Majoring In Engineer as a Pre Med

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I am thinking about the possibility to major in engineering while being pre med. Is this a good or bad idea??? I have a couple friends who did this and are applying to Med School with High Gpa'z. What is best type of engineering to major in if applying to med school, I hear about Bio Med Engineering all the time. Would you advice someone to major in engineering or not, if they want to go to Med School????

 

[listentoadvice]

Maybe you should major in English or Writing because your grammar sucks.

 

[BlakeC93]

Major in whatever you want. As long as you take the pre-med requirements, your major makes no difference.

 

[JRWPREMED]

I am thinking about the possibility to major in engineering while being pre med. Is this a good or bad idea??? I have a couple friends who did this and are applying to Med School with High Gpa'z. What is best type of engineering to major in if applying to med school, I hear about Bio Med Engineering all the time. Would you advice someone to major in engineering or not, if they want to go to Med School????

I would advise against engineering unless you aren't 100% sure about medicine.

Engineering is known to be extremely difficult and have insane workloads. Trying to balance your engineering courses, the extra pre-med requirements not in the engineering curriculum, an engineering internship over the summers, and the volunteering/shadowing that you need to be a competitive candidate will not work very well. You also risk tanking your GPA and being unable to recover.

If you know that medicine is definitely for you, I suggest going with something else that you like. Give yourself the best possible shot at medical school. Unless you are some kind of physics and math genius, your best shot is not majoring in engineering imo.

 

[iforget2]

I would advise against engineering unless you aren't 100% sure about medicine.

Engineering is known to be extremely difficult and have insane workloads. Trying to balance your engineering courses, the extra pre-med requirements not in the engineering curriculum, an engineering internship over the summers, and the volunteering/shadowing that you need to be a competitive candidate will not work very well. You also risk tanking your GPA and being unable to recover.

If you know that medicine is definitely for you, I suggest going with something else that you like. Give yourself the best possible shot at medical school. Unless you are some kind of physics and math genius, your best shot is not majoring in engineering imo.

Totally agree with this post. I know many Engineering pre-meds at my school who are always complaining about their workloads. Pre-med courses aren't that difficult by themselves, but it's the stress of the need to get high grades in those courses that make them difficult. If you major in engineering, it may be hard to find time to do things such as research or volunteer. But again, if you think you can handle it, go for it.

 

[Filius Lucis]

I would advise against engineering unless you aren't 100% sure about medicine.

Engineering is known to be extremely difficult and have insane workloads. Trying to balance your engineering courses, the extra pre-med requirements not in the engineering curriculum, an engineering internship over the summers, and the volunteering/shadowing that you need to be a competitive candidate will not work very well. You also risk tanking your GPA and being unable to recover.

If you know that medicine is definitely for you, I suggest going with something else that you like. Give yourself the best possible shot at medical school. Unless you are some kind of physics and math genius, your best shot is not majoring in engineering imo.

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You need high grades to get and to medical school; however, engineering is known for killing grades. Obvious answer: Don't do it (unless you are very unsure about medicine).

 

[Cephal0pod]

Joining the choir. If you're serious about med school, don't major in something that will very likely kill your GPA, and thus your chances of getting into med school.

 

[WellWornLad]

How about you think hard about what interests you and major in that. It's quite a simple concept, and yet it can save you years of aggravation.