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Hi. I'm a 17 yr old grade 12 student (from Kanada), and I'm about to apply for university and I need your help. Right now im doing CO-OP for this semester at a university, basically allows me to gain some experiance and take some university courses as well (I'm heading back end of Jan). Anyways, I'm planning to go to Med School (surgeory), and I've decided to take engineering as my pre-med, I know it's going to be difficult and all, but I'm dedicated and I think I can do it. My grades aren't bad, I can achieve high 80's and some 90's through high school, and I'm willing to adapt to any change, I'm ready to give it 150% in university. I don't want to do an Arts or Science degree, I need a backup just in case, and an arts or science won't get you anywhere, maybe a research job, and besides, there are already too many people taking that as a pre-med, and med schools want some variety, someone with a unique application. I've been deciding to take Mechanical Engineering unil I found this new program at a local university called electrical and biomedical engineering, a 4 yr bachelors degree, and it claims to cover all the pre-req for med school. I heard alot of people are taking that and get readily accepted, but of course with good GPA's, MCAT, and volunteer expeiance, etc. This new program seems promising and I might stick with that, but I'm willing to hear everyone elses opinion as well. Thanks for your help.
You can take a look here if you like:
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/docs/biomed.doc (includes course schedule/info)
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/news/news.htm
Btw: can someone tell me if thats a Double Degree, I mean would I be able to get a job somewhere that doesn't make medical equipment, etc, like a normal Electrical Engineer??? Also, how difficult do you guys think it would be, easier then mechanical engineering?
You can take a look here if you like:
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/docs/biomed.doc (includes course schedule/info)
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/news/news.htm
Btw: can someone tell me if thats a Double Degree, I mean would I be able to get a job somewhere that doesn't make medical equipment, etc, like a normal Electrical Engineer??? Also, how difficult do you guys think it would be, easier then mechanical engineering?