<p>So I just recently got into Hopkins and I had applied as a BME major. Sadly, I did not get in. I am looking at their engineering school majors and the other that interests me is Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. </p>
<p>Is this a reasonable major to have as a pre-med student? Do people tend to go to medical school with this major?</p>
<p>What about:
Biomaterials Engineering: a track based on the Materials Science and Engineering Major</p>
<p>What do you think the best Engineering major would be for medical school?</p>
<p>If you’re really shooting for the very top med schools, they (strangely) prefer liberal arts majors because they are supposedly more well-rounded. Of course, they still have to take the Chem/Physics/Bio classes required for med school.</p>
<p>If you really really want to go to med school, and know for sure that you will not do anything else, engineering is probably a waste of your time/hard work. Engineering as pre-med is not a bad idea for those who may change their mind and decide to get a job after undergrad. BME and Biochem might prepare you a (little) more, but know that you are going to be re-taught all of the science you’ll ever need to know in your first year. BME and Biochem won’t help you in admissions.</p>
<p>The first thing you need to realize is that when you enroll as an engineering major, that is what you are training to become, an engineer. perhaps you can take the route of medical school but that is not the focus of your education. That being said, BME generally is the best because your required courses match well with medical school requirements.</p>
<p>Biochemistry is also a good major for pre-med.</p>
<p>Yes, I do realize that. I just want to have a major that will help me with Med School, but if I happen to not get in, I have a degree in something that can take me to graduate school and a great job. I would much rather do BME, but I was not accepted into the program at JHU so I am wondering if I should attend the university that offered me admittance into the program, even though JHU is MUCH better. </p>
<p>When I emailed JHU, they said that BME is limited and I can apply to any other major without limitation. They made it seem as if I could not re-apply to BME.</p>
<p>I am in the exact same boat -_- I broke my choices down to Biomaterials or Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as well. I was also planning on going on a premed track with an engineering major, but I fear that Biomaterials (which probably interests me the most, second to BME) is not something medical schools particularly like. I could just go to a less prestigious school that accepted me into their BME program… but I hate turning down an arguably bigger opportunity. Talk about coincidences…</p>
<p>In short, I am also looking for some sound advice.</p>
<p>You didn’t mention what other schools you are comparing it to…What schools gave you a spot in their BME program?
The other thing to consider is that you might change your mind about medical school anyway, in which case you’d be better off at the school that let you into your preferred major.</p>
<p>Yea my fault. At the moment the other choices are: Boston University BME, University of Miami General Honors Program BME, and University of Florida BME. I’m getting money in all, but I just can’t decide if going to JHU without BME will be worth it considering BME is the closest engineering program to medical school.</p>
<p>Chemical engineering fits nicely also. The only extra class my son had to take for med school pre-reqs was anatomy and only because he is applying to a school that wants this class. Otherwise, every class he took counted toward his degree either as part of his core curriculum or as a technical elective.</p>
<p>If you really want to become a doctor I’m not sure you should hedge your bets by majoring in BME. Stick with a standard pre-med program at the least expensive school on your list and then go to whichever med school you can afford.</p>
Biochemistry, biology, or biomedical engineering is a convenient major for pre-med, since most pre-med course requirements are included in the major. However, such a major may not be the optimal major, when other things are considered like ease or difficulty of getting a pre-med-worthy GPA, time available for pre-med extracurriculars (lab courses consume time), or post-graduation job and career prospects if one does not get into medical school.
Of course the student’s interests are important in choosing a major that s/he likes and has enough space to fit the pre-med courses into or around.
My son is a ChemE student at GT. He told me that, at GT, ChemE is a better fit for pre-med than BME. At orientation, the ChemE student ambassador having lunch with us told us that she was pre-med. She said that she started as a BME major and switched to ChemE because she couldn’t figure out what BME actually was or what bmes would actually do.