Engineering GPAs and Grade Inflation

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I am a prospective EE pre-med, which I know isn't a great idea.
Engineering fascinates me, and I'm not ready to commit to med school (hence no Biology major). I know I have auto-admit to EE, but BME would be a stretch due to my 5-6% class rank. </p>

<p>My question is what are reasonable EE and BME GPAs that students graduate with, and is there any grade inflation? Are these GPAs good enough to get into one of Texas's 9 Medschools?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ima/sites/default/files/SHB09-10Students.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ima/sites/default/files/SHB09-10Students.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>this shows average GPA for each school at UT, look on page 29</p>

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<p>The fact that you have an Engineering degree with the average GPA on that PDF file (3.1-3.2) would look astounding to med schools. Check out Student Doctor Network Forums for more info!</p>

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<p>wrong thread… nvm</p>

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<p>Wow, thank you! That was very helpful for me. </p>

<p>If I may ask, how did you find that?! I’d love to be able to find that for the other schools I am looking at, specifically Texas A&M!</p>

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<p>I’ve just seen it posted on this website before. About engineering pre-med though, in my ignorant opinion which should probably be ignored, unless you are a serious math and physics whiz I would not recommend going that route. Most med schools want you to have a 3.6+ GPA and also a high science GPA, and in engineering it is extremely difficult to achieve this. </p>

<p>Some positives of choosing engineering would be that if you don’t get into med school then it would be a great fall-back career option, and the work ethic required for this major will also prepare you well for the long hours required for med school and beyond.</p>

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<p>My son is majoring in Biomedical Engineering in order to have several options. He figures he can either go to grad school or medical school. He knows it will be VERY challenging, but he loves studying the human body so much he wants to try for it. His first two college tests are today, so I’m hoping he gets off to a good start! If determination counts for anything, he should do well.</p>