<p>So I'd like to start out by saying that one of my biggest goals is to go to Med school. That being said, I want to have a good fall-back incase I don't get there.</p>
<p>Biomedical Engineering seems like an interesting career to me but I have some concerns:</p>
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<li>For me to enter Med school I need to have a good gpa, so my question is:</li>
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<p>Is Biomedical Engineering a HUGE gpa killer?</p>
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<li>I absolutely suck at physics. I work day and night to keep a B in that class and it's horrible so:</li>
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<p>Does Biomedical Engineering rely heavily on physics? (I'm OK in Math, love calculus, just hate physics)</p>
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<li>I've been accepted into VCU and CWRU Biomedical Engineering, VCU would obv be easier, but should I go for CWRU even if I want to keep a high GPA?</li>
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<p>Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it!</p>
<p>Yeah I’d like to become a cardiologist, but right now I barely know anything about the different residency programs so that’ll most likely change.</p>
<p>I’m sure that I want to get my M.D. though.</p>
<p>Why do you want to do BME if you want to be a practicing physician? I would just worry about keeping up a decent GPA in an “easier” major, because honestly, that’s THE most important thing for medical school admissions. Even more than it is for college admissions.</p>
<p>I did my undergrad in BME and there were and still are many pre-meds like you in the various BME programs around the country.</p>
<p>Short answer: Don’t do BME.</p>
<p>Long answer: BME is not an easy major. It is engineering and involves lots of math and physics. You have to usually take engineering courses in a variety of fields such as ME, EE, and ChemE. If you are not interested in engineering, and only want to go to medical school, then do not do this major. Your GPA will take a hit for sure, and you can’t use it as an excuse when applying to med school. But if you can maintain a high gpa (3.5 and above), then med schools usually look favorably on that, since you were in an engineering major and had to work harder for your grades than someone that was in Sociology or even Biology.</p>
<p>In addition, the required classes in most BME programs only overlap slightly with the requirements for medical school (e.g. general chem), so you still have to take a bunch of pre-reqs for medical school in addition to your major classes.</p>
<p>Finally, there is no demand in the industry for BME graduates with only a B.S.</p>
<p>The good thing having a BME as a background is that you open more career paths…(if you want to continue with engineering at graduate level…)</p>
<p>But you should know BME is really a GPA killer (I heard this from too many upperclassmen), beside Computer Engineering IMO. Basically you have mixture of EE, ME, ChemE, biology, physics, etc, like the previous poster said.</p>
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We have been told this too many times on this forum, and my upperclassmen said those things too. In fact, most of them are planning to enter med school -_-</p>
<p>For me, you should look into other pre-med studies. You don’t need to be a biology, biochem students to get into med school. I am sure you know that. But if you want better preparation for the MCAT, then try biochem. I think it’s a very good major for med students. Sister is a biochem graduate and shes going to med school soon.</p>
<p>However, having a BME as background may enable you to become more than just a doctor in the future. But note cardiologist takes an extra few years…</p>
<p>My advice: pick a major that you actually enjoy and like.</p>