<p>Well, im currently in my second year of undergrad, Majoring in EE and doing pre-med. I have a 2.6 up to now, I have realized that my engineering courses are just going to get harder and harder. I talked to my academic adviser and she basically said if I get a 4.0 every semester I could get my GPA up to being competitive for medical school applications. Obviously thats going to be really tough going with EE. Im ok with applying to DO school if I dont get into medical school. Now she said I could switch to an easier major such as philosophy which has more electives. Would that be a good thing for me to do at this stage or have I messed up beyond repair and just forget about medicine?</p>
<p>As far as the extra things. Ive done a lot of shadowing and Ive done research I have my name in 3 papers that got published.</p>
<p>You should switch out of that major. If EE isn’t one of your passions, which it isn’t, then you shouldn’t do it. A general premed rule is to never do engineering unless you love it. GPA is so important and there are other majors you probably will enjoy doing and will also perform better in it.</p>
<p>I would say you didn’t mess up beyond repair. But you definitely have to talk to your counselor about switching majors somehow. Getting published and having shadowing helps you a lot. But focus on your GPA right now. It needs some work. Make sure you’re prepared for the MCATs too.</p>
<p>If you can get 4.0’s (or very close to them) and score a 30+ MCAT, you still have somewhat of a chance at medical schools. If you can get your MCAT even higher (let’s say a 32-34 as a reasonable goal?) then your chances go up even more.</p>