Do many schools consider major important?

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Hello all,
I am currently attending the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and I am a Interdisplinary Engineer. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it is an engineering degree in which you take different engineering courses, but concentrate in one area. It is geared for people with other aspirations other than direct engineering. In other words, you concentrate in some area of engineering, and you also have your program options, which in my case my program option is pre medical subjects.

I am concentrating in computer engineering, which is a difficult major at this school. Yet, I will take as many CE classes as regular computer engineers. Nor, will I be ABET certified, but will have a bachelor of engineering science.

So I was wondering if it would be worth it, to put in an extra 2 semesters, to get the full computer engineer degree or settle for the interdisplinary degree. I was previously a computer engineer, then decided to make the switch to interdisplinary to fit in more pre med classes.

The reason I am contemplating getting the full degree, is because I was considering aspiring to a better medical school than previously planned. These are my stats, Overall GPA 3.62 Science 3.71. I have been doing quite well on my practice mcats and may anticipate a ~34 or 35 on my MCAT this summer. I am just wondering if you all think that making the switch to the other degree will give me that boost I need to get into some top schools, maybe U of M ann arbor.
Thanks 👍

 

[thackl]

It won't matter. Take your great stats and run with them. Most interviewers will see the engineering degree and some of the coursework. My engineering background was certianly a help, but nobody seemed to care about specifics.

 

[Fermata]

It won't matter. Take your great stats and run with them. Most interviewers will see the engineering degree and some of the coursework. My engineering background was certianly a help, but nobody seemed to care about specifics.

It's irrelevant anyways. An undergrad education in most fields only gives you a taste of what the discipline is like.

The only exceptions I can think of are some engineering majors and schools with high-powered departments.

 

[superdevil]

from what i hear, the general answer is "no," but there may be some exceptions. i think someone told me that if you major in something like music, etc., that you'll likely only get strong consideration if you perform very well on the MCAT. guess its a non-science bias. its not like this a a rule or anything, though.