<p>I'm thinking about going into chemical engineering as an undergrad. My ultimate goal is to become a doctor, but I'm not at the point financially to go to med school. I started doing dual enrollment at my local CC and I found out that I love chemistry and am beginning to love math (the wonders of a great teacher). Is it really true that med schools love chemicalE? </p>
<p>Also, what obstacles are their into getting into med school for engineers? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Do med school really love Chemical Engineer? I guess that depends on the medical school. In general, they care more about your GPA, extracurricular activities (especially those related to the clinical area), and your MCATS. Majors are usually ignore. I’ve seen a Spanish Major having an easier time getting in because her GPA is higher than a chemical engineer regardless of the rigor of the program as long as she score high on the MCATS. </p>
<p>There are many obstacles for an engineer: lower GPA, not enough time to focus on research, extracurricular activities, burning out before medical school even starts, takes much longer to get to medical school (5 years on average compare to 3-4 years for other majors), etc.</p>
<p>Conclusion: I wouldn’t recommend it. There’s nothing to prove. It’s a wise choice in that if you failed medical school at least you have a backup plan to do something else with your life.</p>
<p>I must (sadly) concur with ele902: med-school adcoms hardly differentiate amongst the various majors. The upshot is that the best major for admission to med-school is whatever major will provide you with the highest grades for the least effort, thereby leaving ample spare time to pursue medical-related EC’s that the adcoms like to see. If you lack those EC’s because your major was cripplingly time-consuming, the adcoms won’t care why; all they’ll see is that you lack those EC’s. Sad but true.</p>