<p>Hey, I just copied and pasted this from my thread on sdn so i could get some more opinions.</p>
<p>I was wondering what would be better for pre med, biomedical engineering or chemical engineering. I want a major that will get me a good job after college if I don't get into medical school. The obvious answer seems like biomedical engineering, but it seems like there aren't as many job opportunities for them, there starting salary is comparitivly small, and they aren't respected in the engineering community. I think chem engineers get a full 10k more than biomed in their first year. However, since medical school is my main goal, I also want a major that I can get decent grades in, in which case, biomedical engineering seems to be a bit easier than chemical. I sent an email to the college I'll probably be attending soon and they said the average BME gpa currently is 3.45, which seems high for any major at this large public college, especially engineering (comparison: average gpa for the biochemistry major is 3.4). With the mean GPA being 3.45, a very high gpa seems very possible with work. After looking through these forums I can see that many chemical engineers have a gpa which is much lower than either of these. Many have commented that it is the toughest engineering major. So I guess there is a trade off, job opportunities for higher gpa. Also, I have heard that the BME major is becoming less and less uncommon, which takes the wow-ness factor away from the adcoms. Which should I choose? Thanks</p>
<p>I would say nursing or something that would lead to health care management. Or physiology, radiology, genetics, chemistry, neurobiology, microbiology,kinesiology, or some other soft science. Personally, I see a lot of good health care jobs wanting nursing degrees especially in monitoring clinical trials and other drug research type jobs.</p>
<p>If you are interested in medicine I would do what I can to target medicine. Med Schools care more about gpa than degree and even if you can fair well in an engineering program you will do that much better in something else. Also, how will you ever know it’s what you want to do unless you get involved with it and try it out?</p>
<p>While I rarely tell people not to pursue engineering I would in the case of someone wanting an MD.</p>
<p>it’s uni of nebraska-lincoln. it’s just a couple miles away from me. im really excited for it because they have lots of paid research opportunities available even for freshmen. the most popular major for premeds there is biochemistry, but if for some reason I dont get accepted to medical school I still want something to fall back on. my S is getting her nursing degree right now and she said that it is extremely easy, so I fear I wouldn’t really be learning much with that. also, I have no interest in becoming a nurse, while engineering is my second choice career.</p>
<p>I am a BME major and when I was deciding between CME and BME everyone I met told me BME was the harder major (even CME majors). Those two majors are considered the hardest engineering majors, so depending on the school you go to, one might be harder than the other. If you want to go to medical school, you learn more from a BME major than even a bio major. Also medical schools accept more BME majors than any other major (or so I have heard) even if the GPA is a little less. Also for job opportunities, the BME salary is rising.</p>