Bio-med Eng/Pre-med, a Smart Choice?

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<p>For most of my junior year(HS), my plans were to go into pre-med and major into biochem or something along those lines. Recently, I was presented the idea that majoring in bio-med engineering and doing pre-med and it seems awesome to me.</p>

<p>I plan on going to med-school after I major in whatever.</p>

<p>Some negatives about the engineering degrees that I found out were that only three of my AP classes would transfer(equals to be around ~15 credits) if I attended the College of Engineering at Umich compared to the +40 credits I'd get if I went to their liberal arts and sciences college. </p>

<p>I know the rigour of an Engineering course may seem like a negative compared to the easier science majors, but is it really that bad? I'm a really flexible student, and I will take almost anything someone throws at me. Plus, I heard it helps prepare for the MCAT much more than the standard science major would.</p>

<p>Also, most of the req classes for premed at Umich fall into the biomed engineering req courses, so I won't be doing much additional work/classes.</p>

<p>My overall concerns would be if losing the AP credits and a more rigorous courseload be worth it if Bio-med eng helps with the MCAT and is looked better upon by Med schools.</p>

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<p>Only three things matter for med school admissions:

  1. GPA
  2. MCAT
  3. Clinical experience
    (major is not one of them)
    That said, they don’t look too kindly upon AP credit for premed classes, so don’t worry about losing those for bio/chem.</p>
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<p>Compared to a liberal arts degree, um…yes. I have one and it is like a different world.</p>

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<p>Engineering school prepares you for the MCAT? I would think that really learning the pre-reqs that the mcat are tested on, and mcat study material would be what matters the most.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that Engineering courses in general help with MCAT due to the amount of brainwork they require. It doesn’t help you content wise, but it helps make you "smarter: I guess.</p>

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<p>I doubt this. It may just be some engineer ego-stroke. Take the pre-reqs, study the test prep, take a mcat class…focused preparation.</p>

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<p>It’s not clear which way the cause and effect goes, but math and science majors do get [higher</a> MCAT scores](<a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18.pdf"]higher”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18.pdf).</p>