into that program in particular would probably be pretty difficult correct, I might not be able to.

Spend $30 to get MSAR access from AAMC. If you have a prehealth advisor, they may have an access code.

 

[FreeTris]

Spend $30 to get MSAR access from AAMC. If you have a prehealth advisor, they may have an access code.

Alright I'll try to contact my school about this, thank you.