<p>I'm currently a sophomore at Rutgers-NB and majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I didn't do well my first year because of alot of slacking off which I regret wholeheartedly. It was a bad decision I made, and I am trying to improve my situation. I have a 2.7 cumulative gpa which is shameful enough, but I intend to bring that to 3.3-3.5 by the end of this year.</p>
<p>There are some things I am really concerned about which have been affected as a result of my mistakes during my first year. I am really interested in the field of Biomedical Engineering but more so in the medical field, so I want to know whether it is still a possibility with my mess up in first year? And if it is still possible, what courses would overlap between the pre-med requirements and my BME requirements? Would I be at a disadvantage because of my engineering major?</p>
<p>As long as you maintain 3.0+ gpa you should be alright. Score well on MCATs though and your chances at med school will be good. Even still… BME is a great field to fall back on. Not sure about overlaps between BME and pre-med, but I know doing the two is very do-able… people do it all the time. And if anything, you should be at an ADVANTAGE given your engineering major. Hope this helps… I’m not a college student but I’ve done a lot of reading on BME and med school, etc, etc.</p>
<p>Sorry, but if Rutgers BME is anything like Hopkins BME, then there is no way that you will survive the transition. BME is not a major you switch into, it is a major you switch out of. I assure you, because I have seen a lot of terrible things in BME, you will fail, most definitely. A 2.7 in freshman fall bio is like a -.2 in BME. You will not go to med school if you do BME, instead consider art history or political science if you still want to be a doctor. Also, scscience you should probably go to college before saying things like that… terrible advice. I mean absolutely devastating, that is just wrong.</p>
<p>Engineering is hard at any school.
Med Schools advise against being an engineering major because combined with Pre-Med, they are nigh impossible.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice HopkinsBME! I’ve talked to a few friends and advisors and i’m thinking of switching into a science major and doing a school-to-school transfer at Rutgers. I just hope they accept my General chem for Engineers year-long course as equivalent to the regular General Chemistry course that science majors take, and the same goes for my physics requirements. Really worried about those, other than that there is a sufficient overlap</p>