<p>currently a senior in high school & trying to decide my undergrad major. I'm aware that there's a BME undergrad major as well as other engineering majors (electrical, mechanical, chemical) that are good for going into Biomedical engineering, but from what I have heard BME undergrad is too broad & engineering kills your gpa. I need a good gpa cause I want to go into medical school, but I want to be able to have a career if I don't get in. If I'm not gonna be a doctor I want to be a biomedical engineer. So basically...is this possible?:
1) undergrad in some kind of biology/science (& double major in spanish?)
2) apply for med school
3a) go to med school
3b) if I don't get into med school apply to biomedical engineering grad school
4) become a bme</p>
<p>also: what would be the best type of bio/science major that would prepare me well for both med school and possibly bme grad school? (my science skills in order from best to worst: biology, chemistry, then physics. I don't completely suck at chem & physics though.)</p>
<p>Would I need to apply for med school & grad school at the same time? or could I wait and see if I get into med school before applying to grad school..or by that time would it be too late to apply/have good chances of getting into bme grad school?</p>
<p>It becomes hard to jump from Biology undergrad to engineering masters.</p>
<p>There are many requirements in math that most bio majors may never go through. So you will be forced to get to a much higher level of math from what I can think of and make up the difference in order to do engineering. Same may apply for additional engineering requirements.</p>
<p>It is not hard to jump from one undergrad major to another at graduate level within engineering. It is a bit hard to go from Biology to Engineering. I have seen people in sub areas of environmental engineering like environmental biology but not in hard core engineering.</p>
<p>The best undergrad major to prepare for med school AND bme grad school is, unfortunately for you, bme undergrad. As the other post mentioned, it is difficult to go from non-eng undergrad to bme grad school. You have to take a lot of additional classes beyond your grad school requirements. You would essentially be taking all the undergrad bme classes plus your grad level classes, and if that happens, you might as well have gone with bme in the first place.</p>
<p>If you are 100% set on med school and really worry about gpa, I would suggest bio major or bio-related major, such as physiology. Anything else, I would suggest bme for undergrad, especially seeing as that is a field you’re interested in.</p>