<p>"Oh? And what about the medical profession. I keep pointing out, but you refuse to acknowledge, that not everybody who wants to get into medical school actually gets in. In fact, only a fraction of them do. So think about those people who did premed, worked really hard, and still didn't get into medical school. Clearly for those people, school didn't teach them what they needed to know to get a career in medicine. Their career is over before it ever started. "</p>
<p>Sakky has hit on something here. If you're that premed student who doesn't get into med school, you then have to go out and earn a living on your B.S. Now, the Engineer with a B.S. still might want to do grad work and such to accelerate his career, but if he can't make that happen, he's in a better financial situation than the bio/premed major faced with the same dilemma. This is, in my opinion, yet another positive for the engineer.</p>