Engineering/Physics Double Major: Which Med School?

[barryclaman]

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So I'm an Engineering Physics major (it's a complicated major to explain to people who don't know...but it's 5 years with co-op and ~180 credits ME/applied physics and math, not counting med pre-reqs) at a top Canadian university (fyi: grew up in the states, :. US citizen).

I'm quite research-oriented, but haven't had time for much volunteer work. I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into which medical schools value this sort of an integrated, techie major? I'm hesitant to assume that it would be the ones with top research rankings. GPA is pretty low (~3.3) due to 7 classes+labs/term, but I have heard that some schools do indeed view this as a legitimate correlation.

Anybody have any experience with this stuff?

Thanks!

 

[alexandertg6]

So I'm an Engineering Physics major (it's a complicated major to explain to people who don't know...but it's 5 years with co-op and ~180 credits ME/applied physics and math, not counting med pre-reqs) at a top Canadian university (fyi: grew up in the states, :. US citizen).

I'm quite research-oriented, but haven't had time for much volunteer work. I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into which medical schools value this sort of an integrated, techie major? I'm hesitant to assume that it would be the ones with top research rankings. GPA is pretty low (~3.3) due to 7 classes+labs/term, but I have heard that some schools do indeed view this as a legitimate correlation.

Anybody have any experience with this stuff?

Thanks!

University of Central Florida is all about staying on top of new technology, look into them... They would be receptive to your techieness as well as the fact that you are out of state. Just my $0.02

 

[equinsu ocha]

With that gpa you will need to do well on the mcat to have a decent shot at any MD school, I don't care if your a neuropsychopharmamathematicalengineeringphysics sextuple major at imthebest university.

 

[Wolfman89]

You're screwed go Caribbean or DO.



/just kidding.

As other posters have said, have a solid gpa and MCAT, and so on.

 

[gmcguitar4]

why did you choose such a crazy major if not going into that field? did you hate it?

 

[IMSingular]

MD with Bioengineering/Biophysics of Human Body PhD may be your cup of tea. If you do well in MCAT, say upper 30s, you could persuade one of the schools your way.

 

[kkuhn]

With that gpa you will need to do well on the mcat to have a decent shot at any MD school, I don't care if your a neuropsychopharmamathematicalengineeringphysics sextuple major at imthebest university.

+1. There's always a chance, especially if you're a Florida, Texas, or Ohio resident (aka: lots of state schools). BUT, schools get like 500000 apps and the major way they cut people out is to look at their MCAT/GPA. I don't care what they say about holistic review; I guarantee they have at least a dozen other applicants with super hard double majors who managed to get a 3.7. Which one of you are they gonna pick?

One adcom member at HST has the opinion that "you should take fewer classes and get better grades." He's clearly not going to take pity someone who "unwisely" stretched themselves thin and got Bs instead of As. I think that's lame, people should push themselves, and probably some adcom folks would agree. But apparently not all.

A good MCAT will at least show them that you have what it takes to do well on the boards, and is something they can really compare to other applicants.

Now I was an engineering major at a top school, with a 3.4 cGPA/ 3.25 sGPA. That kinda stinks, but I had a good MCAT. I applied pretty early, but I've received only one OOS interview. The moral is: having a poor GPA is going to be a mark against you no matter what. BUT it's not the end of the world, especially if you get a good MCAT score.

It'll work out noooo worries! 🙂

 

[equinsu ocha]

It'll work out noooo worries! 🙂

...unless you do poorly on the MCAT 🙄