<p>I've heard from many people that engineering keeps your options open so you can major in anything in Grad school. But because engineering is a difficult major, and the better students come out with relatively low GPA's of about 3.5, this limits their ability to get into good schools that are largely GPA based (such as law school, med school). What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Yes, Engineering is terrible for law (except IP) and med school because your GPA will be low. The grad schools will not adjust for your difficult major, at least not to the extent they should.</p>
<p>I think it also depends on how high you're aiming for grad school. Granted it might be difficult to get into a TOP law school/med school with a normal engineers GPA but I'm sure you could get into a decent one.</p>
<p>A family member of mine who is graduating this year with a BS in Mech Eng. is going to grad school, most likely Yale. He is coming from a decent school (Top 100) and with a decent gpa 3.2-3.5 ish. So it is possible to go, just do your best and stay active.</p>
<p>What kind of grad school is he attending, may I ask?</p>
<p>Yals is ranked in the 40s for ME, so it's not really a stretch that someone with a GPA 3.2 to 3.5 goes there.</p>
<p>He's going for business school.</p>
<p>hmm, big difference there:)</p>
<p>Work experience is far more important than GPA for business school. Yale has an average GPA of 3.45, and even the top school, Harvard, has an average GPA of "only" 3.60. Conversely, a high GPA is very important for med and law schools, and Engineering is not the easiest way to get there. For example, the middle 50% GPA range for Yale Law is 3.79 to 3.94, and the average GPA at Harvard Med is 3.79. A 3.2 would probably get your app thrown in the trash almost immediately.</p>
<p>But those arent the only two grad schools for law and med. They are the TOP schools each respectively for law and med. Of course the GPA's are going to be high. Now for other schools with a GPA in the 3.2-3.5 range for engineering your shot for Law and Med is much better since the other schools likely arent the very top ones.</p>
<p>3.2 GPA in engineering is probably too low for Harvard and Yale, but it's certainly not too low for other top professional schools. I know a few people with 3.4 GPA in engineering got into top 15 med schools such as Penn, Cornell and Michigan. After all, professional school application isn't all about the GPA. You also need high MCAT or LSAT scores, great recommendations and experiences.</p>
<p>My point was that the top med and law schools have an average GPA of around 3.8, while the top business school has only a 3.6.</p>
<p>Did the orginal poster say top schools? He/She said good schools. With a GPA in a 3.4 or above range this person should have no trouble getting into these types of schools, maybe not the top med or law schools but just good ones, which almost all of them are.</p>
<p>People who major in biomedical engineering have the highest acceptance rate into medical school out of any major. Just some food for thought</p>