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I am looking at the sample schedule for a BME and MechE double major ( http://www.cmu.edu/bme/undergrad/schedule/ME_CMBT.html ) and I don't see how I can fit all the pre-med courses in there. Has anyone here gone to CMU and done this?

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I am looking at the sample schedule for a BME and MechE double major ( http://www.cmu.edu/bme/undergrad/schedule/ME_CMBT.html ) and I don't see how I can fit all the pre-med courses in there. Has anyone here gone to CMU and done this?

I currently go to CMU, and am an electrical/computer engineering and biomedical engineering major and a chemistry minor. I have a friend who also was the same as me, graduated, and attended medical school.

I myself will be attending med school in the fall and am still interviewing.

It is definitely doable. Many classes overlap, andyou can use your pre-med classes as non=tech electives and other general education requirements to fill up the requirements for CIT.

You will probably need to overload to do this for a few (2-3) semesters though which really isn't that bad at all. I also recommend padding your course loads with some humanities or easy A classes just so your GPA doesn't drop too much with a double engineering degree. Anyways, PM me if u have more questions.

It's awesome that you're considering CMU :)
 
I didn't go to CMU for undergrad cuz I had no money and was stupid, but I really advise you against double majoring in two engineering majors, really it's a classic case of diminishing returns (specially at a tough engineering school like CMU). Just choose the one you like better and stick with it. I suggest BME, it's more applicable.
 
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I didn't go to CMU for undergrad cuz I had no money and was stupid, but I really advise you against double majoring in two engineering majors, really it's a classic case of diminishing returns (specially at a tough engineering school like CMU). Just choose the one you like better and stick with it. I suggest BME, it's more applicable.

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Collegefreak, it may help you to know that med schools aren't that excited about double majors. They often feel that fulfilling the requirements of the double major takes away from your ability to get a well-rounded education. If you don't believe me about this, ask some of the adcom members who post around here, or else check out these sites from U of FL, Cornell, and Duke:

http://www.advising.ufl.edu/information/faq/prehealth.html
http://people.cornellcollege.edu/bchristie-pope/HealthProf/MedIndex.htm
http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/prehealth/prepare/scheduling.html

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I didn't go to CMU for undergrad cuz I had no money and was stupid, but I really advise you against double majoring in two engineering majors, really it's a classic case of diminishing returns (specially at a tough engineering school like CMU). Just choose the one you like better and stick with it. I suggest BME, it's more applicable.

I advise the opposite; do what you think is applicable to your own interests and career, and try to work in your premed classes that way. As an engineering student at Brand Name University, I was able to do both eng and premed without too much pain.

From what I've seen, most undergrad BME curricula is kind of all over the place and doesn't teach you the fundamental engineering knowledge that you then apply to biomedical problems. Doing a double major in ME and BME affords you the necessary engineering background knowledge as well as exposure to relevant applications and problems in BME.
 
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Collegefreak, it may help you to know that med schools aren't that excited about double majors. They often feel that fulfilling the requirements of the double major takes away from your ability to get a well-rounded education. If you don't believe me about this, ask some of the adcom members who post around here, or else check out these sites from U of FL, Cornell, and Duke:

http://www.advising.ufl.edu/information/faq/prehealth.html
http://people.cornellcollege.edu/bchristie-pope/HealthProf/MedIndex.htm
http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/prehealth/prepare/scheduling.html

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It's not that doing a double major makes you seem less well rounded, it's that the time commitment and effort necessary to successfully complete both majors isn't for everybody and you could go crazy by doing both while satisifying the reqs for med school admission. Bottom line: Plan your undergrad curriculum wisely, ahead of time to avoid suprises down the line (...you knew that already, right?).
 
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