A Conundrum... Help please

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm a rising senior and a new poster on CC but I'm read around the forum for quite a long time. My problem is this: I picked out my colleges to apply to which are UChicago, WashUST, Cornell, Brown and Case Western. I planned on taking majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring possibly in Economics and eventually going into med school. However, it turns out, as I'm going through UChicago's application, that they don't have a engineering program at all, thus my dilemma. Any advice on what possible options to take; like if i wanted to go to UChicago which classes to take or if not, what other colleges could take its place. I would prefer a school either in the Midwest (since I'm used to living in Ohio) or Northeast (which is far enough away from anyfamily not to be bothered all the time), with good research opportunities and that will prepare me for med school. Any help would be appreciated.</p>

<p>My Stats, I guess would be helpful.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.7 Weighted
Rank: 6 out of 5 hundred something
SAT: 2200
ACT: 35
AP's: APUSH-5, Euro-5, Chem-5</p>

<p>EC: Tennis- 8 years + Varsity since Freshman; All-league
Piano- 10 years
Academic Team; All-league
NHS
High School Band + District Honor band since Freshman
Volunteer at local Hospital
Volunteer at local professional tennis tournament</p>

<p>Other: Buckeye Boys State
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine
American Legion Americanism and Citizenship Test State Finalist</p>

<p>Thanks alot to whoever replies.</p>

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<p>Wake Forest, UVA, Johns Hopkins. You probably will get into at least one of those</p>

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<p>Northwestern has a good engineering program...and is in Chicago</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins, U Rochester</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the help. Are there any options for me if I want to go to UChicago? Like do they have some like biomedical engineering. (Help from someone thats at UChicago would be cool). And are there any improvements that I can make to my list of colleges, either don't apply or a new school to apply to. (Currently, Brown Cornell UChicago CaseWestern and WashUSt, in no order of preference, because it will pretty much come down to money lol)</p>

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<p>Rensalear Polytechnic Institute, NY
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
Indiana University (Bloomington)</p>

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<p>If you don't want to be an engineer, why are you so set on majoring in engineering? UChicago is big enough and diverse enough that it must surely have something of interest to you for your major.</p>

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<p>eh... I want to do something that would help me prepare for med school if I wanted to go, but wouldn't leave me high and dry if I get freaked out by med school and decide not to be a doctor, thus keeping my options open. I knew someone that did biomed engineering for this reason. So, are there any other majors that have the similar qualifications?</p>

<p>I might add that I'm visiting UChicago like in a month and was thinking whether it was worth it to visit/apply even though they don't have biomedical engineering (which wouldn't matter if they still prepared me for med school, hence the question).</p>

<p>Thanks to all of those that posted.</p>

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<p>If it's just for the job, then Chicago's econ alone should be enough.</p>

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<p>major in biochem, can either go to med school, or become a researcher</p>

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<p>My best friends at Dartmouth went to the following med schools and their corresponding majors.</p>

<p>Harvard: major anthroplogy
Penn: major philosophy
Cornell: major biology
Yale: major neuroscience
WashU: major history/ minor biology</p>

<p>As you can see you hardly need to major in biochem to end up at a top med school.</p>

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<p>JHU has the best biomedical engineering in the states</p>

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<p>If medical school is really your aim (and assuming that you do not want to get a PhD/MD), then pursuing an undergraduate engineering degree may not be most helpful. Engineering undergraduates typically have a harder time maintaining the stellar GPAs required by medical schools.</p>

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<p>I agree. One of my smartest friends was an engineering major but with a lower GPA and he had an amazing MCAT. He ended up getting into Georgetown med which is amazing, but my friends in easier majors with higher GPAs and lower MCATs went to places like Yale and Penn med.</p>

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<p>So the general consensus I guess is that doing biomedical engineering isn't that important, especially for GPA since it is labor-intensive. But it does help with preparing you for med school/MCATs.</p>

<p>So, I guess my new question (totally kinda off-topic) is whats more important to a med school selection committee: GPA or MCATs? And what majors can give you both good GPA and MCATs? Opinions please.</p>

<p>(Thanks alot to those have replied. I'm kinda venturing alone in this college experience thing especially b/c my parents where schooled out of country and thus have no idea what to really do in picking colleges. So all of this input really helps). </p>

<p>Still up in the air about applying to UChicago tho lol</p>

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<p>Which dorm did you stay in at boys state? conklin? kreischer? harshman?</p>

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<p>haha kreicher B city:eaton lol why?</p>

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<p>Just wondering, I go to BG and I'm staying in Kreischer-Compton next year. I kinda wished I signed up for Harshman cause now I have to walk across campus for honors stuff</p>

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<p>Take a serious look at Rice</p>

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<p>I didn't even notice you said you went to boys state...I was in Kreischer A, city downing...lol we were right by each other</p>