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I clicked on this thread and had to reply. As an M1 in a very good MD/PhD program who graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, I feel like I can give some good advice for all you prospective engineering/pre-meds.
First, if you want to do engineering, TRY IT. I loved biomedical engineering and am happy to say that I will be continuing my education in BME when I get my PhD, in one of the nation's top BME programs. While I won't lie and tell you that it was easy (it was hard as ****), it was very rewarding and I'm finding that I'm definitely ahead of some of my other peers in my class. The core engineering requirements were definitely more demanding - two years of math, extra applied physics/chemistry classes (statics, circuits, thermo, etc.) - than the bio majors, but the biomedical engineering classes were worth it. I had to take physiology, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, and biochemistry for my specific concentration in addition to taking signals processing and mathematical modeling classes for the BME core.
While I won't use some of those classes for medical school (read: mathematical modeling, the worst class ever), the rigor of the engineering program is helping me MASSIVELY. There are at least 20 engineers in my M1 class out of 130, and of my 11 peers in the MD/PhD program, 7 of us were engineers in undergrad. Additionally, all of the BME majors who applied to medical school in my year were admitted to at least one school.
I feel like I have more to say but I don't want this to get too long. I'll leave you with one piece of advice. I did biomedical engineering as a major because I LOVED it. It was torture at times, but I still could not see myself doing anything else in undergrad. The most important thing in choosing a major is doing something that will keep you engaged for at least 4 years. If you really think you'll enjoy engineering, or history, or biology, or sociology then do it. Don't choose a major just because you think it'll get you a 4.0 but you'll be bored out of your mind. If anyone wants to talk more, just send me a PM.
First, if you want to do engineering, TRY IT. I loved biomedical engineering and am happy to say that I will be continuing my education in BME when I get my PhD, in one of the nation's top BME programs. While I won't lie and tell you that it was easy (it was hard as ****), it was very rewarding and I'm finding that I'm definitely ahead of some of my other peers in my class. The core engineering requirements were definitely more demanding - two years of math, extra applied physics/chemistry classes (statics, circuits, thermo, etc.) - than the bio majors, but the biomedical engineering classes were worth it. I had to take physiology, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, and biochemistry for my specific concentration in addition to taking signals processing and mathematical modeling classes for the BME core.
While I won't use some of those classes for medical school (read: mathematical modeling, the worst class ever), the rigor of the engineering program is helping me MASSIVELY. There are at least 20 engineers in my M1 class out of 130, and of my 11 peers in the MD/PhD program, 7 of us were engineers in undergrad. Additionally, all of the BME majors who applied to medical school in my year were admitted to at least one school.
I feel like I have more to say but I don't want this to get too long. I'll leave you with one piece of advice. I did biomedical engineering as a major because I LOVED it. It was torture at times, but I still could not see myself doing anything else in undergrad. The most important thing in choosing a major is doing something that will keep you engaged for at least 4 years. If you really think you'll enjoy engineering, or history, or biology, or sociology then do it. Don't choose a major just because you think it'll get you a 4.0 but you'll be bored out of your mind. If anyone wants to talk more, just send me a PM.
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